Andy Magness

Andy Magness organizes the Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) in the mighty Red River of the North

Andy Magness is the director of ENDracing and race director of END-WET, a 36-mile (57.9 km) downriver marathon swim in the Red River of the North from Grand Forks, North Dakoto to Oslo, Minnesota.

END-WET

Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test, or END-WET as it is known, originally a 27-mile (43.4 km) mixed-sports event (now lengthened to 36 miles or 57.9 km, where solo and relay swimmers pit themselves against other endurance athletes down the Red River between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Oslo, Minnesota in the United States. It is one of the longest marathon swims in the world.

The initial race was organized by ENDracing on 21 July 2012 where kayakers, surfskiers, stand-up paddle boarders as well as swimmers compete in an extreme race in the upper Midwest. Darren Miller won in 9 hours 11 minutes while Dan Projansky finished the race swimming the entire way butterfly in 14 hours 30 minutes.

Categories

• two person open/coed in a canoe or two-person kayak
  
• solo male/female in a kayak or surfski
  
• solo male/female on a stand-up paddle board
  
• relay swimmers (2-6 members)
  
• solo swimmers
  

Charity

All profits help support Ground UP adventures, a local North Dakota non-profit dedicated to bringing adventure to the region's youth and larger communities.

External links

• Andy Magness blog
• END-WET
• ENDracing
• Don't Wait To The END
• Swimmers Head to END to Mighty Red River
• Dan Projansky Shoulders A 26-Mile Burden In The END-WET
• The Odyssey Of Open Water Swimming
• List Of Marathon Swims Around The World
• Marathon Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming website
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Dan Projansky Flying Down The Red River To END-WET
• An Adventure Like No Other In The Mighty Red River
• Dan Projansky Flying Down The Red River To END-WET
• END-WET With No End In Sight
• Annaleise Carr To Start New And Longer END-WET
• Ain't No Sharks In North Dakota, Just A Mighty Red River
• Dan Projansky, 56 Going On 36
• END-WET: Epic, Iconic And Surreally Long
• Results And Report Of The 2014 END-WET
• Everyone Is A Who's Who In The Mighty Red River
• Brian Leftwich Swims And Runs To The Limit
• Re-invention Through Butterfly, Making Up For Lost Time
• Red River Rages