Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Peter Davis has dedicated his life as a American ocean lifeguard. Since 1983, he has served as a salaried and volunteer lifesaver from his local Galveston Island Beach Patrol to beaches throughout Central and South America. As the current president of the United States Lifesaving
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On World Oceans Day, Bruckner Chase talks about his partnership with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "I am excited to be connecting a personal and professional mission to positively impact how we feel think and act towards our oceans with the incredible teams at NOAA’s Oceans Today. The
It makes sense: the individuals who are optimally positioned to understand the effects of pollution in the world's oceans are open water swimmers. Completely enveloped in the increasingly polluted marine environment, open water athletes swim into pollution, taste it, smell it and see it all the time. Their skin is exposed to it, they absorb it through
Bruckner Chase is bringing together the world of ocean environmentalism to the growing community of open water swimmers.For his leveraging governmental resources for American Samoa, his work with the Special Olympics and his development of ocean awareness programs together with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, he is showing others how
With 53% of all Americans living within 50 miles of a coastline, it is not surprising that 1 of every 3 Americans participate in some form of ocean recreation.*According to a survey published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere, the top 8 ocean activities, in terms of the
