From mudlarking to multisport: how watersports can enhance your swimming

Published: Fri, 07/12/24

Updated: Fri, 07/12/24

Mixing up your aquatic activities can benefit your swimming in many ways, as we find out in the July issue of Outdoor Swimmer magazine – out now! It's all about Complementary Watersports and alternative ways of enjoying the water, from mudlarking to multisport challenges.

The new issue is packed full of wonderful reading to inspire your adventures on, in and around the water. We put watersports gear, suncream and water shoes to the test and explore Fowey, Cornwall; Hope Cove, Devon; wild swimming spots in Ireland; and the best SUP adventures in Wales. Plus all the regulars, including health news, outdoor swimming news, training, swim locations, technique, travel, event listings, short story, gear news, book and film reviews.

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Poetry and paddleboarding: Highlights of the July issue

We celebrate the ‘towel holders’ – our wonderful friends and family who wait on shore (and look out for us) while we are swimming
How to enliven your swimming with some multisport action
Swimming in words: we swim with poet Katrina Naomi at Battery Rocks, Cornwall
A brief history of kayaking
The art and science of tapering: Paul Newsome looks at how to arrive in peak condition for your next swim challenge
How paddleboarding can enhance your swimming
You Ask, We Answer: what are drills? Olympian Cassie Patten explains all and recommends simple drills to improve your swim technique

EXPLORE: 10 PADDLEBOARDING AND WILD SWIMMING ADVENTURES

Lisa Drewe, author of Paddle Boarding Wales, chooses her favourite places to SUP in Wales

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