Kelp Is On The Way with Force Blue

Steven Munatones 02/22/2022 open water swimming No Comment

Jim Ritterhoff, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Force Blue Team together with Force Blue military veterans and marine scientists from The Bay Foundation successfully completed a nearly 100m kelp forest reclamation effort in the waters of the Catalina Channel off the city of San Pedro, California during NFL Green Week and the run-up to Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles.

Ritterhoff explains, “The project, dubbed Kelp Is On The Way!, marked FORCE BLUE’s third consecutive Super Bowl appearance and the team’s first West Coast deployment. Concurrent with the Kelp Is On The Way project, FORCE BLUE and long-time partner Pepsi Stronger Together, teamed up with the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, NFL Green, The Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee and Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Uchenna Nwosu on a day-long beach clean-up that featured over 100 environmental charter school student volunteers.”

For more information, visit forceblueteam.org. By uniting the community of U.S. military Special Operations veterans with the world of marine science and conservation, FORCE BLUE has created a transpartisan model of caring, cooperation and positive change with the power to restore lives and restore the planet.

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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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