Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many people call themselves an ocean swimmer. They swim for fun or fitness, charity or competition in the world’s oceans. But no one is in the category of Benjamin Hooper who is truly aspiring to become a true ocean swimmer. An ocean swimmer who plans to swim across the entire Atlantic Ocean. Hooper
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Stanley, one of the most innovative and creative filmmakers in the world today, will bring another swimmer's exploits to the larger community. Stanley is the founder Ridgeline Entertainment and is known for the popular program Deadliest Catch and a variety of other American television concepts and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is unprecedented for the endurance athlete community and general public to witness exactly what happens during an ultra-marathon swim. While news coverage, photos and bits and pieces of video of ultra-marathon swimmers have been shown over the past century, Jamie Patrick and Ridgeline Entertainment will
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stroke by stroke, mile by mile, hour by hour, day by day, month by month. That is what is takes in training and preparation for a successful Great Lake Swim. Off camera and behind the scenes, Jamie Patrick's 71-mile (114 km) solo traverse along the shorelines of Lake Michigan takes a whole lot of time,
Doug Stanley and his team at Ridgeline Entertainment are going to create a ubiquitous online presence on and with Facebook, SmackDab and traditional media (television, print, radio) surrounding Jamie Patrick's 90-mile (144.8 km) Great Lake Swim in August. With more than 50 hours of programming planned of Patrick's 90-mile crossing of Lake Michigan - and
Jamie Patrick is estimating his 90-mile (144.8 km) solo crossing of Lake Michigan from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois will take about 55 hours. And his non-wetsuit swim, called The Great Lake Swim, will be a media broadcast like no other, an unprecedented feat in itself. Patrick's marathon swim will be unique: * the swim will be broadcast live
Doug Stanley and his team at Ridgeline Entertainment are the people who are enabling Ben Lecomte to realize his dream to not only swim across the Pacific Ocean, but also to bring the day-to-day drama to the world in a unique technological package. Out in the middle of the Earth’s largest body of water, Stanley will create, transmit and deliver intensely
When Ben Lecomte sets off from a stretch of beach near Tokyo towards San Francisco as his finish goal 5500 miles away, he and producer Doug Stanley will be creating open water swimming history – and demonstrating how dramatic, real-time storytelling of a solo swimmer can entertain the world. Stanley of Ridgeline Entertainment is setting up a set on land
Doug Stanley of Ridgeline Entertainment will create and produce a 24/7 view of Ben Lecomte’s solo stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco utilizing the latest in tools, equipment and online social media. But at the start and end of the day, good entertainment is about excellent storytelling. There are good reasons why Diana Nyad and Lewis Pugh are such
