BEST FEST Europe's Nº1 Open Water Swimming Festival

Congratulations to Outdoor Swimmer Magazine competition winner Lin Cram!

Lin was the lucky winner of a week for two in Colonia St Jordi and entry into the BEST Fest 2020 events of her choice. We look forward to welcoming Lin in May and sharing everything that BEST Fest has to offer, and we’re sure that our range of events, structured training and pro-clinics will really make a difference in her future swimming/triathlon endeavours.

Lin said of her win; “I am shocked and overwhelmed! Hopefully it will help with my Full distance tri training. I started in triathlon in 2007 because I could swim, though I needed to learn front crawl. After 4 years I had to stop doing triathlons due to injury and family matters, but I was able to do some swim events such as Swimathons, Barbados Open Water festival, Nevis to St Kitts cross channel swim, and many excellent local swims in Pembrokeshire, and across Wales. In 2017 I was able to get back to triathlon and completed my first 70.3 event. Last year I attempted a 140.6 triathlon, but flooding caused the bike section to be cancelled, so I am having another go this summer. I am not fast, but I generally get there in the end. I swim with Emlyn Flyers swimming club.”

Come and join Lin at BEST Fest 2020 – Entries are open now!

Our friends of OpenWaterSchwimmen.com has published an article about BEST Fest;

“BEST Fest: das Freiwasser Event auf Mallorca“.

You can read it here. Don’t miss it! (In german)

 

Join the Founders and Head Coaches from Swim Smooth, Paul Newsome and Adam Young, for an exclusive seminar event on Monday 27th May. Entitled ‘Blinded by Aesthetics – Why the World’s best O.W. swimmers don’t necessarily look the prettiest, but are the most effective’ and offering a new perspective on efficient swimming, they’ll be busting some swimming myths and building your confidence in achieving your best version of you. If you’re looking to improve your technique you won’t want to miss this seminar, or the Pro-Clinic afterwards! Both are free, but pre-booking on arrival for the Pro-Clinic will be essential as numbers are limited. See our clinics page and schedule information for more details!”

British Olympic, World, European and National medallist Jazz Carlin will be joining the coaching team to deliver Pro-Clinics (pool and open water) and racing in selected BEST Fest events! Will YOU be lining up with her, improving your technique with her hints & tips or taking the opportunity for a fan photo at our exclusive meet & greet? See our clinics page and schedule information for more details!

PhotoQuintessence event photos are now available to view and buy online. There are a LOT of photos!

Time – Immediately after the 220 Triathlon Corberana Challenge
Location – Cala Galiota Beach

BEST Fest is an event immersed in its environment; beautiful Colònia St Jordi, its beaches and crystal-clear water help make our event something very special – and we’d like to preserve this by keeping our impact low.

Where possible we’re reducing our environmental footprint. You can help us by joining in with our plastic & litter pick at the natural Cala Galiota beach. This beach is very popular, but its compact size and ungroomed nature makes waste more obvious. Join us, grab a bag and we’ll walk together, collecting waste and protecting our local environment.

We endeavour to tidy up after every event, but with your assistance we can really make a difference to a whole beach! Afterwards, we highly recommend rewarding yourselves with an ice cream from Hostal Colonial – in an edible cone of course!

Breaking News!!

In 2018, for the first time, all BEST Fest pool sessions will have coaches available to offer technique advice and structured training. Whether you want to improve your body position, breathing, kick or fitness, we’ve lined up some fantastic help!

Check out our schedule page for all session timings and don’t forget to sign up on arrival at BEST Fest 2018. All sessions also include un-coached “free swim” lanes if you just want to do your own thing. Coached or un-coached, they’re all free to BEST Fest entrants!

Meet your coaches and see all the information here.

Congratulations to Tom Hobley, winner of 7 nights accommodation plus entries at BEST Fest 2018, courtesy of our 220 Triathlon Magazine competition!

Tom started his sporting life as a runner, before taking up climbing and working as an instructor. He started doing triathlon two years ago and has completed a number of Sprint and Olympic distance events. His goal this year is to cycle over a 1,000 miles, swim for at least 52 hours and complete his first Middle Distance Triathlon race.

He’s excited to be competing in the Round the Islands, Es Carbò Italian Volcano and the 220 Triathlon Corberana Challenges at BEST FEST – and we’re looking forward to meeting him!

We’ll be joined during BEST Fest week by Rod Hart and Swimmergy, offering trial clinics on their state-of-the-art VASA trainers!

Rod will be offering BEST Fest swimmers an exclusive opportunity to try land-based Ergonomic VASA training for the exclusive and massively discounted price of only 10 Euros per person!!

Sessions run 16,00h – 17,00h every day and spaces are limited, book your session now!, by emailing info@swimmergy.com

Full details on the VASA trainer and Swimmergy services available at www.swimmergy.com