Real Old School Open Water Swimming
The all-breaststroke Catalina Channel swim that Jason Lassen did yesterday was a real throw-back swim, all the way back to 1927 when Henry Sullivan first swam the Catalina Channel in breaststroke in 22 hours and 45 minutes.Jason’s 15:59 crossing was done under similar conditions as Henry faced in 1927. “I wanted to break his record fair and square so I swam without GPS navigation. Captain Pittman had to navigate with a compass and line of sight. He did a great job of it too. It was not straight, but it was pretty near.”
The shoulders may not hurt like in freestyle, but the day after Jason said he was walking like an old man.
Old School. Old-fangled. Old fashion. Cool. Totally cool.
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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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