It’s Your Free Car To Drive Home
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. To our knowledge, the aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is the open water swimming event in the world that annually gives away a free vehicle to one lucky winner. Race director Wayne Riddin gives away a Toyota and randomly selects 10 individuals for the grand prize finale.
Each swimmer gets a key and is given the opportunity to unlock the Toyota.
The person whose key opens the car door and starts the car…can drive away with the free vehicle.
That grand opportunity is one more reason to travel to participate in the aQuellé Midmar Mile, the world’s largest competitive open water swimming event, one of the 2014-2015 World Open Water Swimming Series events.
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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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