Swimming With Paddles In The Open Water

Courtesy of WOWSA, Livermore, California.

It is a rare occurrence when we take swim training equipment into the ocean. Very rare.

But if the surf is up along the coast in Huntington Beach, California or down in Mexico, we have taken our training fins and a kickboard in the Pacific Ocean on occasion. Cutting down the face of the wave with fins pumping and the kickboard serving as a small bodyboard, we have simultaneously enjoyed a session in the waves while enduring an intense kick workout.

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