Dan Boyle of Boyle Software is a great fan of open water swimming, from marathon swimming to ice swimming. He has supported swimmers from New York City to the Caribbean Sea including kayaking for Penny Palfrey on both her 41-hour Cayman Islands channel swim and her 42-hour Cuba-to-Florida attempt.
Behind the scenes the English Channel/Catalina Channel/Manhattan Island Marathon Swim athlete remains supportive of the sport in numerous ways. Boyle recently donated an unsolicited US$1,000 gift to the fledging U.S. Winter Swimming Association as an unrestricted grant to support its activities and its upcoming U.S. Winter Swimming Championships.
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.