Karah Nazor Friberg, Ph.D:
“Would you like to know why I purchased a Shark Shield?”
Karah Nazor Friberg, Ph.D. has swum in places as varied as San Francisco Bay, Tennessee River and Dover. As an English Channel swimmer and South End Rowing Club member, she also founded SWIM THE SUCK and COWS (Chattanooga Open Water Swimmers). Her passion for the sport led her to spend time giving back to the sport and acclimatizing to the cold water.
Karah has also studied different bodies of water and the existing marine life as a well-published biology professor and environmental scientist does well.
She has swum with all kinds of marine life, some as large as 20 feet. But she has also purchased a Shark Shield to protect against the possibility of a shark attack.
In this week’s Open Water Wednesday two-part interview, Karah explains many aspects of the Shark Shield and her perspective of new proposed Wildlife Protection Best Practices that the global open water swimming community are currently considering.
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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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