Swimming Silently Below
Swimming Silently Below Courtesy of Eric Mailander, New Brighton State Beach, Aptos, Monterey Bay, California.
Tag: Monterey Bay
Man Up … John Zemaitis Completes Monterey Marathon
Man Up ... John Zemaitis Completes Monterey Marathon Courtesy of KSBW Channel 8, Monterey Bay, California. After Cindy Cleveland (15 hours 21 minutes in 1980), Patti Bauernfeind (13 hours 0 minutes in 2014), Kimberly Rutherford (22 hours 6 minutes in 2014), and Amy Appelhans Gubser (17 hours 49 minutes in 2017) crossed Monterey Bay in northern
Five Fast Freestylers Cross Monterey Bay
Courtesy of Nick Wooler, Monterey Bay, California. Frank Reynolds of Tustin, California left a legacy in business, philanthropy and aquatics that is hard to match. His children and his grandchildren have long been successful on the national level in pool swimming, water polo and open water swimming. Two of his grandchildren Frank Reynolds Jr. and Paul
Monterey Bay Relay Crossing To Be Attempted
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Five men will attempt a tough relay crossing of cold, jellyfish-strewn Monterey Bay and will set off in the early morning of August 22nd. Three members of the team, Paul Reynolds, Frank Reynolds and Thomas Dietrich have been key members of NCAA water polo team championships at University of California
Four Years, Four Attempts To A Really Beautiful Moment
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Passionate, crazed, relentless are some of the adjectives that are bandied about when the name of marathon swimmer Patti Bauernfeind is mentioned. Laughter, fun and gratitude are some other adjectives for what Bauernfeind is known for. But the Salesforce.com business development professional is certainly,
Take 3: Jackson Klarsfeld Wins Chase Challenge
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jackson Klarsfeld and Robert Schotter went at it head-to-head three separate times at the inaugural Monterey Beach SportsFest in California. Their first race of the Chase Challenge was a strategic double-loop 2.5-mile ocean swim followed by a fast out-and-back 1-mile race and culminating in a 0.5-mile
Kelp Krawlers Of Monterey Bay
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pete Albers, a co-founder of the Monterey Beach SportsFest together with Terry Bilbro, is a member of the Kelp Krawlers pod. Fellow member Crystal Perry [shown above with Albers] explains, "We swim 3 times per week with 20-40 people on average for each swim. We probably have 75 people in total. We have no
Chasing Healthy Living And A Healthy Ocean
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are many different landmarks and memorials named after open water swimmers around the world including statues, clocks, coves and schools. A global sampling of these memorials include the Jim Doty Memorial Clocks, Vicki Keith Point, Cliff Lumsdon Park, McConica Cove, Webb Crescent, Captain Webb Primary
Third Time Is A Charm For Kimberly Rutherford
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberly Rutherford, an American ice swimmer who successfully crossed Monterey Bay in Northern California on September 5th in 22 hours 6 minutes. This was the third non-wetsuit crossing in history after Cindy Cleveland's pioneering swim in 1980 and Patti Bauernfeind's solo swim last week. Bruckner Chase
From Shore To Shore, Beautiful Moments In Monterey Bay
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The crossing of Monterey Bay by a wetsuit-less, stinger suit-less swimmer has not been done since 1983 when the renowned Cindy Cleveland first pioneered the 25-mile course. Similar its Northern California cousin, the Farallon Islands, the Monterey Bay was daunting and dangerous - and had defeated all
