Bon Voyage, See You Down South
The Ventura Deep Six Relay is off this early California morning under wavy seas on their incredibly bold 202-mile (325K) adventure down the Southern California coast in what can be only described as inhospitable waters. Follow their world record non-stop, non-assisted (i.e., no wetsuits, no shark cage) relay attempt via Facebook.You can also follow Tom Ball (50), Kurtis Baron (46), John Chung (40), Jim McConica (59), Jim Neitz (42) and Mike Shaffer (45) via Twitter as they update their experiences and impressions of the cold water (as low as 12 degrees C), large sharks, huge swells, irritating whitecaps and massive blue whales en route during their three-day journey.
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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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