To educate, entertain, and enthuse those who venture beyond the shore
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Minty-Gravett will be one of the featured speakers at the 2018 WOWSA Talks held at The Olympic Club in downtown San Francisco on November 10th. “For years, I had heard and written about Salley, but only from afar ,” says Steven Munatones of California. “Then a few years ago, […]
Talks About Achieving Goals On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Tomi Stefanovski was the oldest winner of a professional marathon swim and a very fast English Channel swimmer. He spoke about his career, his shoulder surgeries, and practical obstacles en route to his
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International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Class Of 2021 Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli (Italy) Gabriel Chaillou, Honor Swimmer (Argentina) Julian Critchlow, Honor Administrator (UK) Stéphane Gomez, Honor Swimmer (France) Yvetta Tulip Hlaváčová, Honor Swimmer (Czech Republic) Neville Smith, Honor Administrator (South Africa) Viola Valli, Honor
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the open water world, distances are measured from point to point along the straight line tangent. If the open water swim is held in a rectangular course, the course is measured from buoy to buoy along the straight line tangent. This necessarily means that open water swimmers swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Blue Journey Dangerous Waves Project (USA) by Bruckner Chase The Blue Journey Dangerous Wave Project is an educational effort by Bruckner Chase in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service. It bolsters an impactful, practical film series with a public outreach via clinics and talks
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. medal. Year Women Men 2016 Sharon van Rouwendaal, NED Ferry Weertman, NED 2015 Jordan Wilimovsky, USA Aurelie Muller, FRA 2014 Sharon van Rouwendaal, NED Andrew Gemmell, USA 2013 Poliana Okimoto, BRA Thomas Lurz, GER 2012 Eva Ristov, HUN Ous Mellouli, TUN 2011 Keri-Anne Payne, GBR Thomas Lurz, GER/Spyros Gianniotis,
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He will swim across the Ilulissat Icefjord, fed by the world’s fastest moving glacier, in Greenland. The swim is expected to take two weeks starting today. No one has ever attempted a multi-day swim in the Polar Regions.
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Authorities don’t know why thousands of jellyfish packed a three-mile long section of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. http://tinyurl.com/dead-jellyfish Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Courtesy of Wall Street Journal. Courtesy of USC U.S.-China Institute. At a time where swimmers are venturing further and further around the aquatic globe, there is one part of the world where military risks are being elevated.
