Open Water Swimming News & Views

Steven Munatones was interviewed by William Ellis on An Open Water Swimmer's Podcast , “Chartable” #1 UK Swimming Podcast, on a wide ranging field of topics from the SCAR Swim in Arizona to recovering with KAATSU .

50-year-old Indian marathon swimmer Srikaanth Viswanathan Bangalore, Karnataka is attempting a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai to Oahu under the escort of Michael Twigg-Smith with feeder Terri Dietz . With numerous channel crossings and marathon swims under his swim cap, he was conferred with India's highest national adventure award - Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020 by Hon'ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind, for the Water Category in November 2021. He gave a TEDx Manipal Talk on Channeling Your Dreams: Update: Bill Goding reported, " Srikaanth’s swim ended after 12 hours 30 minutes He was approximately halfway. He had jellyfish stings, [facing] strong current, and was fatigued ." Reported by Bill Goding .

Joe Bernini announced the return of the Cruce Golfo Dulce held in Puerto Jiménez, Golfo Dulce on the Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica. Bernini explains, "After the COVID pandemic, we are finally renewing the Cruce Golfo Dulce this year on September 16th and 17th. The first day, we will host a 32 km race and a 14 km race. On the second day, we will host shorter races of 5 km and 1.5 km. Previously, the Cruce Golfo Dulce was part of the 2015-2016 World Open Water Swimming Series and Costa Rica's Circuito Aguas Abiertas . The courses are amid wild, scenic and incredibly bio-diverse waters that are surrounded by a tropical rainforest. By Steven Munatones .

This winter season has seen a massive increase in rainfall and snow in the Western States of the US. The water - flowing and frozen - will have an impact on the SCAR Swim Challenge , a 4-day stage swim in Arizona along four reservoirs created by the Salt River : Saguaro Lake on Day 1, Canyon Lake on Day 2, Apache Lake on Day 3, and Roosevelt Lake on Day 4. A white blanket of snow has covered the area around this area, east of Phoenix, Arizona. The snow melt will drop the water temperature throughout the race course between April 26th and 29th. This week - six weeks before the SCAR Swim - there was flooding in the Salt River that shut down recreational access [see here and below]. by AZFamily | Arizona News Race visionary and race director Kent Nicholas [shown below with SCAR participant Roger Finch on right] reported, " SCAR 2023 is packed with an incredible lineup of swimmers and crew. Our Arizona winter weather has been very wet which means the desert should be

All kinds of incredible feats in the open water performed by people over the last several decades have been frequently reported and further analyzed. Long swims. Cold swims. Rough swims. Swims by disabled swimmers, swimmers who overcome cancer and horrific accidents. All remarkable achievements. But there is no tougher swimmer than J. Andrew Walberer, PhD who recently completed a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel under the escort of Michael Twigg-Smith . Twigg-Smith reported, " He started at Papohohako Beach on Molokai Island at 5:58 pm last night and finished this morning at 8:47 am at Alan Davis Beach on Oahu ." Walberer, a father of four and a lifelong pool swimmer, admits, “ I enjoy pursuing personal goals outside of work, particularly planning, training, and pursuing athletic challenges " - which include two night-time swims: a 23.3-mile Chicago Skyline Swim in Lake Michigan and a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel in 9 hours 43 minutes

Are you going to swim further than you ever have before? Will you finally register for a marathon swim? Do you plan to swim across the English Channel? Are you entered in a triathlon or want to pioneer a new crossing? Are you serving as an escort kayaker or be part of a channel swimming? Do you plan to challenge yourself and go way out of your comfort zone? Will you try something extraordinarily difficult that you have never done before – but have always dreamed of accomplishing? If so, then KAATSU is a modality that can help you reach your goals. How do extreme athletes – of any age of any ability in any sport – use KAATSU in the preparations? Three Ways • For athletic performance • For injury rehabilitation • For workout recovery However, the use of KAATSU in all these areas is non-intuitive. That is, if you want to run faster, you can use KAATSU while you are walking or sitting. If you want to get stronger, you can use KAATSU for strength building with mu