Sharktoberfest Gives Reason To Admire Lenning, Locke
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sharktoberfest was held on October 18th at the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in Crissy Field, San Francisco.
The participants celebrated the return of the Great White Shark to the Gulf of the Farallones.
There are few active channel swimming venues around the world that are as protected as the Farallon Islands and that celebrate the increasing abundance of Great White Sharks.
It makes this year’s successful Farallon Islands swims of Craig Lenning and Joseph Locke all the more impressive.
For a first-person account of Locke’s swim, visit here. For more information on Lenning’s swim, visit 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.
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