Bárbara was awarded Woman of the Year 2020 by WOWSA for her adventurous spirit and passionate love of extreme swimming in all its various forms, for her sharing of her swims in dramatic venues on social media and on television, and for her inexhaustible joy that is clearly evident before, during and after her swims in cold water.
Mat Hawkes has over 1000 hours ocean experience and 500 miles in some of the meanest weather the UK has to offer and is able to impart his knowledge and skill set to help people gain open water swimming confidence and stand toe to toe with anything mother nature throws out on race day or whatever.
An all year round wild swimmer, writer, conservationist and motivational speaker Katie advocates how open water swimming every morning increases her own levels of creativity and motivation for the day ahead.