Here’s one useful present to your favorite open water swimmer or coach: the Kindle Paperwhite.
It is a waterproofed ereader that enables swimmers, coaches, kayakers, paddlers, pilots, observers, volunteers, officials and escort crew to be able to read a book onshore, documents in a boat, or maps in a kayak while never worrying about rain, waves, splashes, or spills, even if it falls overboard.
The Kindle Paperwhite is waterproof down to 210 feet with an 8-week battery life – long enough for even stage swims across the Atlantic or dozens of crossings of the Catalina Channel.
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.