Freedom Swim Series Announced For 2013
Ram Barkai and Juliette Ball announced the 3 events of the Freedom Swim Series:The series is for the “mad ones who can’t resist an opportunity to get wet, cold, tired and elated,” explained Ball. “For the upcoming swimming season we are going to run three main events.”
1. Brain Curtis Mile – after 14 years, the date is moved to the first Sunday of the year, January 6th. It is now affiliated with the Midmar Mile and serves as a seeding event to the Midmar Mile.
2. Freedom Swim Series – 5 shorter swims that lead to the 6th and main event, the Robben Island to Big Bay Swim.
3. Ice Swim Africa – the 600m extreme swim and Ice Mile in Fraserburg, Northern Cape.
Barkai and Ball will explain their events and other extreme ice swimming adventures at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 21st and 22nd.
Inquiries can be directed Juliette Ball here.
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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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