"At the end of the day this isn't just about a record," swimmer Merle Liivand told Guinness World Records Swimmer Merle Liivand has set a new record for the farthest swim while wearing a monofin. Now, ...

June 8 (UPI) --A swimmer known as the "eco mermaid" broke a Guinness World Record by taking a 26.22-mile swim in the ocean while wearing a monofin. Merle Liivand, a swimmer and conservationist known ...

(CNN) — When Merle Liivand first started swimming with a monofin to help with her breaststroke practice, she never could have imagined it would one day lead her to becoming a Guinness World record ...

A woman who campaigns for cleaner waterways is attempting to set a new world record for the longest distance swum using a monofin. Lindsey Cole, 42, from Bristol, is aiming to beat the current ...

On 24-25 October 2015, freedive world champion Nik Linder will be at the Monofin Weekend at the monte mare’s indoor diving centre. He will conduct a new range of SSI Specialty courses in Basic Monofin ...

When Michaela Werner goes for a swim she feels at one with the water. The mother-of-three practices mermaiding and uses a monofin to do laps in her local pool or catch waves in the surf.

The Little Mermaid famously sang “flipping your fins, you don’t get too far.” Apparently, she’s never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as “Eco Mermaid,” broke a Guinness World Record in ...

A professional mermaid who could not swim when she first took on the role has saved a scuba diver’s life after finding him unconscious at sea. Originally a dancer, Elle Jimenez, 33, of Miami, Florida, ...

She holds the world record for longest breath held underwater (nine minutes and two seconds), can dive 778 feet on one breath with a monofin, and in September 2009, she became the first woman in ...

Campaigner Lindsey Cole is aiming to beat the current world record of 50km (31 miles), swum in 15 hours A woman who campaigns for cleaner waterways is attempting to set a new world record for the ...