Alex Kostich Swims Around The Rock Courtesy of Water World Swim, Alcatraz Island. Alex Kostich came very close to breaking the original 5.25 km Swim Around The Rock course record set by Oliver Kusch in 1:10:09 in 2011. While Kusch started and finished at Aquatic Park, today's longer 6 km course started at Crissy Field, rounded Alcatraz, and finished at
Will Records Fall Around The Rock? Courtesy of Water World Swim, San Francisco Bay, California. Oliver Kusch and Aubrie Smallwood hold the course records for the 3.6-mile Swim Around The Rock. Kusch set the men's record in 1:10:09 in 2011 while Smallwood set the women's record in 1:24:25 in 2014 in the course that starts at St. Francis, heads around
5 Teenagers Complete Cross-Border Swim From France To Italy Courtesy of Pedro Ordenes, Bonifacio Channel, France - Italy. On June 27th, 13-year-old Anaya Khanzode, 17-year-old Mitali Khanzode, 15-year-old Saumitr Dikhit, 17-year-old Hana Lip, and 17-year-old Riley Lim, all of northern California successfully completed a 16 km cross-border tandem crossing of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pedro Ordenes of Water World Swim continues to offer a number of open water swimming competitions in San Francisco Bay: 23 different events in one of the epicenters of the global open water swimming world. His 2016 calendar of events include the following: 1. Winter Alcatraz on January 2nd: "Bring in the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers talk about sharks and jellyfish all the time. But there are plenty of other marine life in the world's oceans, lakes and rivers. On the scary side of the equation, orcas, sea snakes, sea lions, alligators, and hippos are the denizens of the open water while on the more mellow side are
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Danika Thompson may not view herself as a pure swimmer, but she is certainly a water woman. The 22-year-old lifeguard and former water polo player from San Clemente, California surfs, competes in paddle boarding both SUP and 10'6" prone paddling, surf skis, and does biathlons and lifeguard competitions in
Video courtesy of host Ori Sela, together with Water World Swim's Pedro Ordenes and Steven Munatones in Aquatic Park, San Francisco, California.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pedro Ordenes of Water World Swim is an icon in the San Francisco Bay open water swimming community. The renowned cold water swimmer, coach and prolific open water swim organizer has a deep passion for the sport. Besides organizing local open water swims, weekly workouts and clinics, he will soon lead a pod
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Silicon Valley has a great way to make profound things simple. The Google search engine, the iPhone, and the Facebook interface are examples that come immediately to mind. So it does not surprise us that Pedro Ordenes and his colleagues at Water World Swim in San Francisco, California have developed a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 8th annual Bridge to Bridge 10K is a 6-mile current-assisted open water swimming competition in San Francisco Bay that requires swimmers traverse from the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge that connects San Francisco and Oakland. The San Francisco Bay 10K Bridge to Bridge is one
