Aerial Art Amazes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When young children can see and do something spectacular, it creates a lasting impression.
When many of them do something spectacular together, it can create a powerful movement and a lasting mindset.
This is what Doug Woodring and his colleagues at Ocean Recovery Alliance aim to do within their open water swimming community in Hong Kong as they host community events, film festivals and human aerial art extravaganzas.
The series of photos on the left show the artistry of more than 1,000 children and 150 volunteers in a spectacular human aerial art created on Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong as part of Kids Ocean Day. “The children’s aerial art formed a shark with a detached fin.
Then they moved in unison to re-attach the fin, symbolizing the improved health of the ocean environment under the leadership of artist John Quigley of Spectral Q,” explains Doug Woodring, Event Organizer and Founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance.
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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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