Our mission is to give the possibility to everyone, regardless of their level of swimming, to do it freely, with security and companionship in unique natural locations through close, informed, socially and environmentally responsible customer experience.
VALUES
Social Responsability – We want to make the world better by supporting those who need it most. Therefore, we intend to create a positive energy, creating positive impact on society.
Environmental Sustainability – We seek to make a positive contribution to the environment by creating awareness initiatives, using resources from partners (avoiding the production of new equipment) and working with entities with the same vision.
Safety – Because we care about those who place the trust in us, we want all our customers to feel safe at any time of their activities.
Quality – We want to exceed expectations. This will only be possible if the whole team is motivated to give their best, always with the mission of the brand well present.
Union – We want to create a family by building lasting and trusting relationships with our customers.
VISION
To be a leading brand in the open water swimming holidays, both in terms of leisure and training.
SLOGAN
Swim, Wild and Free
Swim – At any time of day, with friends, in contact with nature.
Wild – Swimming in unique natural sites, getting to know new cultures.
Free – Personal overcoming, happiness, a different perspective of seeing the world, exploring the unexplored.
THE TEAM
André Santos is an entrepreneur. With only 20 years old opened his business. Unsatisfied by nature, he can not stand still, dedicating his time to what he likes to do: to create and to explore. Not only is the voice of the project, but also responsible for motivating his team to follow his dream. What moves him is the will to "make it happen," believing that "difficult is different from impossible".
Alfredo Santos is the CFO of Swim Together. With more than 30 years of professional experience in business management, he has a special affection for new projects. Lover of sports activities and passion for aeronautics. He believes that the union of accumulated experience with the irreverence of the young entrepreneurial spirit is a winning recipe.
Mário Bonança is a swimming coach and an international open water swimmer, that was the first european man studying about training, tatics and nutrition in open water. His deep knowledge about these subjets conducted him to an amazing PhD guide for all swimmers. As a high performance swimmer he used to do 75Km per week and had the determination to follow his own convictions: “Nobody achives nothing alone” and “ If you want to be the best, you have to work and be disciplinated”.
Bernardo Ferreira is an open water swimmer and a lifeguard. He has been swimming since his childhood and due to that fact, he was always a big passionate about the ocean. He has the ambition to enrol into the navy one day. He has a few hobbies, such as: body-board, bodysurf and diving. At the age of 16 he found out his devotion towards the open waters and since then he has been practicing non-stop. His biggest motivation is long distances and even though he has already achieved the 10 km mark, he wishes to persue superior ones.
Francisco Cunha started to swim with his younger brother and since his first open waters swim, he became "hooked". As he loves to explore new places and as he is a geophysicist, he takes every swim as a field trip opportunity. Also, you can count on him to ensure the best sea conditions for your swim experience and to guarantee that no trash is left on the beach. Currently, his interests are long-distance swims as he thinks that there is always more of the world to see.
Margarida Madeira began learning how to swim when she was 5 years old. During her teens, she practiced non-stop, in order to compete. However, due to her other passion, design, she abandon it to persue her dream. Today, she swims in open waters as a running complement and practice for the swimrun.
Filipe Fernandes is a people person always ready to take on as many unforgettable adventures as possible. He already lived in 3 different continents and his passion for new challenges without routines is what keeps him motivated (well, he also follows that when it comes to food by the way). Loves to try a multitude of sports, even though somehow always ends up feeling more connected to the water ones, where he already competed in the past and intends to get back again, as soon as he finds a way to combine the availability for everything in the horizon! Working in the city surrounded by a good amount of technology, he never refuses the quality time that is gained when away from it...
Pedro Prazeres is a swimming coach and competitive swimmer. He has been competing for 20 seasons in different clubs and countries, and has coached teams in Portugal, Spain, Norway and the Faroe Islands. Currently an MSc student in Performance Coaching, he applies the knowledge obtained through all the years of competition and the different realities of coaching in several countries to his practices. He loves swimming above all else and believes in persistence and technical development as the bases for performance.
