Do you carefully listen to pre-race instructions and understand the race course and all the possible conditions you may face in an open water race? In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional book "A Scandal in Bohemia", the famous detective Sherlock Holmes discusses the difference between seeing and observing with his friend and assistant Dr. Watson "You see,
"I was swimming, but I wasn't conscious," explains Ted Erikson often when describing his Farallon Islands swim to the Golden Gate Bridge in 1967, a feat that has yet to be replicated. He competed against Greta Andersen and Abdul Latif Abou Heif in the heydays of the 1960's professional marathon swimming circuit, the 1960's English Channel crossings, and the
Carissa Moore is changing the face of surfing. The Honolulu native is the world surfing professional champion and became the first woman to receive a wildcard entry into the men’s Triple Crown of Surfing. Personable and attractive, her voice is rapidly becoming more influential as she emerges as one of surfing leading spokeswomen and talents. The
We have heard the conversations before that the Honour Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame are "not in the same class" as the Honor Swimmers in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. While the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) honourees are marathon swimmers who are clearly slower (in general) than their
At the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, all kinds of one-on-one and side conversations were held. Questions were asked, opinions were given, and stories were shared. Imagine the conversation between Tina Neill (left) who swam 52 miles from San Clemente Island to the California mainland in 2012 and
It is rare for an open water swimmer to be sponsored as part of an advertising program (Natalue du Toit for Chevolet). It is even more exceedingly rare for an open water specialist to be featured on commercial packaged product. Famous football players, yes. Well-known basketball players, yup. Olympic champions, certainly. Cartoon characters, all the time.
Attendees at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference will be sitting around listening to inspirational and educational presentation one after another with the opportunity to rub shoulders and talk shop with athletes like Greta Andersen and Oussama Mellouli, both Olympic champions from the London Olympics. We marveled at the strength, speed and stamina of
On the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, there is going to be quite an intermingling of heroes and heroines from 19 different countries in the open water swimming world. From Olympic champions and world champions to channel record holders and professional marathon swimming champions, over 60 years of victories and success will be well-represented during
Swimming Across Lake Michigan And Watching History Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. During the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference, Greta Andersen will speak and engage the audience on a number of her swims: racing 5 times across the English Channel, getting pulled from the Molokai Channel due to sharks, completing the first two-way
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Penny Dean who shattered the English Channel record by over an hour in 1978 and who set the still-standing record in the Catalina Channel will speak at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. She will participate in the open water
