A special Open Water Swimming Almanac – full of unique and largely unknown information, data, charts and photographs of special interest to swimmers, coaches, triathletes, administrators, fans and officials – will be provided to the participants in the Global Open Water Swimming Conference that will be held in Long Beach, California on June 5th.
The Almanac will include a wide variety of information including the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims in the World, the Open Water Swimming Dictionary, Rules of Open Water Swimming, America’s Top 50 Open Water Swims, the 50 Most Amazing Open Water Swimming Websites, Great Open Water Swimming Books and Movies, Cool Open Water Swimming Products and Technology, Open Water Swims of the Future, the Four Feeding Steps, Pool Open Water (POW), and many other bits of interesting bits of data, charts and information.
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).