Open Water Swimming News & Views

The future of flying - and its former crowded past... If the Multicabin® design really comes to fruition, there will be a lot of happy and more restful open water swimmers traveling internationally to their open water swims and channel crossings (across the Cook Strait, English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Sea of Galilee, 20 Bridges Swim, International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim, Lake Ontario, SCAR, etc.). The elimination of the middle seat on international flights will be a greatly welcomed change. Imagine arriving to your destination not feeling groggy, fatigued, and totally jetlagged. If there are channel swimmers from the Americas, Europe, or Africa interested in attempting a Cook Strait crossing in New Zealand, Air New Zealand will soon offer Skynest, the first sleeping pods in the sky for economy class passengers. Swimmers can catch a few very welcomed hours of restful sleep in a fl...

Prabhat Koli from Mumbai, India has acccomplished all kinds of achievements in the open water swimming world during his young career. With his latest crossing of the Cook Strait , Koli became the 22nd person to complete the Oceans Seven . Escorted by Donald Dring, observed by Brett Richardson, crewed by Chief Omar Vaquero, and navigated by Corey Fairbairn on March 1st 2023, Koli crossed the Cook Strait from the South Island to the North Island in 8 hours 41 minutes and 5 seconds. Born on July 27th 1999, Koli is the youngest person in history to complete the Oceans Seven at 23 years 7 months and 2 days. His road to success is a long time coming and is due to a constant focus and dedication to his craft. He is the youngest male to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and was awarded the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2018 [shown below]. In addition to his Oceans Seven channels, he has completed the 81 km India National Open Water Swimmi...