World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year











noun- The World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year is an annual award that is part of the WOWSA Awards and are meant to identify products, services, events and organizations that:
(1) best support and assist open water swimmers achieve their goals,
(2) are innovative, unique and beneficial to open water swimmers, race directors, coaches or administrators, and
(3) have made the most positive impact on the world of open water swimming during the calendar year.
The nominees for the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year are unique products, services, events and organizations with an exceptional twist and extraordinary value to open water swimmers around the world.
Contents
- 1 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Recipients
- 2 WOWSA Awards
- 3 Voting
- 4 Catalyst
- 5 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 6 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 7 2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 8 2017 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 9 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 10 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 11 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 12 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 13 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 14 Videos of Nominees
- 15 External links
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Recipients
- 2020 Offering of the Year: Kosatka DV by Oleg Dokuchaev of Russia
- 2019 Offering of the Year: Travesía Interminable, a book by Antonio Argüelles of Mexico and Adam Skolnick of the U.S.A.
- 2018 Offering of the Year: Icebears Hintertux by Josef Köberl of Austria
- 2017 Offering of the Year: Sea Donkey, a film by James Harrison with Adrian Sarchet of Guernsey
- 2016 Offering of the Year: Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim from Asia to Europe in Turkey
- 2015 Offering of the Year: World Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk, Russia by the International Ice Swimming Association
- 2014 Offering of the Year: Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign by Pádraig Mallon and Camlough Lake Water Festival of Ireland
- 2013 Offering of the Year: International Ice Swimming Association, a governing body for ice swimming founded by Ram Barkai of South Africa
- 2012 Offering of the Year: SWIM Channel, a Portuguese-language magazine produced by Patrick Winkler of Brazil
WOWSA Awards
The World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year is part of the WOWSA Awards and presented by the World Open Water Swimming Association. It is awarded together with the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Online voting takes place at World Open Water Swimming Association.
Voting
The WOWSA Award for the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year is given at the annual Global Open Water Swimming Conference and voted online upon by tens of thousands of swimmers and fans in a public poll.
Catalyst
Due to the explosive growth of the sport of open water swimming from ice swims to ultra-marathon swims, there has been a concurrent growth in the products, service offerings, vacations, technical devices and gadgets, coaching experts, equipment and content provided to the emerging open water swimming market.
The nominations recognize some of the best products and services that the global open water swimming world has seen. Extreme swimmers, disabled swimmers, ice swimmers, marathon swimmers, professional swimmers, administrators, coaches, pilots, and swimmers from all walks of life have used, purchased and benefited from an increasingly number of products and services.
2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
1. Antarctica 2020 International Swim by Ger Kennedy (Ireland)
2. Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Australia)
3. Der Mensch Als Fisch - Die Abenteuer von Otto Kemmerich friesischer Schwimmpionier by Erik Eggers (Germany)
4. Galilee Marathon Swimming Association by Guy Cohen and Eyal Schachner (Israel)
5. I Swim And Travel Around The World by Yasu Fukuoka (Japan)
6. It's Not About The Swim Webinars By Nuala Moore (Ireland)
7. Kosatka DV by Oleg Dokuchaev (Russia)
8. Mallorca Open Swim by Boris Nowalski (Spain)
9. Marathon Swim Stories by Shannon House Keegan (USA)
10. Maratona Aquática. Das Piscinas As Aguas Abertas O Guia Definitivo Do Treinamento Para Nadadores E Triatletas by Diogo Zoppi (Brazil)
11. NOAA National Weather Service "Wave Safe With Bruckner Chase" Series (USA)
12. OceanFit by Andre Slade (Australia)
13. Ocean Grease by Edward Beck (Australia)
14. Open Water Virtual Grand Slam by Mark Johnston (USA)
15. Orca SW "Smart" Wetsuit (Spain)
16. RIO with Lucas Rivet and Anthony McCarley (Argentina/Brazil/USA)
17. Splash! 10,000 Years of Swimming by Howard Means (USA)
18. Strong Like Her. A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers and Unstoppable Athletes by Haley Shapley (USA)
19. Swim.com App (USA)
20. THE PONDS, Still Waters Run Deep by Patrick McLennan and Samuel Smith (UK)
21. Wave Warrior by Matt Wild (UK)
22. Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui (USA)
2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
1. Blind Vision by James Pittar (Australia)
2. FINIS Stream (USA)
3. FORM Swim Goggles + Polar® OH1/OH1+ Heart Rate Sensor (Canada)
4. Kayaking & Coaching by Dan Simonelli (USA)
5. Ocean Triple R: Remote Recovery Rescue by Nuala Moore (Ireland)
6. Oceanman Series Experience (global)
7. Open Water: San Francisco. Calendar 2020 by Zina Deretsky (USA)
8. Prolific Promotions by Elaine Howley (USA)
9. Slow Swimming by Stuart Hamilton (UK)
10. Swimming Easter Island by John McCarthy (South Africa)
11. Tampa Bay Frogman Swim (USA)
12. The Ancient Seven Seas by David Rich (global)
13. Travesía Interminable by Antonio Argüelles (Mexico) and Adam Skolnick (USA)
14. WAVE Drowning Detection Systems by Mark Caron (USA)
2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
1. A History of Marathon Swimming (USA) by Joe Grossman & Steve Walker
2. AKUA Kelp Jerky (USA) by Courtney Boyd Myers
3. Asociación de Cruce a Nado del Río de la Plata (Argentina) by Lucas Rivet
4. ENERGYbits® (USA) by Catharine Arnston
5. Icebears Hintertux (Austria) by Josef Köberl
6. International Ice Swimming Association World Cup Series by Ram Barkai
7. Marathon Swimming: The Sport of the Soul (USA) by Paul Asmuth
8. Maelstrom Seven by Wild Swimming Brothers
9. Ontberingen van een marathonzwemster / Hardships Of A Marathonswimmer (Netherlands) by Monique Blok-Wildschut
10. Patagonia Swim (Chile) by Cristian Vergara and Julieta Núñez Gundlach
11. St. Lucia Channel Swim (St. Lucia & Martinique) by Sue Dyson & Nathaniel Waring
12. Tahiti Swimming Experience (Tahiti) by Stéphane Debaere & Tahitian Swimming Federation
13. Take Your Dream (Australia) by Eric, Hunter and Tuck Helmick
14. TOWER 26 (USA) by Gerry Rodrigues
15. Waikiki Roughwater Swim DIY Swim Certificate (Hawaii) by Michael Rök & Jim Cotton
2017 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
1. 48 Braçades by Miquel Suñer (Spain)
2. Blue Journey Dangerous Waves Project by Bruckner Chase (USA)
3. Global Swim Series by Rob Kent & Dylan Kent (Canada)
4. LongSwimsDB by Evan Morrison (USA)
5. New York Open Water by David Barra, Rondi Davies & Alex Arévalo (USA)
6. Open Water Swim Academy by Dan Simonelli (USA)
7. Outdoor Swimmer by Simon Griffiths (Great Britain)
8. Sea Donkey with Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
9. Shark Bait by Dr. Seán O’Connell (Bermuda)
10. Swim Argentina by Matías Ola (Argentina)
11. The Channel of Bones with Toni Enderli (South Africa)
12. Travessia do Leme ao Pontal by Adherbal de Oliveira & Renato Ribeiro Barbosa (Brazil)
2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
1. Prison Island Swims (international)
2. KIM SWIMS (USA)
3. Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim (Turkey)
4. Ocean City Swim Club Unified Team / Legion of Ocean Heroes Surf Lifesaving Festival (USA)
5. KAATSU Aqua (Japan)
6. Hawaiʻi Tiger Shark Tracking (USA)
7. OceanFit (Australia)
8. The Power of Swimming or Simma med Stjärnorna (Sweden)
9. Wildswim.com (United Kingdom)
10. Instabeat (International)
11. Terroir Project Collection (Denmark)
12. Agar Plasticity (Japan)
13. MadSwimmer (South Africa) Children Charity Swims
14. Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart by Lynne Cox (USA)
15. Global Alert Platform by the Ocean Recovery Alliance (Hong Kong)
16. Blue Mind Summits by Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
1. Axis Buoy by FINIS
2. Best Places To Swim by Orca
3. Chillswim Coniston by Chillswim
4. Find A Way by Diana Nyad
5. IOLITE by Stephen Holm, Raymond Rogers, Justin Peck
6. Lake Geneva Swimming Association by Ben Barham
7. Madswimmers Charity Swims by Jean Craven
8. Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı (Samsung Intercontinental Bosphorus Swimming Competition) by the National Olympic Committee of Turkey
9. Sting No More™ by Dr. Angel Yanagihara
10. Swim Across America
11. SwimCross in Switzerland
12. SwimEars® by Hans Henrik Heming
13. Swimmit by Ivan Peralta
14. SwimTrack by Evan Morrison
15. WEST (Water World Swimming Therapy)
16. World Ice Swimming Championships in Russia
2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 24 Hour Swim in San Francisco by Suzie Dods (U.S.A.)
- BlueJourney-Amerika Samoa -Stronger Together: The Waterman's Way by Bruckner Chase (U.S.A./Amerika Samoa)
- Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign by Pádraig Mallon (Ireland)
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation (U.S.A.)
- Dancing In The Water by Wayne Ewing and Matthew Moseley (U.S.A.)
- L.O.S.T. Swimming (Lake Ontario Swim Team) by Rob Kent (Canada)
- Morrison Report by Evan Morrison for Marathon Swimmers Federation (international)
- Nadandolibre Radio Show - Marcador Show by José Díaz and Alessi Pérez (Spain)
- Ola Vista Photography by Mike Lewis (U.S.A.)
- Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) by Pedro Rego Monteiro (Brazil)
- S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge by Kent Nicholas (U.S.A.)
- The Greatest Englishman by Marathon Films (Great Britain)
- The Torture Swim by 60 Minutes Sports (U.S.A./Ireland)
- The Vertical Swim Trainer by Genadijus Sokolovas (U.S.A./Lithuania)
- Uaimh an tSolais & Uaimh na nÉan by Sam Krohn with Donal Buckley (Australia/Ireland)
2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
- 21 Yaks and a Speedo, Storytelling Life Lessons by Lewis Pugh (U.K.)
- Amphibia Sports Ring, Simple Silicone Solution For Swimmers (Ireland)
- Bold & Beautiful, A Pod by the Shore (Australia)
- Driven, Documenting Distance and Dedication (U.S.A.)
- FINIS Agility Paddles, Training Tools of the Trade (U.S.A.)
- Global Open Water Swimming Conference, Culminating In Cork (Ireland)
- International Ice Swimming Association, Cooling To The Extreme (South Africa)
- Ocean-navi, Navigating Throughout The Pacific (Japan)
- Ocean Swimming & Prone Paddleboarding for Athletes with Spinal Cord Injuries (U.S.A.)
- Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide by Lynne Cox (U.S.A.)
- Oru Kayak, Origami of the Open Water (U.S.A.)
- Ouma Academy, Swimming The Sea (Tunisia)
- Plastic Disclosure Project by Ocean Recovery Alliance (Hong Kong)
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, Far Forward Thinking In The Ocean (U.S.A.)
- Swim Smooth, Styling Streamlined Swimming (Australia/U.K.)
2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees
The 2012 nominees are listed below in alphabetical order:
- Big River Man by Martin Strel
- Channel Swimmers' Chat Group by Nick Adams
- Cork Distance Week by Ned Denison
- FINIS SwiMP3 X18 by John Mix
- Foggle by Karen Smidt-Allard
- Open Water Swimming Insurance by Travis England
- In My Element by Theodore Yach
- iSwimToo by Stephen Coulter
- Marathon Swimmers Forum by Evan Morrison & Donal Buckley
- Midmar Mile Facebook Integration by Wayne Riddin
- Night Train Swimmers by Vito Bialla
- Ocean Care Solutions by Ron Adley
- Oceans Seven Project by Red Bull Media House
- RC Helicam by Andrew Martens
- SWIM Channel by Patrick Wrinkler
- SwimIT by Rick Senn
- SwimPhone by Club Assistant
- SwimTrek by Simon Murie
- TakeItLive by Chris Lundie
- Toa o le Tai Program by Bruckner Chase
- The Henley Swim by Tom Kean
Videos of Nominees
External links
- Update to the International Ice Swimming Association Policy – IISA Moves to a Total Ban
- International Ice Swimming Association Official Statement on the Invasion of Ukraine
- Narración de mi Travesía del Canal del Norte
- Nominate Open Water Swimming Heroes and Heroines for the 2021 WOWSA Awards
- Aerial Footage of the Open Water - High From Above Offers New Perspectives
- Evan Morrison Honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Dan O'Shea, Co-Founder Of The Tampa Bay Frogman Swim
- Soul Is Waterproof: Adventure Swimming On Green River In History’s Lowest Flows
- Matthew Moseley Completes Green River Swim In Canyonlands
- 752,000 Reasons To Be Thankful In Tampa Bay
- White, Water, Swimming, Snow
- Planning With Pedro
- Francismar, Vanessa Siviero Produce and Post An Ever-growing FranciSwim
- Nejib Belhedi Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
- Bárbara Hernández Huerta Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year
- Original Triple Crown By Kamil Resa Alsaran Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- Kosatka DV Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Nuala Moore On Cold Water Swimming – Tonight’s Webinar
- Styling For Swimmers
- Haley Shapley Discusses Strong Like Her On WOWSA Live
- Security Monitoring Of The WOWSA Awards
- A Wonderful History Of Swimming
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- The Forever Swim Virtual Book Launch
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- Pádraig Mallon Redux On Open Water Wednesday
- Antonio Argüelles On This Week’s Open Water Friday
- Pádraig Mallon And Ned Denison On Open Water Wednesday
- Eat Where You Train – Double Dipping On Health
- Paul Asmuth To Speak At 2019 Open Water Summit
- Adherbal de Oliveira Hit By Cookiecutter Shark In Molokai Channel
- Josef Köberl Sets World Record In Ice
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Josef Köberl To Be Honored In California
- 2019 WOWSA Award Winners Announced
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- Gulf Of Finland Relay Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
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- We Could Achieve - Stephen Redmond
- Oceans Seven Project, Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominee
- 2012 WOWSA Offering Of The Year, SWIM Channel
- WOW...Whatta Year Of Achievement
- Moreno From Navia Humbly Gives Thanks
- Swimming Smoothly With Paul Newsome And Adam Young
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- Lynne Cox Surviving And Thriving Over The Test of Time
- Oru Kayak Inspired By Paper Used On Water
- Masayuki Moriya Navigating The Pacific With Ocean-navi
- Plastic Disclosure Project Making A Difference
- Swimming and Paddle Boarding With Spinal Injuries
- Cool To The Extreme, International Ice Swimming Association
- Oswald Schmidt Led A Grand Ceremony In Cork
- This Is Africa - The aQuellé Midmar Mile
- Gotta Hand It To FINIS Agility Paddles
- 21 Yaks, 21 Chapters Of Life's Lessons
- Too Cool…International Ice Swimming Association
- Swim Channel, Swimming's Media Mogulists
- Pleasure, Pain, Passion And Purpose Of Marathon Swimming
- International Ice Swimming Association Is 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
- WOWSA Announces Its 2013 Awards
- Statistics On Ice Swimmers And Ice Swimming
- Daniel Takata Gomes Goes 3 For 3 With FINA
- Where Theodore Yach Is Most Comfortable, Uncomfortable
- Top 25 Terms In Openwaterpedia
- St. Ninian's Bay To Host International Swim Celebration
- Pádraig Mallon To Be Honored In Mount Stuart Castle
- Olga Kozydub To Be Honored In Scotland
- The 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference
- Mercedes Gleitze To Be Honored In Scotland
- Unified By Mind And Body In The Ocean
- Goggle Defogger Used By Pro Marathon Swimmers
- 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Nominees
- 2014 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
- 2014 WOWSA Awards Nominees
- 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- José Díaz And Alessi Pérez Keep Talking
- Matías Ola Taking To The Extremes
- What A Performance In The Open Water
- Sam Krohn's Soulful Artistry Of The Open Water
- Camlough Lake Starts Its Ice Swimming Preparations
- They Swim To Look Within Themselves
- Torture Treats The Tenacious
- It Was A Long Haul For The Marathon World
- Olé For Ola
- Up All Day And All Night In Aquatic Park
- Royalty And The Masses Head Towards Rio De Janeiro
- Thomas Lurz Going For Gold
- What Goes Around, Comes Around: The Waterman's Way
- Going Rogue Goes International In Arizona
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- Open Water Swim Channel
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- Find A Way On Tour
- Hear, Hear To Hans Henrik Heming
- Swimming On Top Of The World's Highest Volcano
- 2015 WOWSA Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Voting
- WOWSA...Swimmers To Be Celebrated At Big Chill Swim
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- Lewis Pugh To Present WOWSA Awards At Big Chill Swim
- Madswimmers Complete The Highest Swim In History
- Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı
- Patrick Winkler Explains His Open Water Network
- Guarantee Entry At The Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim
- 6.3 Million Reasons To Swim Across America
- World Ice Swimming Championships In Murmansk
- Bridgette Hobart Janeczko Takes Her Success In Stages
- Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González Is 2015 Man Of The Year
- Andrea Fazio's Is Selected As World Performance Of The Year
- World Ice Swimming Championships In Murmansk Honored As World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Daniel Takata To Be Olympic Swimming Commentator
- World Open Water Swimming Association
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- The Blue Journey Is Expanding Globally
- Swimming With Samsung, Across The Bosphorus
- Getting Stronger And Faster Under Pressure
- Swimmers And Humanity With A Blue Mind
- Lynne Cox Shares Her Passion At Swim Camp Catalina III
- Swimming To Freedom, Triple Break Gone Global
- OceanFit Is Fabulously Fun
- Pick Me Up With The Global Alert Platform
- Global Alert App Track Ocean Trash Hotspots
- Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim Is 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Miquel Suñer, From Swimming To Sharing
- Sea Donkey Delivers
- Travessia Do Leme Ao Pontal's Week To Remember
- Blue Journey Australia With The Unified Team
- Outdoor Swimmer Nominated For WOWSA Awards
- Thiago Toshio Rebollo Swims Travessia do Leme ao Pontal
- Dan Simonelli Helps Create A Sea Of Change
- The Transition From NYC Swim To New York Open Water
- Looking Up Swimmers Around The World
- Sea Donkey, 2017 World Open Water Offering of the Year
- Margarita Llorens Bagur Wins 2017 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Jaimie Monahan Wins 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Award
- Antonio Argüelles Wins 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Award
- Putting Words Into Concrete Action In Turkey
- Ben Lecomte To Speak From The Middle Of The Pacific
- Oru Kayak Launches A Second Crowdfunding Success
- Writing And Swimming Around The World
- 2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- The Globalization Of Open Water Swimming
- Think, Plan, Do In The Open Water
- By The Hand Of God
- Tastes Good, Feels Great
- Role Models In The Open Water
- Lucas Rivet And Fernando Ciaramella From Coast To Coast
- Lucas Rivet Crosses Between Argentina And Uruguay
- Aleksandra Bednarek Voted 2018 Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- Icebears Hintertux Voted 2018 Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
- Ross Edgley's Great British Swim Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Ion Lazarenco Tiron Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year