Pier To Pier
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 80-meter-long Umhlanga Pier in Durban, South Africa (opened in 2007), The Rotonda a Mare in Senigallia, Italy (opened in 1923), the 312-meter-long Clevedon Pier in Somerset, United Kingdom (opened in 1869), the 100-meter-long Kastrup Pier in Kastrup, Denmark (opened in 2004), the 560-meter-long Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach, California (opened in 1914), the 328-meter-long Los Muertos Pier in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (opened in 2013), the 382-meter-long Scheveningen Pier in Scheveningen, Holland (opened in 1959), the 524-meter-long Brighton Pier in Brighton, United Kingdom (opened in 1899), and the 1,841-meter-long Busselton Jetty in Busselton, Australia (opened in 1865) were named as the world’s most beautiful piers by CNN.
It is also interesting to note that many these piers are used as landmarks for various open water swimming events or pods.
Photo shows the whale bone structure of the Umhlanga Pier that won the South African National Award for Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement.
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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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