David Coleman

I started my ice swimming journey a decade ago when I decided to continue to swim in the open water through the UK winter as the temperatures dropped. The first couple of years were formative as I didn’t really have a clear plan of what I wanted to achieve other than experiencing the adrenaline rush […]
Duncan Kukard

Swimming background: I grew up running, enjoyed pushing my limits running a sub 30 min 10km, got injured and turned to swimming to keep sane. I swim for fun, without the stress and hardcore training routines I followed with my running. But, still want to test my limits. I have swim across Lake Malawi, […]
Jono Ridler
Hello! My name is Jono Ridler, one of the many obsessed (for good reason) open-water swimmers based out of Auckland, New Zealand. After a childhood of mostly despising swimming lessons and being a very average swimmer, I returned to the sport in 2011 at 21 years old, completing a 3-kilometre ocean swim across the Auckland […]
Bre Ward

Kia ora! My name is Bre, I’m from Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington, New Zealand). I’m a 24 year old studying Sustainability and Outdoor Education at Ara in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). I grew up doing surf life saving and loved being in the ocean – but I didn’t like wearing wetsuits because I felt less free in them! […]