Category: Open Water
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The Great British Swim: Can it be done?
We follow Ross Edgley as he aims to become to first ever to swim the entire mainland of Great Britain. With 2,700km to go and 1 million calories to consume, will he prevail? Come back every Thursday to see what’s gonna happen, how he prepares and if he makes it or not!
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Extreme swimmer aims to swim for 100 days around British coastline
Extreme sportsman Ross Edgley is aiming to swim all the way around Britain’s coastline without touching dry land once. It’ll take 100 days and he’ll burn 1 million calories during his 2000-mile venture which, if all goes well will end in London on the 8th of September. In a recent swim he managed to get…
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Man begins to swim across Pacific Ocean, garbage patch and all
A 51-year-old French-born adventurer began an attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, saying his endurance odyssey is also intended to focus world attention on environmental challenges, like the plastics that are contaminating the world’s oceans. Benôit “Ben” Lecomte entered the water in Choshi, Japan, aiming to reach San Francisco about six months…
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Great North Swim 2018 | Met Office Weather Forecast | Great Swim TV
Taking part in Great North Swim, 8-10 June? Check out the official weather forecast brought to you by the Met Office.
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Swimmer blames invasive underwater plant for near drowning at Lake Pflugerville
After a man drowned in Lake Pflugerville this week, one west Travis County man wants to warn swimmers about the lake.
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Brighton Tri Club 2.5km sea swim promo film
This is a short film I’ve made recently that I’m really proud to share with you all!
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French Open Water goldrush at Lake Balaton | Best of 2017
Lake Balaton was the scene of a gold rush by the French Open Water Swimmers at the #FINAWorlds 2017. Axel Reymond, Aurielle Muller, Marc-Antoine Olivier shined at the 25km Marathon, the Women’s 10km, the Men’s 5km and the Mixed 5km Relay. Vive la France ;-)
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Be part of the #MSWS2018 at Seychelles – FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series
The next stop of the FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series takes place in the unparalleled beauty of Seychelles. Be part of the next leg on 20th Ma yin Beau Vallon!
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Erik Van Heijningen about importance of innovating Water Polo | FINA World Water Polo Conference
Erik van Heijningen is FINA Bureau member from the Netherlands and wants to help the whole Water Polo family to find the right answers to the questions that came up at the FINA Water Polo conference 2017 in Budapest.