Communication is key to maintaining safety, guiding, understanding, following, and exploring throughout the swim and ensuring everyone enjoys the experience. Your hearing is affected because of sound of the waves, earplugs or swims cap over your ears. These make it difficult to hear the swimmer next to you and could create misunderstanding. The hand signals
The Vladswim Cold Water Swim camp in Melbourne hosted swimmers from every part of Australia with participants hailing from Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra. Together over four days they completed seven cold water swims in 15.5-degree water temperature which tested their mental strength, cold water adaptation, swim pace and stroke rate. A big thank you
Another fantastic swim in Western Australia has been and gone. This year’s Rottnest swim will be remembered for the fast swim results and a visiting shark. Indeed, 2018 clocked record breaking swim times for the solo male and team categories. Solomon Wright set a new course record by being the first person to break the
This year’s Rottnest swim again surprised participants with unpredictable surf conditions and a strong current. Two days before the event, the swimmers were relaxed and happy with a weather forecast of light winds, a high air temperature of around 40°C and a small swell – perfect conditions for an enjoyable and safe 20km open water
The swim of the month is the Cook Strait swim completed by Marty Filipowski . On 23rd of February, Marty successfully crossed between the South and North Island of New Zealand. He is the first Vladswim swimmer and 100th ever swimmer to complete this swim. Near perfect conditions allowed Marty to finish in 9 hours
Catalina night swim in California, USA. In September Peter and Martin travelled to California for the 35km swim from Island Catalina to LA. Coach Martin paddled and supported Peter all the way to the main land. Peter’s fantastic time of 10hour and 6min is a reflection of his great preparation. Congratulations Peter!
Congratulations go to: Dean Summers, Rachael Elkaim, Michael Hanisch and Marty Filipowski The Triple Crown swimmers must complete three challenging swims: the English Channel, the Catalina swim and the Manhattan Island swim. Dean, Rachael and Michael completed two swims in one season. Their first swim was the Catalina Channel and then only a month later
