Mauricio Prieto With Antonio Argüelles On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Barcelona, Spain. WOWSA Live will feature Spain's Mauricio Prieto. He co-founded eDreams, the fifth largest global online travel agency, leading various functions of the company throughout its 15-year lifecycle from launch to IPO. He started swimming on a regular basis in
Simon Dominguez With Antonio Argüelles On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Aquatic Park, San Francisco Bay, California. WOWSA Live will feature Australia's Simon Dominguez. Dominguez is a personable swimmer originally from Sydney, Australia who is currently living in northern California and serving as the president of the South End Rowing Club. He also
Simon Dominguez, Mauricio Prieto, Antonio Argüelles On Open Water Friday Sponsored by KAATSU, Aquatic Park, San Francisco Bay, California. WOWSA Live feature Australia's Simon Dominguez, president of the South End Rowing Club and Spain's Mauricio Prieto, the co-founder of eDreams, the fifth largest global online travel agency. Both men are members of
Cat Swims To Scotland Courtesy of David Holscher, North Channel, Northern Ireland - Scotland. Catherine Breed, a former world-class freestyler in the pool, has transitioned well to channel swimming. So well, a tough 35 km crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland across the North Channel was completed in 11 hours 6 minutes to kickstart the North Channel's
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Mathews was born October 13th 1953 in West Haven, Connecticut. Before he passed away, Mathews' career took him to New York, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco with his wife Lisa and four children. In the last 10 years of his life, Mathews was a financial advisor for Wells Fargo and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Eilath will attempt to break one of the longest standing records in the open water swimming world. The 28-year-old Israeli will attempt to break Suzanne Heim-Bowen's record of 6 crossings of the Golden Gate Bridge. He will attempt to cross the channel underneath the Golden Gate Bridge 8 consecutive
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Capri Djatiasmoro has seen it all. "Each swimmer has their own unique go-to comfort food. As a crew member, I have seen everything from bon bons, oatmeal cookies and Kit Kats to apple sauce, egg salad, and prosciutto. You name it, it 's out there." In the open water swimming community, many foods and
Courtesy of Juan Carlo of Star staff offshore from California. It seems there are more and more offshore swims being attempted and completed increasingly in the Pacific Ocean and around the world. An offshore swim is defined as a swim in an open body of water where the start and finish is not part of a continent or on a mainland. These offshore swims
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Night Train Swimmers started on Monday morning and finished on Friday. Mile after mile, hour after hour, day after day, the six swimmers of the NT300 accomplished their goal of 300 non-stop miles at 5:29 am today. "We swam an unofficial 311-mile distance over our route. An audited distance will follow
Courtesy of Frank Fennema Photography, San Francisco Bay, California. While the eyes of relay and marathon swimmers around the world are tracking the daily progress of the Night Train Swimmers on their 300-mile NT300 relay attempt in San Francisco Bay, at the end of the day, the team of six is raising money to help a young man to walk again after he was
