Keeping Busy With Dea Ann Joslin Courtesy of WOWSA, Maui Channel, Hawaii. Dea Ann Joslin has it all - and makes time for it with a disciplined lifestyle. A mother of 5 children, she also spends time coaching swimming in Petaluma, California. The dynamic coach from Westside Aquaducks has crossed the Maui Channel a total of 6 times as well as done nearly
Remembering Bob Photo courtesy of Bruce Frager. Information courtesy of Ian Emberson, Maui Channel from Lanai to Maui, State of Hawaii. Yesterday among 12 tiger sharks and cross currents, Eney Jones captained an all-star, all-female team of Michelle Mehnert, Olympian Stephanie Horner, Devon Clifford, Olympian Ashley Twichell and Becca Mann at the 48th Maui
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Maui Channel Swim is an absolutely gorgeous and challenging 9.6-mile (15.4 km) ocean swimming relay race between the islands of Lanai and Maui in Hawaii. Each team has six swimmers who rotate at fixed intervals. It is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims and is generally acknowledged as one of
Dea Ann Joslin, A Master Juggler Of Excellence Courtesy of WOWSA, Maui Channel, Hawaii. Dea Ann Joslin has it all - and makes time for it with a disciplined lifestyle. A mother of 5 children, she also spends time coaching swimming in Petaluma, California. The dynamic coach from Westside Aquaducks has crossed the Maui Channel 6 times – with a few more
Kathie Hewko is still on track to swim 100 times across (i.e., underneath) the Golden Gate Bridge. "I am still on my quest to reach my 100th swim across and under the Golden Gate Bridge by 2016 near my 70th birthday," says the personable real estate agent. "Tides permitting." This year, she did 3 crossings to bring her current total to 91. "I did my
There are few in the open water swimming world who elicit the global praise and deeply felt respect and admiration like American marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas. The Colorado native embodies the mantra of fellow open water swimming enthusiast Bob Roper, “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.” As the channel swimmer considered the number of channels and
The 7th annual Bob Roper Golden Gate Bridge Swim will be held on October 14th. Swimmers jump off a boat at the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and swim 2 miles (3.2km) north, into the cove at Ft. Baker. There are both wetsuit and non-wetsuit divisions in the charity swim. Friends and family can watch the race from the official boat with prizes for
The 10K San Francisco Bridge to Bridge Swim to be held in the San Francisco Bay on July 11th is a special event limited to 45 highly qualified athletes. The race will begin at the Golden Gate Bridge and finish at the San Francisco Bay Bridge with the water temperature expected to be 55-61°F (12.7-16°C). Lee Bruno explains, "Only swimmers with extensive open
