The dynamic duo that raised nearly £13,000 for the South Nottingham College and Teenage Cancer Trust from their 2011 English Channel swim and received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2011 Nottingham City Council’s City Sports Awards and the Channel Swimming Association Special Award for their efforts.
Justine, a physical education teacher, and Kate, a coach and graphic designer at Paper Rose, are marketing and pushing forward on their Channelling Positivity Foundation that is aimed at inspiring young people and communities to lead positive lives by taking on physical challenges. For example, they raised over £2000 by working with the Portland Swimming Club on their Swim the Channel event. Young swimmers between the ages of 8 and 18 swam as many lengths as they could in a pool to see how many times the club could cross the channel.
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.