FREE SWIMMING Challenge

10-25 FREESTYLE CHALLENGE (DNL)October 24, 2026 - The world's most festive swimming challenge!

Description :Visit 10-25 FREE SWIM Challenge is a unique concept: a race of endurance, freedom and fun! 2.5 km loop, off Pampelonne beach. every hour, during 10 a.m., to try and complete as many laps as possible - alone or in relays.

Highlights :

The principle

  • 1 loop = 2.5 km
  • 1 departure every hour, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Target: 10 laps = 25 km maximum
  • Solo or relay (2 to 5 people)
  • Classifications and festive trophies

Emblematic trophies

  • The Legends: solo swimmers who have completed all 10 laps (25 km)
  • Fastest lap (M/F)
  • Most beautiful swimsuit
  • Most eco-committed team

Atmosphere: DJ on the beach, live announcer, entertainment all day, public and families in the exhibitors' village.

“A crazy challenge, a festival atmosphere, and the sea as the only limit.”

OFFICIAL RULES Défi NAGE LIBRE 2026

Rates

  • Solo: €95
  • Relais for 2 to 5 people: from €50 / pers.
  • Weekend accommodation packages from €290 (meals, evening and festival evening included)
  • Saturday evening festival meal: €40 adult / €25 child under 12
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Accommodation and entertainment at the residence

Le Sentier des Pins vacation village

Set in unspoilt natural surroundings, the vacation village Le Sentier des Pins offers an ideal setting for combining sport, relaxation and conviviality. Nestled in the heart of a pine forest, right next to the sea, it offers comfortable, functional accommodation, perfectly suited to hosting groups, sporting events and training courses.

The site features 25-metre pool suitable for swimming, This is the perfect setting for training sessions, technical workshops and active recovery time.

DNL HOSTING

On-site, participants also benefit from :

  • accommodation designed for rest and recuperation,
  • convivial dining areas,
  • infrastructures that encourage group time,
  • an environment conducive to well-being and disconnection.

The ideal place to live the experience to the full DNL 10-25, between performance, sharing and nature immersion.

Related tests

Short, fun and engaging formats to broaden the FREE SWIMMING experience

Alongside the DNL 10-25 Challenge, On Saturday, a number of ancillary events punctuate the day. They open the event to all audiences, to enhance different swimmer profiles and reinforce the festive, educational and responsible spirit of DNL.

DNL Sprint

1 loop - 2.5 km - 100 % intensity

Format: 1 loop of 2.5 km, swum as fast as possible.

Key times :

  • Check-in: 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. at the vacation village
  • Check-in: from 9:00 am on the beach
  • Departure time: 10.45 a.m.

Spirit:

DNL Sprint for swimmers in search of pure performance.A short, readable and spectacular format, ideal for highlighting speed, technique and commitment.👉 An intense event, logistically accessible, and highly attractive to the public.

DNL Short & Young

Discovery - Transmission - Youth

Format: 750 metres, ages 9 and up.

Key times :

  • Check-in: from 1:00 pm on the beach
  • Departure: 2:30 p.m.

Spirit:

DNL Short & Young is a discovery event for open water swimming, designed for all swimmers including the youngest from 9 years old.
Secure, rewarding and non-elitist, it allows you to instilling a taste for effort in a natural environment, in a reassuring, festive setting.
👉 An essential bridge between club, sea and event.

DNL Lifesaving

Technical - Cooperation - Entertainment

Format:

  • Flag events
  • Swim & Paddle along the beach
  • 50 pairs maximum

Key times :

  • Check-in: from 1:00 pm
  • Events: from 4.00 pm

Spirit:

DNL Sauvetage showcases the skills of safety, d’anticipation and coordination.
This fun and dynamic event promotes the’team spirit and essential skills of the aquatic environment.
👉 A highly visual format, ideal for animating the site and raising public awareness.

DNL Economics

Working together for the environment

Format:

  • Beach litter pick

Schedule :

  • Starting at 5:30 p.m.

Spirit:

DNL Éco is a symbolic and concrete highlight of the event.
Participants, companions and volunteers are invited to work together to leave the site cleaner than when they arrived.
👉 A unifying moment that gives meaning to sporting effort and embodies the responsible values of DNL.

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DNL is much more than a long-distance challenge.

It's a full day of sporting, educational and committed experiences, where everyone - experienced swimmer, youngster, lifeguard or citizen - finds their place.

CATERING & PARTIES

Description :The big party of the weekend! DNL Festival closes the event in a relaxed, musical atmosphere, with gala dinner, DJ, dance floor and awards ceremony.Dress code: 80sRewards for best costumes, best jerseys and craziest teams!

Program

  • Festive dinner & musical show
  • DNL 10-25 photo/video projection
  • Trophy ceremony & surprise draw
  • DJ atmosphere & dance floor until midnight

Rates

  • Adult: €40
  • Children's menu: €25
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Little fish, chick pea cakes and freshness

VIP Experience
Swim, perform and experience the event differently

VIP Experience

More than a sports holiday, l’VIP FREE SWIMMING Experience 10-25 is a total immersion in the world of open water swimming, from the October 20 to 25.

For six days, you benefit from :

  • An exclusive preparation course to ensure you arrive on D-day confident, sharp and ready to give your best.
  • Premium accommodation, single or double, designed for comfort, recovery and conviviality during the course and the challenge.
  • VIP treatment on race day: dedicated welcome, smooth check-in, personalized support and follow-up throughout your race.

Here, everything is designed so that you can live the competition with serenity, Enjoy the festive atmosphere, the entertainment and the village, with no logistical constraints.

A rare experience, where performance meets pleasure, and where every detail is designed to make your 10-25 FREE SWIM an unforgettable experience.

October 24, 2026 - The world's most festive swimming challenge!

10-25 FREESTYLE CHALLENGE (DNL)

Lifeguard and coach 
Dylan GENDRAUD

Dylan is 27 years old and has been swimming since he was 5. 
- Swimmer for 17 years, He then went on to professionalize at the CREPS in Vichy (BPJEPS AAN), where he met Vincent ARGILLIER as a trainer.
- For the past 8 years, he became a professional swimmer and coach throughout France.
- Over time, it has acquired experience and developed a very high quality of service.
He's the latest addition to the STAFF NAGE LIBRE! 

CEO & FOUNDER, NAGE LIBRE®
Vincent ARGILLIER

High-level coach and coach trainer [DEJEPS].
- Founder of Nage Libre, experienced swimming coach having worked at the French Triathlon Pole and in numerous swimming clubs.
- I've coached a good thirty international swimmers and triathletes. some of which are still in operation.
- After 30 years of management of top-level swimmers, I now accompany swimmers in search of adventure and sporting challenges. I'm also focusing on the means to be implemented for the development of the top level.

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SLA Development Manager 
Liliane FERNANDEZ

> French Duathlon Champion 2021.
- 25 years old, Ponts et Chaussées engineer reconverted to sports training, I now hold a diploma in sports medicine. DEJEPS Perfectionnement sportif mention Triathlon and a BPJEPS Activités Aquatiques et Natation obtained at CREPS de Vichy.
- Originally from Clermont-Ferrand, then expatriated for 2 years in Paris and 2 years in Turin, I returned to my roots in Auvergne, where I enjoy a magnificent playground for my personal triathlon experience, and a few nights under the stars in the volcanoes! I'm fluent in English and bilingual in Italian, so I'll be your guide on your transalpine courses! Dai, Dai!

Julien BENOIST

- 45 years old, ultra-versatile in the ultra-distance: trail, triathlon and open-water.
I'm always keen to support each of my athletes in their project, no matter how crazy it may be...
- The confidence you gain in this way enables you to succeed.
Latest successful challenge: Channel crossing by Alain Simac Lejeune. 

- Music : Motörhead and NTM 
- Dish : seafood 
- Drink : beer like the viking and rum like the pirate

Hugo ROBIN

- Long-distance triathlete for 15 years, I left my job as a banking executive to make a living from my passion for sport and transmission. Convinced of the importance of evolving outdoors to develop well-being, I chose to become a trainer of triathlon and validates my state diploma. Focused on well-being and performance by pleasure, I completed this training by becoming a teacher of Yoga Sivananda and wellness masseur. I now coach young people in triathlon clubs and adults directly or remotely, on projects ranging from fitness to Ironman or Ultra trail.
- My motto to be serious without taking oneself too seriously. Joining Nage Libre® was both an obvious choice and an achievement, because I completely share their values and their passion for spreading them. I'll do my best to pass them on to you and learn from you all. We look forward to seeing you at Nage Libre® 2022!
- Follow Hugo on the networks: 
IG hugorobin.escssport
FB page : ESCS
Website : escs-sport.com

Pierre HENRY-ARRENOUS

- 23 years old, former French national team swimmer, 3 youth and junior caps, 2 French A team caps (elite)
- True to my values and commitments, I'm a member of my first club, where it all began, from 2016 to 2019, ASPTT POITIERS, who has always supported me in my sporting and personal projects, from the Pôle Espoir in Font Romeu, to the one in Bordeaux, to my career at the INSEP where I was able to blossom at the highest French level. 
- The spirit of Nage Libre® (Free Swimming®) is similar to the one I experienced in Poitier: their investment and commitment to sport and pleasure gave me what I was looking for to continue in this performance-fulfillment project.
- Nage Libre® has put its trust in me for my personality and not just my image as a sportsman. That's how we've been working together since 2018, and I'm proud to be their ambassador.

Bertrand VENTURI

“Born between the Mediterranean Sea and the Etang de Thau, a native of the town of Georges Brassens, Sète, I'm like Obelix, I've fallen into the swimming cauldron, and what's more, I've done it while I was swimming. open water, from an early age.
- Passionate about the great outdoors, I'm currently a coach with Neptune Olympique Frontignan (N.O.F) and try to pass on the experience I've gained over the years to young and old alike. 
- Open water swimming is a discipline that cannot be controlled, but which we can contribute knowledge to improve and continue progress. To be associated with a brand like Nage Libre®, whose human values, commitment and simplicity, It's a privilege to have a taste for things that are simple but well done. It makes it possible to work in a concrete way and move in the same direction, pleasure.”

Loïc MÉTAIS

- Swimmer for over 50 years, former triathlete, organizer of sporting events for the general public, now specializing in long-distance open water events.
- Swimming is a gliding sport, a paradoxical sport because it's contrary to human nature. Is man not a terrestrial biped?
- With age, the notion and pleasure of gliding never wanes, and you'll even find yourself trying to refine your strokes, to learn more and more, to get to grips with the liquid element...
- So what about open water swimming?, where sensations are heightened tenfold by natural conditions, water temperature, sea or fresh water, transparent or not, chop or swell, headwind or tailwind, with or without a landmark in the distance? On the strength of all these experiences and observations, I imagine, organize and carry out original swimming challenges in aid of worthy charitable causes.

Rémi CAMUS

“I'm Rémi Camus, adventurer explorer French, born in 1985.
For over 10 years, I've been traveling the world with the aim of raising public awareness of the need to preserve our environment, and water in particular.
I share my tales of adventure during survival courses, of conferences in companies but also in schools, because I'm convinced that the key to success is education.”

https://remicamusexplorer.fr/

Jacques TUSET

- I'm a free swimmer, passionate about adventure, freedom and escape. With over 400 crossings to my credit, including some 40 swimming escapes (Alcatraz, Robben Island, the Salvation Islands...), I love to share and pass on my passion for open water through my aquatic adventures, Nage Évasion and training courses.

https://www.jacquestuset.com
https://www.facebook.com/tusetjacques

FREESTYLE SWIMMING® LEVEL SCALE

Whatever your level, from beginner to expert and your practice, Swimming, Triathlon, Adventures & crossings... We'll accompany you on your quest for adventure and sporting challenges!

Your mission is to swim 800 metres in the front crawl in under 25 minutes. With a little practice, you can even try your hand at open water swimming. Your goal is to complete 1500m of crawl in under 40 minutes. Don't forget that the fish are your allies!
Ready to cover 2,300 metres in an hour, braving waves and rocks without an ounce of fear. You've covered 5km like a pro, without leaving the slightest ripple in your wake.
You hurtle through the water like a cannonball. The ocean at breakneck speed and outrun even the fastest fish! > Expert level, contact us! 
Swimming lessons in the pool : Designed for Masters swimmers, those who want to improve their competitive skills and/or work on their swimming technique.
Discovery courses : For those who want to discover the world of open water and fill their eyes with the most beautiful French and foreign coastlines ...
Outdoor adventure courses : For those who want to step out of their comfort zone and challenge themselves!

 If you have any questions about a course or the level required, don't hesitate to call us on : 06 52 22 26 97

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THE 18KM INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE - Step 1 of 4
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> ATTENTION: for individual swimmers, you must have participated in a 10km (or more) in one of the last two years.
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THE 18KM RELAY CHALLENGE - Step 1 of 3
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> ATTENTION: for relay swimmers, you must have completed at least one 5km event (or more) in one of the past two years.
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If you don't have a FFN or FFTRI license, you must take out a promotional Eau Libre license with Nage Libre France for your coverage during the course (additional €10). You must provide us with a medical certificate stating that you are not contraindicated in swimming.
Ironman or self-propelled ocean ride? What are your next sporting goals?
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THE ALL-IN-WATER CHALLENGE - Step 1 of 4
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- Event for all - come as you are > prizes for best costumes.
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