Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast
275 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsWe are the Löw Tide Böyz (Chipper and Chris), a Swimrun team based in Northern California and we're on a mission to help grow the sport of Swimrun in the United States while striving to make it as accessible, inclusive, and diverse as possible.
On our podcast we share our love for the new-ish sport of Swimrun and interview race directors, athletes, and other cool people in the space all the while chronicling our own training and racing adventures and having as much fun as possible in the process.
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Erika Rosenbaum
June 04, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBWelcome to episode twenty-two of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have Erika Rosenbaum. She’s a key historical figure in the sport of Swimrun with two claims to fame: she coined the word swimrun and produced the first swimrun event (Swimrun Hellas) that wasn’t Ötillö in 2012. She’s an amazing human being and we really enjoyed chatting with her. We wanted to give a shout out this week to Iain from the UK. He’s given us great feedback on the show and explained...
Ark Sports Keel Swimrun Pull Buoy Review
June 02, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBWelcome to our second Low Tide Boyz swrimrun gear review show! This week we are reviewing the Ark Sports Keel Pull Buoy. This review was co-hosted by our friends at Swimrun Labs and we think that you will enjoy this review as we left no stone unturned for this one. We first learned about the Keel while researching swimrun brands to interview for show and quickly became obsessed with this pull buoy once we bought one a put it through its paces. Ark Sports is a great company that we are reall...
Swimrun Labs
May 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBWelcome to episode twenty one of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have Annie and Brooke from Swimrun Labs. We had a great chat with them about their journey in the sport and their review website. Training was interesting this week. Chipper remains sane and Chris ran from his house to a coffee shop 37 miles away hitting all the main peaks of Marin County. You can check out the run and our strava group here. We are also ramping up our bonus episodes where we do...
John Duquette, CEO of blueseventy
May 21, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBWelcome to episode twenty of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have the CEO of blueseventy, John Duquette. We had a great conversation about the brand and their expansion into swimrun. For shout outs this week we are saying hi to Sossi! She’s a Bay Area swimmer and former triathlete that is a big fan of the show. She recently reached out to Chris to let him know that there was a swimrun team (in blueseventy Alliance swimrun wetsuits incidentally) training at Aqua...
blueseventy Alliance Swimrun Wetsuit Review
May 19, 2020 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWelcome to the first ever Low Tide Boyz swimrun gear review! This week we are reviewing the blueseventy Alliance Swimrun Wetsuit. blueseventy was cool enough to send us a couple of suits to put through the paces and they gave us their blessing to do an unbiased review based on our experience and, admittedly mediocre, athletic abilities. Check out the suit at blueseventy.com and remember to use the discount code SWIMRUN for 20% off anything in the store. The Suit Overall, the blueseventy A...
Lars Finanger
May 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBWelcome to episode nineteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have Lars Finanger of Ödyssey Swimrun. This might be one of our favorite shows so far. (Every other show is tied for second place!) We’re still under shelter in place and still training for life at this point. We’ve also committed for some reason to grow our hair out. Chris has already been on that train but Chipper just joined. Fans of the show can suggest what type of mullet Chipper should grow. ...
Marcus Barton
May 07, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWelcome to episode eighteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have Mr. Xterra (and Mr. Low Tide Boy for 2020) Marcus Barton. We had a great time chatting with him about his journey in swimrun and we think that you’ll really enjoy the interview! More on that in a bit. Shelter in place continues in California and we’re still exercising and did some endurance antics this week. Chris ran a marathon on Friday for no reason and Chipper ran 33 laps around his block t...
Nate Helming
April 30, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBWelcome to episode seventeen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have Nate Helming. Nate is an endurance, strength and mobility coach and co-founder of The Run Experience. Lots of great training tips in this episode so be ready to take some notes. We learned this week that the shelter in place order for the Bay Area where we live is going to be extended through the end of the month of May. While we are bummed, we know that we are doing our part to slow the spre...
Mats Skott, Co-Founder Ötillö
April 23, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBWelcome to episode sixteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have Mats Skott, co-founder of Ötillö. NBD! Real talk: if you would have asked us when we started this show in January that we’d be interviewing anyone at Ötillö, let alone one of the founders, we would have lol’d. Yet, here we are! More on our most journalistic interview later in the show. We’re still under a shelter at home order in California and trying to balance work, family and training. We’v...
Boston Wet Sox
April 16, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBWelcome to episode fifteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we have the U.S.-based mixed team, the Boston Wet Sox! Bronwen and Greg are partners in swimrun and in life and we had a great time chatting with them about their journey in swimrun. More on that later. We’re still under a shelter at home order in California and trying to balance work, family and training has been a challenge. As usual, we encourage everyone to listen to the medical and science experts ...
Nicolas Remires of Envol Coaching
April 09, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBWelcome to episode fourteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we chat with Nicolas Remirez of Envol Coaching about his love for the sport and training for swimrun. More on that later in the show! We will be going back to every other week show posting schedule but we want your feedback on what you want to be listening to. We can do gear reviews, deep dive on events, specific guests to interview, etc. Reach to us on social media or shoot us an email at lowtideboyz@...
Andy Hewitt
April 02, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBWelcome to episode lucky thirteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we chat with the Godfather of Swimrun in the U.S., Andy Hewitt. He put on the first swimrun event in the United States and was our first Patron on Patreon. (Spoiler alert: if you support us on Patreon you’ll likely be interviewed for the show!) More on the interview later in the show. We’re still under a shelter-in-place order and we learned this week that the order is being extended until the en...
Better Tethered Together
March 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBWelcome to episode twelve of the Low Tide Boyz Podcast, a Swimrun Podcast! This week’s show should really have been episode number 2 for reasons that we’ll explain later but we are thrilled to have Amber Ferreira and Aryn Marsh of Team Better Tethered Together on the show. This is our last interview that we will be releasing that we recorded while we were in Catalina for Ötillö. More forthcoming. Our top story this week again, and pretty much the top story in the world is still COVID-19. A...
Jonas Colting
March 19, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBWelcome to episode eleven of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we chat with the legendary Jonas Colting. We were pretty star struck when we interviewed him while we were in Catalina for Ötillö but he was an awesome guest and we think that you’ll really enjoy the interview. More on this interview later in the show. Our top story this week, and pretty much the top story in the world is COVID-19. In the Bay Area, where we live, we’ve been instructed to shelter-in-place...
WILD Swimrun
March 12, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBWelcome to episode ten of the Low Tide Boyz Podcast, a Swimrun Podcast! We’re stoked to have Mia Rohman and Fanny Kuhn on the show this week. Both our amazing athletes (Fanny is the reigning Ötillö World Champion) and they started an amazing organization called WILD Swimrun that we’re excited for you to learn more about. More on that later in the show. We’re a couple of weeks past Ötillö Catalina but we’re still reveling in that post-race glow. The folks at Ötillö recently released their ...
Löw Tide Böyz Ötillö Catalina Race Report
March 05, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBWelcome to episode eight of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! This week’s show is all about Ötillö Catalina that happened this past weekend (Feb. 29-Mar. 1). We have something special this week and have two parts to this episode. The first part will be the Low Tide Boyz report and the second part will be the race report from a Swedish Team, Team ARKsouls Addnature, that finished in second place female division. So here we go! We had an amazing and busy weekend scheduled at Catalina. ...
Team ARKsouls Addnature Ötillö Catalina Race Report
March 05, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBWelcome to episode nine of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! Team ARKsouls Addnature Ötillö Race Report This week’s show is all about Ötillö Catalina that happened this past weekend (Feb. 29-Mar. 1). We have something special this week and have two parts to this episode. The first part will be the Low Tide Boyz report and the second part will be the race report from a Swedish Team, Team ARKsouls Addnature, that finished in second place female division. Now for an actual race report!...
Christofer Sundberg, Cofounder ARK Sports
February 27, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBWelcome to episode seven of the Low Tide Boyz,a Swimrun Podcast! We are beyond thrilled to have Christofer Sundberg, a swimrunner and Co-founder of Ark Sports on the show this week. More on this later! We’re just a few days away from the Ötillö Catalina race and we’re ready for some fun! Our training went as well as could be expected but we’re definitely stoked to finally race an Ötillö event and meet so many people that have become fans of the show. We also wanted to give a special shout...
Ötillö Catalina Course Preview 2 & Swimrun Gear w/ Team Baywatch
February 20, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWelcome to episode six of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast! We are releasing another episode this week to give our listeners yet another Ötillö Catalina course preview and some more deep diving into swimrun-specific race gear. On this week’s show we chat with the Huntington Beach-based swimrun team Kawika and Blake, A.K.A. Team Baywatch, to discuss the world series course and all things gear with two veterans of the sport. Before getting into the interview, we want to give a special s...
Ötillö Catalina Course Preview w/ The Swimrun Monks
February 13, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBWelcome to episode five of the Low Tide Boyz, a swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we chat with the San Diego-based swimrun team Sean and Phillip A.K.A., The Swimrun Monks. But first…we wanted to thank everyone that’s been listening to the show and reaching out with questions and feedback. It has been great to see and even though there are people way more experienced than us we’ll keep trying to answer everyone’s questions. We also wanted to give a special shout out to Pepe And Florian ...
Swimrun 101: Partners
January 30, 2020 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBWelcome to episode four of the Low Tide Boyz, a swimrun podcast! On this week’s show we chat about finding a swimrun partner. We’ve received a lot of requests for this show from our fans so…here it is. Since swimrun is primarily a team sport, we thought that it would be a to try to cover all the details around finding a partner since the sport is so young in the US. As you know by now, there’s are three team categories for swimrun events: Women’s, Men’s and Mixed. (Some races will also hav...
Coach Mike Olzinski
January 16, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWelcome to episode three of the Low Tide Boyz, a swimrun podcast! On this week’s show we chat about ramping up our training for Catalina and our swim build workout plan that was written by this show’s special guest, Michael Olzinski. More about him later. We started swimming at a great outdoor Olympic-sized pool that is a huge upgrade from our current crappy 25 yard pool at our crappy gym. Long course swimming has been a great addition to our training given that swimrun is all about swimmi...
Swimrun 101
January 09, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBSwimrun 101 We got some great feedback from listeners that they wanted a primer on Swimrun. So this week we’ve released a special episode to cover all the basics about Swimrun. What is Swimrun? A Swimrun is a multiple-stage competition which involves participants running and swimming over a race course or loop-course that involves at least two transitions between the swim and run stages of the race. All equipment used by participants has to be carried all the way to the finish line. (Tha...
Kelly O'Mara
January 02, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBWelcome to the first official episode of The Low Tide Boyz, a swimrun podcast! We (Chipper and Chris) will be covering a bunch of topics related to Swimrun from upcoming events and news, new gear and product reviews as well as our own journey in training and racing in this growing sport. We hope that folks will join us on our journey and that we will inspire everybody to sign up for Swimrun events in their area. By way of background, we are an endurance team out of Northern California. We’...
Trailer
December 20, 2019 03:26 - 1 minute - 1.51 MBWe are the Low Tide Boyz, a SwimRun team based in Northern California. Our podcast is a window into the sport of SwimRun that we want to grow in the U.S. We’ll share our love for sport while chronicling our own training and racing adventures, interview race directors, athletes and other folks in the space and try to have a lot of fun in the process. Follow along at lowtideboyz.com and subscribe where ever you consume your favorite podcasts.