Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California.
Lynn Kubasek is never far from the water, whether working out, observing others in the Pacific Ocean or at her work. In addition to being a member of the Half Century Club – people over the age of 50 who have done a major channel swim around the world, Kubasek is an Environmental Compliance Specialist and a Water Quality Specialist.
She acts as a confidante, observer and support crew for dozens of swimmers tackling marathon swims between the channel islands off of Southern California – and she appeared on WOWSA Live to tell her story in, around and focused on the (open) water.
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.