Catching up
with Bonnie Tsui
A saltwater swimmer who’s formed a profound connection with the cold San Franciscan waters of her home. We met up with the author of “Why We Swim” to explore this relationship of give and take, and the intense pull of wild water which keeps her coming back for more.
Featuring
Bonnie Tsui
Photography
David Gray
Sachi Cunningham
Podcast
Lawrence Stafford
Listen To The Podcast
Hell Or High Water Podcast
“Everyone there is very accepting of whatever your comfort level is with swimming in the water, but you are strongly encouraged to be just in your birthday suit and a bit of lycra.”
Bonnie Tsui
Wearing the Drift Rucksack & Yarrel Trouser
You speak a lot about how swimming can be a meditative thing…
The concept of flow is all about being so absorbed in doing something that you don’t notice time passing, because you are so integrated into that thing. You swim a thousand yards and you think,‘this is home’, and then your brain goes somewhere else.
Bonnie Tsui
“I love thinking about it as wrestling sessions with the ocean, because it feels like that. You come out of it with some feeling of achievement, like you really exercised your body and spirit.”
Wearing the Rainbird Waterproof Smock Jacket
Wearing the Nieuwland 5mm Hooded Wetsuit
Join Bonnie In-Store
7th July, 2022
Finisterre London
In-store book reading and open conversation with swimmer, surfer, author Bonnie Tsui. Join us for an evening of beers and cold water tales.
Explore The Series
The Conservationist
Nik Strong-Cvetich
Nik Strong-Cvetich is a surfer deeply embedded in the Santa Cruz community, and CEO at Save The Waves Coalition.
Summer 2022
Saltwater Soul
