Walk in, swim across, walk out is the mantra of channel swimmers including Stewart Evans who pioneered the Farallones Island crossing.
Cathy Delneo Talks Sharks And Wildlife Protection Policy On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from June 2011) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), Cathy Delneo, a librarian, a surfer, a tiger shark attack survivor, and an open water swimmer from San Francisco, is one brave and
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ted Erikson took a trip down memory lane during today's WOWSA Live program where he described his marathon swims in the Lake Michigan, English Channel, and the Farallon Islands including one of his most audacious racing moves, one of the greatest in open water swimming history. The 92-year-old
A Greater Talent, Kimberley Chambers Courtesy of Greater Talent Network. Kimberley Chambers has come a long way from a idyllic farm in her native New Zealand. She not only transitioned unexpectedly from a ballerina to an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, but she has also overcome a number of life-threatening accidents and
Photo courtesy of Roseli Johnson, Images by Roseli, Bermuda. Even since Captain Matthew Webb crawled out of the English Channel in 1875, the collective open water swimming community has continued to get better and better. Decades ago, the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, was considered a venue for only the very top echelon of rugged
Sketch is courtesy of Vito Bialla, escort pilot for Kimberley Chambers, from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge, California. Kimberley Chambers had two escort boats that flanked her on both her left and her right in order to serve as a deterrent to any curious Great White Sharks whose path may have crossed her own swim course to the Golden Gate
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberly Chambers' latest swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge is the cover story for the September issue of the monthly Open Water Swimming Magazine. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Stewart Evans became the first individual to swim from the Farallon Islands to the California mainland in 1967, he wore a swim cap as others have done before and after him. But looking back at historical photos of that cap, it appears to be a neoprene cap that would be outlawed for contemporary
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guided by two escort boats and embraced virtually by thousands of friends, family and online spectators, New Zealand Kimberley Chambers added another feat on her impressive, but unlikely, swimming resume. Chambers, a former ballerina, became the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberley Chambers will attempt to become the first women in history to swim between the Farallon Islands and California's Golden Gate Bridge tonight. Her escort team gave her a go signal this morning, although as David Holscher says, "It will not be perfect, but it will be a little rough. Jump is at 11:30
