Eddie Spelling is working to bring English Channel swimming to the home, school, and office.
With his Live Channel Swimming Viewer, Spelling is enabling family, friends, and fans to watch individual and relay channel attempts taking place in real-time. From the warmth and comfort on land, viewers can track the course of swimmers as their progress is plotted on the online map at LoveChannelSwimming.com.
Spelling, a registered pilot of the Anastasia with the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, has been escorting English Channel swimmers together with Robert Thompson and Mike Spelling for over 10 years and is now utilizing modern technology via the Live Channel Swimming Viewer to bring the sport closer to the public.
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.