20 Years Of The Pod
Courtesy of Hopper McDonough, SwimVacation, British Virgin Islands. As we embark on our 20th trip to the British Virgin Islands, I’ve been thinking about this magical thing that happens on SwimVacation: we school. It happens spontaneously.
A small group of 2 or 3 SwimVacationers swims upon another group. And another. Before you know it, we’re a pod. Strokes synchronize. Things like time, age, gender, speed, future, past become irrelevant.
We move through the water as a single organism. There are no worries, no schedules, no texts. The calm beauty in this kind of swimming and the feeling of connection to your pod and to the ocean is life-changing. I hope you’ll join us someday to experience this.
British Virgin Islands
*March 13th-18th
*December 4th-10th
*March 5th-11th
*March 12th-18th
*December 3rd-9th
Kona, Hawaii
*May 15th-21st
*May 14th-20th
Turkish Coast
*October 1st-8th
*September 30th – October 7th
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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