FEATURES
In-depth features that celebrate the vibrant outdoor swimming community, spotlighting extraordinary individuals and their stories.
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Still looking for a swim challenge to motivate your training this year?
Here are two events to choose from that can transform your swimming into positive action helping make sure millions of…
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Event Review: Winter Swimming World Championships, Oulu, Finland
Ice, sauna and auroras – Rowan Clarke discovers the wonders of racing in the ice in Finland
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Event Review: Winter Swimming World Cup, Skellefteå, Sweden
Ella Foote travels to Northern Sweden to take part in the Winter Swimming World Cup in Skellefteå and learns that…
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Sea of change
Rowan Clarke hears from the city lido connecting young people with the water
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It’s never too early to start
Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi reveals how early positive experiences with movement and outdoor environments can shape habits that last a lifetime
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Myth busting: is cold water immersion bad for women?
Recently there have been suggestions across social media about how cold water immersion is “bad for women”. It sounds authoritative,…
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Alice Dearing interviews Toby Robinson
Alice Dearing sits down with Paris 2024 marathon swimmer Toby Robinson to speak about the work he is doing to…
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Is urban swiming really more accessible than wild swimming?
Adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge shares the surprising obstacles she encounters in purpose-built urban pools
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City dippers
Why is city swimming important? Rowan Clarke finds out
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Claiming access to swimming may be easier in cities
Urban waterways can be places we cherish, celebrate and care for, says Simon Griffiths
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Swimming through trauma, with Oceans Seven swimmer Mark Sowerby
In our latest Virtual Event we chatted to Mark Sowerby, the man behind new feature documentary 'Don't Be Prey'
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Outdoor Swimmer joins the Swimmable Cities Alliance
We're excited to announce that Outdoor Swimmer Magazine has been confirmed as an official Signatory to the Swimmable Cities Charter,…
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The sea swimmer suing the polluters: Jo’s story is coming to a cinema near you
Inspiring new documentary 'Jo In The Water' follows sea swimmer turned reluctant activist Jo Bateman as she takes on one…
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Wild swimming in London and southeast England
Natasha Sones, outdoor adventurer, wild swimmer and author of Swimming Wild in South East England, shares six of her favourite…
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Close encounters of the wild kind! Your wildlife swimming pics
Inquisitive seals, playful ducks and alarming swans – thank you for sharing photos of your wildlife encounters with us on…
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Event review: Barbados Open Water Swim Festival
Reader Alison Atfield decided to travel to Barbados alone for a new challenge
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Flourishing through swimming: practical principles from positive psychology
For our March Virtual Event we were delighted to host Leadership Coach Lexi Tinkler who shared fascinating insights about how…
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Interview: Mark Turner, co-founder, UltraSwim 33.3
What inspired the UltraSwim 33.3 format, and what keeps Mark up at night? Mark Turner is the co‑founder of UltraSwim…
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Event review: The Really Cold Swim Championships 2026
Long distance and ice swimmer Jo Jones reports on this year’s event at Rother Valley Country Park.
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Breath, water and vibration
Breathing correctly makes us better swimmers, but can working on breath on dryland helps us in the water? Ella Foote…
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Five ways to calm the nervous system
Personal trainer Liz Lowe recommends five simple actions to help reduce perceived stress and soothe the nervous system for a…
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Use the outdoors for dryland training
Avoid busy, stuffy gyms and get outside for your dryland training, says fitness coach Vivienne Rickman
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Spring clean the body
This month, editor Ella advises how to prepare for the season ahead with a mind and body spring clean
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Winging it: the day a swan became my pacer
What an unexpected river chase taught Jharna Kumawat about calm, kindness, and keeping strokes tidy
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Review: Don’t Be Prey
A documentary about one man’s quest to rebuild his life through swimming the Oceans Seven
