
A Colorful Cast Of Characters In The Open Water0 (0)
Nicknames are used all over the place in the global open water swimming community
Nicknames are used all over the place in the global open water swimming community
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world with great nicknames: From Double Down to Fly Guy, from the Paddlin' Professor to the Dolphinman, these individuals come from all walks of life with a characteristically deep passion
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a few open water swimmers known by their stage names (Johnny Weissumuller as Tarzan or Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon), but a great number of open water swimmers are also known by their nicknames. The following is a short list of the number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Zombie Patrol [shown above] are a pod of seriously minded, good-natured teenagers from San Diego, California who laugh and joke around as young athletes do - and they have come up with some clever nicknames for themselves. The nicknames are in line with the nicknames of their coaches and teachers Dan
What Are Swimmers Known As? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world with unusual, funny, or poignant nicknames. There are also other individuals who are introverted, quiet stalwarts in the sport known by profoundly
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world with unusual, funny, poignant or profound nicknames: Many of these individuals are luminaries of the sport. Some of them are known only by one name (see here): * The Seaweed Streak:
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a vast number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world. They are extroverts; they are introverts. They are male; they are female. They are young; they are veterans. They are pros; they are amateurs. And some of them have
Nicknames are colorful and sometimes based on funny or profound meanings. Some are given at birth and some are given at the height of an athlete's career (see Abdul Latif Abou Heif, Crocodile of the Nile on left). There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world. Some of them are
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world. Some of them are known to the media by their nicknames; others are simply known among their friends and family. Catalinator: Hank Wise (shown on left) is one of the fastest men to
There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world. Some of them are known to the media by their nicknames; others are simply known among their friends and family. Catalinator: Hank Wise (shown on left) is one of the fastest men to ever complete a solo crossing of the Catalina