Four friends are sitting around a bar in Sweden, sharing a few drinks and catching up. One turns to another and says, “Do you think we can swim and run 75 kilometers up the coastline of Stockholm?” ...

When temperatures drop in open water, many triathletes will head back to the pool. But that’s a shame, because cold-water swimming has many benefits for our physical and mental health – you just need ...

The wetsuit has a long history in San Francisco, popularized by Jack O’Neill in 1952 to ward off hypothermia in surfers. With the water temperature hovering in the low 50s so far this year, that is ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Pacifica woman made history by completing a very difficult open-water swim. Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, became the first person to swim west of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon ...

Dipped your toe into the wild swimming trend? Maybe you're taking up surfing, or fancy giving stand-up paddleboarding a go? Whatever your watersport of choice, you'll be pleased to hear that reduced ...

There’s a new breed of swim wetsuits out there – these aren’t dedicated triathlon wetsuits, but instead they focus on open-water swimmers. Are they for you? To help you make that purchase, 220 ...

"It's pure happiness. Honestly, the wetsuit is a great experience. I had never worn a wetsuit before, I thought it would have an impact on movement but not at all. On the contrary, it's nice and fresh ...

Pulling on my wetsuit, as well as my neoprene gloves, socks and hat and watching the mist rise from the chilly lake, it’s ...

The best wetsuits come in many shapes and sizes, but not as many as dhb's Aeron Wetsuit 2.0, available in no less than nine different options, from extra small to large/extra tall to extra-extra-extra ...

Posting photos of himself swimming alongside a penguin, Spencer Matthews has finished a brutal swim in Antarctica.

PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - With the price of gas soaring, swimming pools across France are lowering water temperatures or switching off heating altogether, which has left swimmers in one suburban Paris ...

Scientists from Australia are touting the results of bite-resistant wetsuit materials to reduce deaths from shark attacks. Researchers from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, tested ...