Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast

Welcome to episode 318 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We’ve reached February and that means that it’s time for our 5th Annual Partners Month!!! We aren’t shy about saying that one of our favorite things about Swimrun is the partner aspect and we’re stoked to kick off this year’s Partners Month with Allison and Brooke, A.K.A., Team Girlz Just Wånna Häve Buoyz. Get ready for a great conversation where their enthusiasm for Swimrun is infectious. We can’t think of a better way to get the month started!Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Welcome to episode 317 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We’ve got something new (sort of) for everyone this week! We’re kicking off our new monthly series, called Throwback Mixtape, where we share some of our favorite conversations from our 6+ years of podcasting. We’re kicking things off with a conversation from all the way back May 28, 2020 (Episode 21) with Annie Molsberry and Brooke Lindsley, A.K.A., The Swimrun Labs. This episode was the beginning for a friendship that we are forever grateful for as well as the progenitor of our Gear Talk podcast all about Swimrun gear. This one gave us all the feels and we’re stoked to introduce (or re-introduce) you to two of our favorite people.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Welcome to episode 316 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!On this week’s show we enter the “way back machine” to revisit our original Swimrun 101 episode. (Episode 2 for anyone that’s counting) This is one of our most downloaded episodes to date and we thought that it was a good time to revisit it now that we have six more years of Swimrunning under our belt. This show is for those that are new to the sport and seasoned Swimrunners alike.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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, as well as look forward to the 2026 ÖTILLÖ USA Swimrun slate of events. If this episode doesn’t get you stoked for the upcoming race season, maybe turn the volume up a bit. Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 You Go: Why You Should Interview Your Parents. Kyle is a true renaissance man and it was great to have him on the show.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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, racing, and so much more. Not only are they stud athletes but Arnaud and Jérôme’s love for Swimrun is as obvious as it is infectious and it is impossible not to root for them after listening/watching this conversation.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!

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 entertained on your chill long runs, car rides, etc. Thank you to our fans and friends for tuning in to our brand of super niche content and for all the encouragement and support since the beginning. Happy Holidays!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 Championship in 2022. We’re stoked to have her back on the show to talk about her new role as head coach of ÖTILLÖ new offering.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 to One Water Race.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 Swimrun, and whether these googles have solved panda eyes once and for all.A huge thank you to the folks at Snake and Pig for sending us a couple of sets to demo!Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 share all the sights and sounds from our last stop of this year’s Swimrun Circus.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 Swimrun World Championship year after year. Anyway, they are super stoked on Swimrun and we’re super stoked to share this conversation with you all.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 to help anchor our best thinking on how we balance all the competing interests in our full lives…and feel good about it.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 Series distance that clocked in at 24ish miles total with 6ish miles of swimming at around 5,000ish feet of altitude. This race was a capital “B” Beast. Spoiler alert: we loved it! Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 are race directors, OG Swimrunners, and friends of the show Sean Durkin and, the Godfather himself, Andy Hewitt.A sincere thank you for all of your support of our brand of super niche content for the almost 5 years of the show.Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

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 beautiful Cape Cod. As most fans of the show know, this is the third attempt of this race after the first two editions were cancelled at the last minute due to freak acts of nature. Third time was definitely the charm!Enjoy!~~~That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that’s the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris