Events
Open Water Virtual Grand Slam
Nominated for the WOWSA Offering of the Year, the OPEN WATER VIRTUAL GRAND SLAM is back in 2021 with a summer-long, 4-race open water competition where participants swim and submit their times in the four competitive triathlon distances: Sprint (750M), Olympic (1500M), Half (1.2-miles, and Full (2.4-miles). A re-cap of last year’s event can be found here: 2020 GRAND SLAM, but click the button for information on our 2021 event.
Conquering the Beast
In January of 2021, the INAUGURAL Conquering the Beast virtual swim will take place. This is an 80-mile circumnavigation following the Flathead Lake Marine Trail (pictured right).
Conquering the Beast is Stage Three of the Flathead Lake Open Water Virtual Triple Crown.
Chasing the Grizzly
In 2010, a 4-year-old female Grizzly Bear swam on a fifteen-mile journey from Painted Rocks to the East Shore. She had three intermediate stops at Wild Horse Island (4 miles), Kings Point (4 miles), and Bird Island (4 miles) before getting out near Blue Bay (3 miles).
Chasing the Grizzly is Stage One of the Flathead Lake Open Water Virtual Triple Crown.
Taming the Monster
Only six people have swum the 28-mile length of Flathead Lake in real life: Paul Stelter (1986), Ron Stevens (2005), Emily VonJentzen (2012), Sarah Thomas (2015), Craig Lenning (2015), and John Cole (2017).
Join us in this 60-day virtual challenge starting November 1st and going through till December 31st, 2020 using the MyVirtualMission platform.
Taming the Monster is Stage Two of the Flathead Lake Open Water Virtual Triple Crown.
2022 Best Fest (Mallorca, Spain)
Unfortunately, the 2021 Best Fest has been postponed due to the Covid pandemic. 2022 IS ON, so come join us for a fantastic week of sun and swimming in the beautiful Mediterranean Sea. Eight incredible events over seven days including a marathon 10k, triathlon specific 1.9/3.8k and a new SwimRun for 2022.