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How to navigate a swim course when the conditions are against you
Learn how to navigate an event swim course efficiently when strong winds, choppy water and persistent swell are working against you.
Andre Slade
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Technique
4 Steps To Better Body Surfing
There are four steps that need to come together in order to body surf effectively, master these and you’ll take your body surfing to the next level.
Andre Slade
Training
The benefits of barefoot training
Dry land fitness is likely to form part of your overall ocean fitness training plan, and there’s no better place to do these than barefoot on the beach!
Elly McGuinness
Lifestyle
The 5 point pre-season ocean swim checklist
With the unofficial recreational ocean swim season underway here are 5 tips to help make sure you’re firing early and going long this season.
Andre Slade
Satire
Swimmer ‘shocked’ she hasn’t kept her fitness over winter
Local swimmer Slo Goin was shocked to discover she was out of breath just 200m into today’s ocean swim at Oceanville.
OceanFit
Education
You need to be swimming more
If you want to be strong and confident swimming in the ocean, it all starts with being a strong and confident swimmer.
Andre Slade
Events
Ironwoman Courtney Hancock shares her tips on how to prepare for an ocean swim race
Ahead of the Aussie Ocean Swim, three-time Coolangatta Gold winner Courtney Hancock shares her tips on how to prepare for an ocean swim race.
OceanFit
Training
Take up a new ocean sport and sharpen your skills
If you’ve become complacent in your ocean swims, or feel like you’ve plateaued, there’s no better way to compliment your swimming than to take up a new ocean sport.
Jules
Education
Facing your fears one swim at a time
One of the biggest hurdles for new ocean swimmers is fear. But are they legitimate or irrational, and how do we overcome them?
Jules
Education
The power of reflection
The ocean provides us with endless opportunities to learn from our mistakes, test our skills, and develop our surf sense – if we take the time to reflect.
Jules
Health
Salt water therapy: Swimming my way through heartbreak and frustration
After suffering miscarriage in 2018, Nicole turned to swimming to rebuild her mental and physical strength.
OceanFit
Lifestyle
How far could you swim out to sea?
How anxious would you feel swimming out to sea, alone with nothing but a pair of goggles? how far would you get?
Andre Slade
Education
Reality check: Does your confidence match your ability?
The ocean is a great and powerful leveller, are you giving it the respect it deserves?
Andre Slade
Education
Different strokes for different folks
When transferring from the pool to open water, there are some slight variations you can make to your swimming stroke when waves, wind chop and swimmer wash make the water surface bumpier.
Andre Slade
Health
Em’s Blissfull Breakfast Berry Smoothie
If you struggle to find something healthy and delicious for breakfast that will keep you kicking on throughout the morning try this tasty breakfast berry smoothie.
Emily Gillies
Satire
Ridiculed smartwatch wearers #swimthebird to haters
Swimmers have taken to social media to give the bird to those who ridicule them for posting their swim maps.
OceanFit
Lifestyle
I’m in it for life, could you be?
When faced with the question of whether to patrol, or not patrol, the answer was never in doubt.
Andre Slade
Technique
Top 3 Tips For Returning To The Shore
The journey back to shore through the surf can generate more anxiety and concern than at any other stage of an ocean swim, but that doesn’t have to be the case.
Andre Slade
Tips
What to do when you’ve got too much time to yourself
Tips for keeping yourself entertained when the peace and quiet becomes too much.
Andre Slade
Events
There are no losers, “Winning is doing”
Jane asks “what is winning?” on her journey to enjoy every moment of her new ocean swimming lifestyle.
OceanFit
Events
How to swim your best at the Cole Classic
To help you ease your anxiety, boost your confidence and swim your best on the day we’ve put together these pre, during & post Cole Classic swim tips.
Andre Slade
Events
How to stay relaxed on ‘race day’
It’s totally normal to feel anxious on the day of an event, but how do you keep these feelings under control?
Lia Trebilcock
Events
Australia Day 2019 ocean swims
Australia Day weekend is the busiest on the ocean swims calendar and we’ve got them all listed for you, no matter where you’re celebrating.
OceanFit
Technique
Follow a whitewash runway to shore
How to locate the best place and path to swim back to shore through the waves.
Andre Slade
