Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast

Welcome to episode 315 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Joining us to celebrate the 10th edition of the Casco Bay Swimrun and share the oral history of the event is our friend and race director Lars Finanger . In this conversation we look back to the start of the Swimrun movement in the United States, how the race has evolved over the years, a...

Welcome to episode 314 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Our annual show kickoff is still going strong with this week’s guest. Joining us to talk about Swimrun, surfing, podcasting, and writing is pro surfer and author Kyle Thiermann . We talk about his first Swimrun experience at ÖTILLÖ Catalina in 2025, what it’s like to be a pro surfer, and discuss his new book, One Last Question Before...

Welcome to episode 313 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It’s our first show of 2026 and as per tradition, we are kicking off the year with a banger of an episode. Joining us in ringing in the new (Swimrun) year are the reigning ÖTILLÖ World Champions Arnaud de Lustrac and Jérôme Gueguen, A.K.A., Team The Kebab League. This was an awesome conversation about their friendship, training, raci...

Welcome to episode 312 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It’s time for our annual tradition to close out the year with a look back at our experiences and look forward to what will be “THE YEAR OF SWIMRUN!” in 2026. We’ve had a lot of new experiences this year and are grateful to end our season on a high note. Next year will be an awesome one and we can’t wait to try to keep everyone entert...

Welcome to episode 311 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got yet another great one this week! Joining us to discuss the new ÖTILLÖ Swimrun personal coaching option is head coach, former world champion, and all around amazing athlete Ulrika Ericksson. If that name sounds familiar, we interviewed her way back in Episode 141 right after her victory at ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Champions...

Welcome to episode 310 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It’s finally time for our last race report of the year! Chipper raced the California International Marathon this past weekend and he shares all the feels from his first proper marathon in years. And by “proper” we mean actually training for a marathon. (Spoiler Alert: he had a great race!) Enjoy! ~~~ That’s it for this week’s show. ...

Welcome to episode 309 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Joining us to share what was one of the best Swimrun stories of the year is Vincent Meyer. He was a late (like really late) substitute for this year’s One Water Race and his story of how it all transpired for him to race as part of Team 7 is wild. We relive it all in this story of couch t...

Welcome to episode 308 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We've got a great show for everyone this week and absolute zero Black Friday mentions (except for this one.) Coach Liz Gilden is back for our fourth installment of Fika with Coach Liz to answer all of our off-season questions and how to get set up for an epic race reason in 2026. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Enjoy! ~~~ Th...

Welcome to episode 307 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have a fresh installment of Low Tide Labz this week! Annie Molsberry joins us to discuss Snake and Pig Swim goggles. We put these to the test and share our review of what they claim to be the “world’s most comfortable goggles.” In this episode we break down everything you need to know about these goggles, their use case for Swimru...

Welcome to episode 306 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It’s time for our last race report of the year. We wrapped up our Swimrun season in usual fashion at ÖTILLÖ Austin over the weekend and (Spoiler Alert!) it was a blast. In unusual fashion, we ended up winning (yes, you read that right) the Team division finishing as the first team overall in the World Series distance. Join us as we s...

Welcome to episode 305 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Joining us on the podcast this week is the incomparable Mara Tynan. Not only is she an awesome Swimrunner but she's an even better person. In this wide ranging conversation we talk about our shared love for the sport, her academic pursuits, and so much more. We loved this conversation and know that you will too! Enjoy! ~~~ That’s it...

Welcome to episode 304 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Our favorite journalist, Adam Skolnick , is back on the show to talk about living a wild life, his new book, American Tiger , and of course, Swimrun. Adam is a gem and it was great to have him back on the show. His novel comes out on December 5th so be sure to pre-order it! Enjoy! ~~~ Tha...

Welcome to episode 303 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great show for everyone this week! Joining us from the UK are our friends Claire and Piers Vallance, A.K.A., Team Vallance Precision Fuel and Hydration, for a proper Swimrun chin wag. In this conversation we chatted about their race history, why they love Swimrun, and what keeps them coming back to race ÖTILLÖ, The Swimru...

Welcome to episode 302 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a new installment in our ad hoc Swimrun 201 series for everyone this week. We received a thoughtful listener question a few weeks ago (thanks Ethan!) that inspired us to tackle the moving target of balancing Swimrun and life. In this episode, we answer Ethan’s questions while zooming out to share some mindsets and stories t...

Welcome to episode 301 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It’s rock flute time again! Fresh on the heels of this past weekend’s Inaugural ÖTILLÖ Colorado , we share our race report for the event. As our friend Phil quipped, “the Swimrun circus came to town” and it was a blast to see friends old and new and experience anew the epic/random places that Swimrun can take you. We raced the World...

Welcome to episode 300 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It's rock flute time…again! This time we are going into the hot tub time machine to go back to record the only race report missing from our Swimrun/Podcast journey: California Swimrun 2018. This was our first Swimrun and a fitting look back as we celebrate our 300th episode of the show. Joining us in the hot tub to talk all about it...

Welcome to episode 299 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It's rock flute intro time which can only mean that we have another race report for everyone this week. Fresh off this past weekend's Swimrun Cape Cod , Chris and his partner for the race Emily St. Germain, A.K.A., Team No Tide Donuts, talk about all the sights and sounds of what was an epic day for this point-to-point race in beauti...

Welcome to episode 298 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We're stoked to welcome back to the show our dear friends Chrissy and Bill, A.K.A., Team Mr. and Mrs. B . Not only are they super experienced Swimrunners taking on some of the most challenging races out there but they are also two of the nicest people that we've met on our Swimrun journey. In this conversation we chat about where the...

Welcome to episode 297 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Joining us to discuss mental strategies for when you’re on the other side of the mountain top–such as having just raced ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship–is sports psychologist and extreme endurance athlete Dr. Erin Ayala . In this conversation she shares her wealth of knowledge from...

Welcome to episode 296 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! What a weekend! We just finished broadcasting the 19th Edition of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship and needless to say it was a blast! While the FOMO of not racing was sky high, we certainly got a new appreciation for the race as we followed all the teams along the legendary course. Plus we still got to enjoy the post-race brea...

Welcome to episode 295 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Chris just got back from ÖTILLÖ Mackinac Island where he raced as part of Team Musubi & Mofongo with friend of the podcast John Branderhorst (part of Team Kancho Boyz .) They had a blast racing the last(?) edition of the race in northern Michigan. In this race report, they share all the s...

Welcome to episode 281 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We've got a great one for everyone this week. Dominik Leu of ÖTILLÖ joins us to preview this year's edition of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship . In this episode we share an overview of the race experience, discuss who's gunning for the podium in each team division, and share exclusive breaking news! As a bonus, make sure to he...

Welcome to episode 293 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Gear Talk is back...but it's now called Low Tide Labz. In this episode we discuss the Frank Paddle LTBz Signature paddle, a.k.a., The Stoke Masters, a.k.a., The LTBz'z, a.k.a., The New Hotness. We worked with Frank Paddle for almost a year in designing these paddles and we're stoked with how they turned out. These are a step forward...

Welcome to episode 292 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. A Swimrun legend joins us on the podcast to discuss his recent victory at ÖTILLÖ Gothenburg and his upcoming One Water Race . Of course, we are talking about none other than multiple Swimrun World Champion Adriel Young . In this conversation we talk about his favorite Swimrun race, how he...

Welcome to episode 291 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got our first official LTBz team race report for everyone this week. 2025 has been the most varied year of Swimrun for us to date where we've raced with different partners, distances, etc. but we finally towed the line with our usual team format for this past weekend's Folsom Swimrun . We raced both the short course and the lon...