The open water brings many unique challenges. Many are obvious: There are more waves, no clear path to follow, and plenty of competitors swimming any which way they want. And of course, there are no ...

Blue Buoy Swim School was established in 1956 by Mel and Doris Maxwell in Santa Ana, California. This was a time in Orange County that saw the birth of many swim schools but the Maxwell’s vision was a ...

With a quick splash and a dash of hesitation, 8-month Aiden Noel, dressed in a Finding Nemo wetsuit complete with a 3-D fin, bobbed in the pool for his very first swimming lesson. “Just to see how ...

Menendez swimmer Bryce Abell has likely already been forgiven for proclaiming to no one in particular "I love the buoy so much," at twilight Thursday. Abell and the rest of the Menendez swim team won ...

Swimming lessons kept the Queen Creek Unified School District Aquatic Facility afloat financially throughout the summer. An average of 250 students a month came out to the district’s new pool to learn ...

The La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s Tour of Buoys is right around the corner and this year’s event on Aug. 1 will again feature two different events to challenge open-water swimmers. The first event is a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of National Resources is beginning the process of removing the swim buoys from state park beaches. The swim buoys identify where the water is less ...

FAIRFIELD -- Buoys will be buoys, but unless they meet state regulations, they're nothing more than flotsam and jetsam. The Parks & Recreation Commission learned recently that the large, round, white ...

PORTLAND Call it the business windfall of the Beijing Olympics and the swimming prodigy Michael Phelps. While swimming clubs throughout the state gear up for the fall competitive swim season with ...

TUSTIN, Calif., June 22. FIFTY years of swimming instruction, from tiny infants to adults and every age in between, will be celebrated with a fifties-style pool party on Saturday, July 1, at Blue Buoy ...