Category: Open Water
-
Swimming Tips | How to Improve Your Openwater Stroke Rate
The water movements and the flows of open water swimming, force us to adapt the swimming technique to be more effective, since wide and strong strokes are more complicated to perform. Chris Leiferman suggests some exercises to increase our stroke cadence and make more progress in open water, achieving less fatigue.
-
Open Water Swim Tips – Drafting
Looking to save time and energy in the water? How about gaining a little speed? Time to get comfortable drafting off nearby swimmers. Coach Bryan Mineo walks you through some of the key points of drafting during the swim, with input from professional triathlete Kevin Portmann.
-
Alex Grove Limbers up for Cross Channel Swim
Former Warriors and Scotland centre Alex Grove gears up for swimming the English Channel to raise funds for Acorns Children’s Hospice.
-
Brave Mum’s Open Water Swim After Son Drowned in Canal
Donna Nelson, who son drowned in 2015, is training to undertake her biggest challenge yet by getting back in the water for the first time since his death.
-
Ocean Swim Fiji 2020
Scott Rice and his team at Quantum Events have been creating and operating ocean swimming events for over 15 years, including the 7-event Banana Boat New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Inspired by stunning scenery, exceptional swimming conditions and world-class hospitality, Ocean Swim Fiji first launched in 2018 and has grown year on year, now heading…
-
The Big Welsh Swim and The Big Bala Swim short film
All aboard the ‘Swim Train’ with The Big Bala Swim and The Big Welsh Swim! Two great multi-distance open water swim events in Snowdonia, North Wales, with a choice of distances from 1.3km to 9km. You will catch the narrow gauge trains down the side of the lakes with spectacular views of the mountains, and…
-
Record entries for Wanaka’s Ruby Swim race
What would you do after finishing a 10km lake swim? Well, in Cameron Stanley’s case it was run to the start of another 2.5km swim at the weekend.
-
A swim in the ice – #Antarctica2020
UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh set off to Antarctica to carry out a serious of pioneering swims.
-
Sarah Ferguson Open Water Swimmer
Sarah Ferguson is an Open Water Swimmer from Durban South Africa Sarah is a physiotherapist and runs a private practice in Durban North at a multi-disciplinary center. She is also a motivational speaker, Pilates instructor, retired National Swimmer and swim coach. Subscribe to her YouTube Channel here http://bit.ly/BreatheYouTubeChannel