June 8 (UPI) --A swimmer known as the "eco mermaid" broke a Guinness World Record by taking a 26.22-mile swim in the ocean while wearing a monofin. Merle Liivand, a swimmer and conservationist known ...

"At the end of the day this isn't just about a record," swimmer Merle Liivand told Guinness World Records Swimmer Merle Liivand has set a new record for the farthest swim while wearing a monofin. Now, ...

The four-time world record holder is also a marine conservationist and aquapreneur A Florida woman known as the "Eco Mermaid" broke a Guinness World Record by swimming 42.2 kilometres in the ocean ...

When Michaela Werner goes for a swim she feels at one with the water. The mother-of-three practices mermaiding and uses a monofin to do laps in her local pool or catch waves in the surf.

As I sink to the bottom of the kidney bean-shaped hotel pool, scabbling to grab the end of my yellow monofin while Moves Like Jagger fades into the bubbly background, I realise that ‘becoming a ...

On 24-25 October 2015, freedive world champion Nik Linder will be at the Monofin Weekend at the monte mare’s indoor diving centre. He will conduct a new range of SSI Specialty courses in Basic Monofin ...