Pool Open Water Swimming In The Tropics
It was cold on Saturday night in South Jersey on the East Coast of the United States. So Toa a le Tai founder Bruckner Chase brought a little bit of the tropics and a whole lot of fun to the Ocean City Swim Club workout.They took out all the lane lines in the indoor pool and conducted a Pool Open Water workout for dozens of swimmers – with a bit of tropical flair.
Bruckner and his wife Michelle held a fundraiser for the Amerika Samoa programs (Toa o le Tai) and the Ocean City Swim Club. In the spirit of Samoa and open water swimming, they included POW (Pool Open Water) with palm trees as the turn buoys for the members of the Ocean City Swim Club Masters Group and the Stingrays Special Olympics Swim Team.
“It exceeded all my expectations,” explained the innovative Uila O Le Sami. “We used rope tied around the base of the tree with four equal length pieces coming around from that rope equi-distance around the larger base. The four segments met in the middle underwater and were clipped together with a carabiner that also clipped to an anchor line. The anchor line was set pretty tight to hold the tree upright.
It was a blast. Who says you have to be 12 to have a pool party?”
Photos of the Island Fever POW workout are here. Video of the event is here.
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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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