A British-South African endurance athlete became the first person to swim around the island of Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, completing a 60-mile (97-kilometer) trek over multiple days to raise ...

Lewis Pugh is a world-renowned endurance swimmer, maritime lawyer, and ocean advocate—emerging as one of the most compelling peak performance speakers today. Often dubbed the “Sir Edmund Hillary of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swimmer Lewis Pugh broke a rare record in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., to raise awareness about sharks. "We've been fighting sharks ...

Lewis Pugh has followed an unspoken rule during his career as one of the world’s most daring endurance swimmers: Don’t talk about sharks. But he plans to break that this week on a swim around Martha’s ...

British swimmer Lewis Pugh on Monday competed the first of its kind “Shark Swim” around Martha’s Vineyard. The swim, timed to the 50th anniversary of the release of the blockbuster Jaws, was planned ...

A shark activist swimmer who spent 12 days swimming around Martha’s Vineyard to mark the 50th anniversary of “Jaws” revealed he broke his cardinal rule during the grueling — and frigid — 60-mile ...

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh swims near the Edgartown Harbor Light, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Edgartown, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — A British-South African ...

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — A British-South African endurance athlete became the first person to swim around the island of Martha's Vineyard on Monday, completing a 60-mile (97-kilometer) trek over ...

To change perceptions of sharks, swimmer Lewis Pugh takes the plunge at Martha’s Vineyard Sharks have been cast as the ultimate villain ever since the movie “Jaws” was released 50 years ago this ...

(NewsNation) — British swimmer Lewis Pugh recently completed a 12-day, 62-mile trek of the waters surrounding Martha’s Vineyard that took place ahead of the 50th anniversary of the release of “Jaws.” ...

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. — A British-South African endurance athlete became the first person to swim around the island of Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, completing a 60-mile (97-kilometer) trek over ...

Read full article: A nice weekend, then humidity returns next week Mornings get warm and muggy again by early next week. Lewis Pugh, 55, began swimming multiple hours a day in the 47-degree (8 degrees ...