If chlorine runs in your veins, you know how much our sport requires of you. You have to sacrifice time, energy and huge chunks of your life to make it work.
At SwimSwam we strive to match that dedication. A big part of it for us is always striving to improve, working to find newer, better ways to keep you in touch with your favorite sport. Mostly, we know we must listen to you, the reader.
We’ve received a lot of requests to launch a PRINT MAGAZINE, and your feedback was clear about what you wanted and extremely clear about what you did NOT want.
You don’t want a cheap, flimsy publication. You don’t want, thin issues, 30-35 pages, half of which are ads, held together by staples.
We understand.
SwimSwam Magazine is the exact opposite of every swimming magazine you have seen in the past.
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SwimSwam Magazine is a large format magazine, printed on thick paper that will stand up to your permanently pruned fingers.
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SwimSwam Magazine has a spine and is not held together by staples.
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SwimSwam Magazine is not overrun by ads.
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SwimSwam Magazine looks and feels like a major sports mag, because our sport deserves an A-list publication.
When you get it, feel the texture of the cover. Compare it to your favorite magazines on any topic. You’ll love that we treat swimming like it deserves. If your non-swimming friends see SwimSwam Magazine on your coffee or bedside table, they’ll know you participate in a great sport, one to be respected.
WHAT YOU GET
SwimSwam Magazine is quarterly. We’re producing four, big, fat issues that follow the seasons, and we’ll cover everything you need for the season ahead, and put into context the swimming history that has just been made.
The 2015 Year in Review is the first issue. Michael Phelps graces the cover (and the image above is from his cover story feature, Michael Phelps Reborn). He is reborn this year, and we hear from 21 of his Olympic peers. We get their perspective from unique personal moments over Phelps’ long career. The Year in Review also covers college stars, and we show our respect and admiration to 500 plus high school students about to enter the college swimming ranks. We profile swimming cities, training and lifestyle issues you need to know.
The Year in Review is a thick, 132 page magazine you want to have.
Issues in the future will be even bigger and better, especially with the Olympics on horizon. We’ll tease those issues as they rollout.
What we’re not going to do: sacrifice any of the content on our website that has been enjoyed by over 1 million unique readers each month. You don’t pick up a magazine to read about who won the NCAA Championships 4 weeks ago. You pick up a magazine to go deeper, to get inside of the sport in a format that must be felt as it’s read, not clicked on.
OUR GOAL
To knock you over with each issue, producing a must-have magazine that feels like a collector’s item.
To produce unique features never before seen in swimming media.
To present swimming like it should be, the greatest sport on earth.
At SwimSwam, we love the sport, and we love changing the paradigm of how it’s presented. For far too long swimming magazines have been the same, and it our goal to deliver something spectacular, a magazine you will be excited about getting every single time a new issue is released.
Subscribe to SWIMSWAM MAGAZINE here.
I just received an email saying my subscription has expired but I only received 3 issues so far and it has not been a year yet since I subscribed. Who can I contact about this?
I understand that it’s 1 magazine for each season but is there a official date of release of each magazine?
If I subscribe today, will I get the 2015 Year in Review issue?
Hi, I purchased a subscription to the SwimSwam magazine on Nov 16, 2015. I was told it would be here before Christmas, yet I still have not received anything. Is there some type of delay or should I have received it by now?
Hey Kaya, are you an international? The first run went out in plenty of time for Christmas, but with the holiday, sometimes there’s unpredictable delays. I know I just got mine on Wednesday. Hopefully it’s there soon! If you don’t get it in the next few days please email me [email protected] and I’ll make sure it gets handled.
Hi – excited about the mag, and we love SwimSwam. As the parent of a very motivated 9 year old swimmer who’s been competing since she’s 5, I am wondering if the target audience is older swimmers or if she might enjoy it too. Thanks for the great work!
I’m very excited for these! I know they’re released quarterly, but I’m anxious for them! Are there set dates that they’ll be released?
Cool! I would be interested if there is significant coverage of Masters swimming.
Esther, we cover masters swimming. Each issue is large, very large. The 1st issue is 132 pages. We cover all areas of swimming. Also, the magazine is over-sized, not the traditional magazine size. Images are big and beautiful.
Will you be including Master swimming content? I sure hope so!
Ann, we are!