Zach Margolis Swimming In Style Courtesy of Zach Margolis, San Francisco, California. Zach Margolis is a veteran American open water swimmer from San Francisco who creates stylized maps. He renders the maps of his marathon swims from GIS data. He explains the purpose of making the maps, "My goal was to get some practice plotting GPS data from my watch and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "It is a beautiful day out in Aquatic Park [in San Francisco, California] with Kim [Chambers]," wrote Darren Miller. It is not often that two Oceans Seven swimmers train together. "The water temperature dropped down to 53ºF (11.6ºC) so basically we were swimming in the North Channel. But it also amazes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison is not the only swimmer traveling around the world to test himself for 24 hours in San Francisco Bay this weekend. "We have about 50 swimmers," says Suzie Dods who created the 24 Hour Swim Relay in San Francisco. The 24 Hour Swim is a 4-person relay held in Aquatic Park that started in 2014 and
Courtesy of 54-year-old Jeff Everett, who has completed three Oceans Seven channels. Jeff Everett has completed three Oceans Seven channels (English Channel, Catalina Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar) after his 50th birthday. He explains why he was motivated to do so: "During my late 40s, I resolved a mid-life crisis by vowing to swim from Alcatraz
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kelley Prebil has been swimming all her life. She loves the water. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is a member the Oak Streakers of Laguna Beach, the South End Rowing Club and the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association while competing for the San Mateo Masters. Since she picked up
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, the open water swimming community was shocked and saddened with the plans of the U.S. federal government and commercial interests to move the ferry service to Alcatraz Island next door to the South End Rowing Club at Ft Mason in San Francisco Bay's Aquatic Park. Campaigns were quickly organized,
Historic Aquatic Park May Be Lost To Commercial Interests Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are several iconic venues in the open water swimming world from Dover to Manhattan Island. These locations provide not only historical perspectives, but also present continued opportunities for future open water swimmers. One of these most
Video courtesy of host Ori Sela, together with Water World Swim's Pedro Ordenes and Steven Munatones in Aquatic Park, San Francisco, California.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine gigantic pools, fed by sea water, sitting on a majestic stretch of coastline. Imagine being an open water swimmer who could train in sea water, both in pools and in the Pacific Ocean. Imagine the complexes being close to one of the world's most magnificent municipalities. That is what the Sutro
Video of the 2015 24 Hour Swim Relay courtesy of Lisa Amorao, Cathy Harrington, Laura Leahy, Anne Whalen McLindon, Melissa King and Suzie Dods from Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay." Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
