Swimming In South Bay + Santa Monica Courtesy of WOWSA, South Bay, Los Angeles, California. The South Bay stretches along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles. With over 4.6 million people - and tens of thousands of daily beach visitors - all living and working within several kilometers of its wide beaches, it is no wonder that there is a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable difficult open water swimming competitions. But that difficulty is part of the challenge and allure. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, waves, high altitudes and logistical considerations are some of the primary obstacles. Everyone has a weakness
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dwight Crum is the namesake for the Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim, the largest single open water swimming event on the West Coast of America. Held between the Hermosa Beach Pier and the Manhattan Beach Pier near the LAX International Airport, the event has grown to over 1,200 participants. Crum was the
Photo by Photo by Laura Joyce of Goofy Foot Photography.com/AP. Content courtesy of Bob Placak, Tiburon, California. The following was a written request from Bob Placak to the Manhattan Beach City Council in light of the recent shark encounter by Steven Robles in Manhattan Beach, California. As an avid open water swimmer for the past 30 years, founder
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most popular swims in America is the 2-mile Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim in Southern California from the Hermosa Beach Pier to the Manhattan Beach Pier. But who is Dwight Crum? He was an excellent distance freestyler who competed for the University of Southern California in the early 1940s. He
June Emerson took a photo of her sons playing in the waves at Manhattan Beach, California. Manhattan Beach is a beautiful stretch of beach near the LAX International Airport and the site of one of the most popular oceans swims in America: the Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim. Her photo also caught the shadow of an apparent shark swimming in the surf behind
Ocean Swimming To Be Government-Regulated In L.A. Courtesy of WOWSA, Los Angeles County, California. Time and time again, we have always opined that open water swimming in the Pacific Ocean is far more safe than cycling or running on the roads of Southern California (read "Is Swimming The Most Dangerous Leg In Triathlons?"). Based on the number of
As the surf kicks up and the summer ocean swimming season kicks off in Southern California, the importance of body surfing among competitive ocean swimmers always comes up. As swimmers approach the shore taxed physically, it is often aerobically difficult to pick up the kick and body surf in. Matty Mitchell and Hank Wise often conduct pool swimming sets to
At tomorrow's Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim in California, big surf is expected, but the excitement is growing for the 1,100+ entrants in the 2-mile swim.Last year, 1,008 people finished in relatively calm conditions, but consistent surf of 2-3 foot waves with occasional faces of up to 8 feet are expected.This surf forecast can and should change the strategy
