Category: Open Water
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New Year’s Day 2013 swim at Newquay Harbour in aid of Clic Sargent
Some brave swimmers tackle the waves at Newquay Harbour on New Year’s Day 2013, in aid of Clic Sargent.
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Author To Swim 2.4 Miles to His Book Signing
San Francisco journalist and surfer Jaimal Yogis will swim to his book event in San Francisco tonight, to talk about The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me about Survival, Success, Surfing…and Love. You can watch the swim live online. Read GalleyCat
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Ice swimming
‘There are strong traditions for ice swimming and dousing with cold water in Russia. They are done for health benefits, as a ritual of the Orthodox Church for the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, and for sports. Such club members are called “walruses” instead of “polar bears”‘
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Models swim with whale sharks for fashion shoot
Models posed in their swimwear and accessories next to the world’s biggest fish in the Philippines for an unusual fashion photo shoot to raise awareness about poaching of whale sharks.