Farallons Freestyling, A Chocolate Chip Circumnavigation
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Night Train Swimmers completed the first circumnavigation swim around the Farallon Islands today in a historic first.
“We finally made it [great white] sharks and all,” said Vito Bialla. “The swim course is through the opening at Devil’s Teeth about a mile around the northerneastern tip of the Farallons Islands, a rock called Chocolate Chip. Vito Bialla, Dave Holscher, Kim Chambers, Kate Weber, Simon Dominguez, and Ashley Horne.
It was a historic first that we are kind of proud of this one. There were seals in our faces and huge swells through the opening at Devil’s Teeth.
It was an absolute high beyond description. It has been a dream of mine to swim through the opening and circumnavigate that part of the island.”
Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
Latest posts by Steven Munatones (see all)
