Wise will be honored by Iconix Fitness for his ocean-swimming exploits. Iconix Fitness has sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island in its facility on the Long Beach shoreline next to the 50m Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool.
Owner Kurt Schneiter knows the value of its location, “Sometimes there’s just no substitute for sand beneath your toes.
Members can stash their stuff in the locker rooms and head out to 5 miles of beautiful beach for sun, surf, play and exercise.”
Wise follows along in the wake of many icons of the open water world who have lived and trained in Long Beach:
2. Lynne Cox, a dual inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame, trained for her record-setting with the Phillips 66 Swim Club and near the Queen Mary while doing ocean swims in Long Beach before setting off around the world on her numerous unprecedented world record swims.
3. Penny Dean, PhD, a dual inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame, was the most recent person to concurrently hold the overall world records in the English Channel and Catalina Channel. She trained for hours and hours on end off the side of Queen Mary to prepare for her record crossings.
4. Jack LaLanne,America’s godfather of fitness, swam to keep in shape throughout his career. He swam shackled and handcuffed while towing 76 people at the age of 62, 70 people at the age of 70, and 80 people at the age of 80 in Long Beach Harbor.
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.