Kim Chambers To Speak At Salesforce Tower Courtesy of Swim Across America, Swim Across America is hosting an event in the Salesforce Tower, the most imposing structure in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its upper floors are often piercing the clouds blanketing downtown San Francisco. Swim Across America Director of Events Megan Melgaard explains, "Crushing
Sunday Fun at the Farallones. from Kimberley Chambers on Vimeo.Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How open water swimmers can change mindsets while opening up an entirely new part of Planet Earth for fun, frolicking and freestyling. Previously, the Farallon Islands were only a destination for a very small handful of swimmers who challenged
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Night Train Swimmers completed the first circumnavigation swim around the Farallon Islands today in a historic first. "We finally made it [great white] sharks and all," said Vito Bialla. "The swim course is through the opening at Devil's Teeth about a mile around the northerneastern tip of the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On September 6th, the Night Train Swimmers are on another mission. This time in the process of helping raise US$100,000 to help Arthur Renowitzky* walk again after being paralyzed by a gun shot wound to his spine, they will attempt to set the distance record for a 6-person open water swimming relay. With
Courtesy of Laura Ling on Seeker about Kim Chambers, Oceans Seven swimmer. An interview about Kim Chambers by Laura Ling on Seeker here.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was a pleasure to hear the discussion between Lewis Pugh and the Night Train Swimmers in San Francisco, California yesterday. Their topic after the annual 5 Coves of Death swim in Aquatic Park: cold water swimming. While the Night Train Swimmers regularly train and swim in 9°C-12°C, Pugh has experienced
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On the weekends, open water swimmers do the unprecedented and the unusual: they swim against currents, face sharks, swim up and down massive ocean swells. Yet on weekdays, they return to their cubicles, offices and desks like white-collar employees around the world. They are outwardly mild-mannered
Historic Aquatic Park May Be Lost To Commercial Interests Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are several iconic venues in the open water swimming world from Dover to Manhattan Island. These locations provide not only historical perspectives, but also present continued opportunities for future open water swimmers. One of these most
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "The plan is to swim out and back," so simply says Captain Vito Bialla of the two-way Farallon relay. SEQUEL, the escort boat that has taken the Night Train Swimmers on its various adventures, will depart from the San Francisco Yacht Club on the morning of April 25th. Patti Bauernfeind will start the
Courtesy of Chris Blakeslee, Suzie Dods and Tom Linthicum in San Francisco, California. "We had an instructive marathon swimming discussion at the Sports Basement," described Chris Blakeslee. "We had it filmed thanks to Tom Linthicum and hope to have that available for all to view. Some of our discussions may be helpful. One thing is for sure marathon
