
Dwight Crum Highlights The West Coast Open Water Scene
The Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim is a memorial swim that is part of Manhattan Beach's annual International Surf Festival.
The Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim is a memorial swim that is part of Manhattan Beach's annual International Surf Festival.
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
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