around-the-pier|Carol Hayden|Cherie Edborg|Julian Rusinek|Julie Flanagan|Lynn Kubasek|Patsee Ober|pier|Pier-to-Pier|Ray Meltvedt|Scott Zornig|Theo Schmeeckle|Tim McFadden

Up and down the coasts from Brighton to Busselton and many places between, piers dot the coastline of hundreds of countries. But there may be no other place on Earth that melds the sport of open water swimming and piers as well as California. From San Diego in the south to Santa Cruz in the…