Jim Neitz Starts Off The Santa Barbara Channel Season
Jim Neitz, one of the famous Ventura Deep Six swimmers, completed the first Santa Barbara Channel crossing of the 2011 season with a swim across the Anacapa Channel.“Jim’s swim was truly amazing. The water was mostly 57 degrees (F).
“The first hour it seemed like we were stationary off of the west end of Anacapa. That was scary and disheartening at the start, but we all looked forward, and forward Jim managed to swim. It was a small crew of his dad, Jack Neitz as his feeder, Tom Ball as his kayaker and I as his observer. We also had Cap’n Bob and Three-ring Mike on the Tuna Thumper.”
Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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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