Bill Brand Making A Lasting Impact Courtesy of Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach and Mayor Stacey Armato of Hermosa Beach, outside the California EPA, Sacramento, California. Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach in Southern California has fought battles all his life. His latest personal battle is with his health. This June, he was diagnosed with Stage 4
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 CrossFit Games, Hermosa Beach, California. When fit people oriented on dryland strength enter the ocean, this is what happens: their competitiveness shines and those with ocean swimming experience win (Jordan Troyan from New Jersey in the individual race and CrossFit Athletic from Australia in the team event). Copyright © 2015 by World Open
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
In America, there is no swim team with as many ocean swimmers as SCAQ, Southern California Aquatic Masters Swim Club. The massive adult swimming team is spread far and wide throughout the Los Angeles basin. SCAQ includes courageous ocean swimmer Mary Ellen Koetsier-Farr came to the immediate aid of Steven Robles during a Great White Shark encounter in
Video coverage courtesy of Loudlab News. Story by WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Before Steven Robles Was Attacked By A Great White Shark For years, we swam 2 miles between the Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach piers in Southern California. Near the runway of the LAX International Airport, it is a conveniently located stretch of warm, clear water
Mallory Mead is hosting a 4-day Manhattan Beach Channel Swimming Clinic in Southern California on April 24th-27th. The intensive channel swimming camp is held at the Terranea Resort, site of Catalina Channel crossing finishes, and at Manhattan Beach where marathon swimmers of note have been swimming back and forth 2 miles between the Manhattan Beach and
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
