A Test Of Mind And Body Showcased In San Francisco
A 52-minute adventure documentary by German filmmaker Rouven Blankenfeld, Defeating Oceans Seven, will be shown on March 8th at the 11th Annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival.It is a film produced by Red Bull Media House that documents Stephen Redmond’s question to become the first person to achieve the Oceans Seven.
“There are seven ocean passages that ultra open water swimmers dream of crossing. After the English Channel, Catalina, Gibraltar, Molokai, New Zealand’s Cook Strait, and the Irish Sea, our hero’s last and coldest, is Japan’s Tsugaru Strait between Honshu and Hokkaido. Marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond attempts to conquer this most difficult passage and be the first to complete all seven.”
The trailer is here.
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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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