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Bob Bruce — The 2022 Oregon Open Water Preview The coming of spring reminds us that summer is not far away, and with it the 2022 Oregon open water season. You can find the schedule, event information, and entry links & forms for all Oregon events and information about the 2022 Oregon Open […]

Long Distance Swimming – May 2022

April 28, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water / Planning by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — The swims at Eel Lake, started in 1999, have been a fairly consistent stop on the OMS Open Water schedule and have served as a valuable incubator and test site for new open water ideas. This is a short history of the event, and a big question about its future. […]

Eel Lake. Where We’ve Been. Where Are We ...

February 24, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water / Planning by Bob Bruce

Joe Oakes — Many years ago, Frank Drum, the president of the San Francisco Dolphin Club, was quoted in an interview by a local newspaper reporter. Here is his version of the biblical quotation, “Many are called, but few are chosen,” to describe the club’s swimmers in cold San Francisco Bay. “Many are […]

A Biblical Quote

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Open Water by Joe Oakes

Last Saturday I went for my final August swim at Broughton Beach. Broughton Beach is on the Columbia River, right behind PDX. The swimming area is long enough for a few laps back and forth. It is a place on the Columbia River where I can feel safe from heavy […]

Keeping Our Beaches Clean

October 22, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Motivation / Open Water / Special by Joe Oakes

A “Tale” of Starting a Cold Water Swim Group by Suzy Happ It was Oct 6th 2020. The pandemic was in full swing and the pools were all closed. Being part of the Merfolk open water swim group had been my summer’s saving grace. But the water temps were falling […]

Birth of the Ballenas

October 22, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Human Interest / Motivation / Motivation / Open Water / Training by Aqua Master Editor

Camaradire photos

Camaraderie Photos

September 20, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Open Water by Aqua Master Editor

Vancouver swimmers Mark Crosby, Jayette Pettit, Beth Martell, Doug Brockbank, Suzy Jajewski, and Arlene Delmage enjoy a beautiful day on the Columbia River. With fall rapidly approaching water temperatures in the area are dropping quickly. The “Wim Hoff” award goes to Mark Crosby and Suzy Jajewski. If you don’t know […]

Open Water Swimming in OR & WA – October 2021

September 20, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Open Water / Open Water / Training by Alice Zabudsky

Todd writes: “here are some photos from the 8K Eel Lake swim that Sue and I did with Ralph rowing along. Robin Bragg was also there keeping us company for a bunch of it. We had a great swim!” The swim took them about 2 hours 28 minutes. Congratulations, Sue […]

Sue Phillips and Todd Lantry’s 8k swim

September 20, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water by Matt Miller

The oldest continuously contested swim in the United States is the Boston Light Swim. It is a beautiful swim that starts eight miles out from Boston at a lighthouse in the Atlantic Ocean. Cold water, English Channel Rules (no wetsuits, etc.). And it finishes at the “L-Street Brownies” clubhouse where […]

Roy Webster Cross Channel Swim

August 20, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Motivation / Open Water by Joe Oakes