"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.

The monofin the 32-year-old frequently wears binds her feet together to form one fin and is shaped ... then tried open water swimming. In 2014, she set up her own ‘Mermaid’ school, with ...

Mermaiding, the artistic swimming activity in which people wear mermaid fins and tails, is growing in popularity around the world. The activity has led to the formation of mermaid swim schools ...

Swimming in Lake Michigan or at Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake, you might spot an iridescent fin of a mermaid in the water. These “mermaids” and “mermen” can be found across ...

teaches "mermaiding students" how to swim and perform with mermaid tails, which consist of a plastic mono-fin covered in fabric. Mermaiding students learn to swim with a tail. Credit: Jack Taylor ...

The swimmers, according to Bailey, would take the actress through the steps of learning how to swim like a mermaid. With the help of a model fin, Bailey learned the gracefulness and ease of ...

Ms Insyirah Moidu, 28, said the technique Ms Green-Thompson Kay used to escape was called tail evacuation, which involves quickly getting out of the tail and fins ... swim, has worn a mermaid ...