Sure, swimming seems easy enough. Put one arm in front of the other and make rotating movements, don’t forget to breathe, and most importantly, don’t forget a towel to dry yourself with after. Have you ever thought about pushing yourself…
Open water swim wear brand Selkie Swim co and partner the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) are sending out some safety advice to all open water swimmers, experienced or otherwise, to be careful when swimming in local rivers, lakes…
Surf and yoga retreat specialist Soul & Surf has confirmed the opening date for its first permanent European base in Portugal as the 5th April 2019. The opening of Soul & Surf Portugal, which will be located in the Algarve…
You’d think that being confined to a decompression chamber for two days after a bad case of the bends would put most people off diving. But for James Monnington, his passion for ocean exploration meant he was just spurred on…
Surfer Stephanie Gilmore claimed a slice of history today at Honolua Bay, Maui: the Australian ROXY girl clinched her 7th World Title with hundreds of locals looking on and fans worldwide coming together to celebrate the Queen of Surf. A…
Just over a year ago, Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean and decimated a vast majority of the islands. 6 months later and the islands were still struggling to get back to normality, so you would think that hosting a sailing…
Less than a fortnight after becoming the first person to swim around mainland Great Britain, Ross Edgley has set his sights on another major goal: to win Red Bull Neptune Steps. The UK’s toughest open-water adventure race will return to…
Ross Edgley, the first human to swim around Great Britain, stepped foot back on Margate beach last Sunday morning. His gruelling 1,792 mile ‘Great British Swim’ took 157 days to complete, and led to him breaking three world records in…
Ross Edgley, 33, of Grantham, Lincolnshire has become the first person to swim around mainland Great Britain, pushing the boundaries of what the human body is capable of. The 1,792 mile ‘Great British Swim’ took the adventure-athlete 157 days to…
Unlike running, a swim marathon does not have a defined distance, but it is widely agreed that 10km is the minimum. One of the most established, and beautiful, marathon swims in the UK is the Thames Marathon, a 14km downstream…