Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine, nicknamed the Pinoy Aquaman, had quite a year in 2016. The Filipino attorney not only pioneered five unprecedented channel swims during the year, but received much national recognition for his ocean advocacy efforts. January 17th: He became the first person to cross from Sumilom
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A goggle tan* is the division on a swimmer's temple and around their eyes between skin of noticeable paleness relative to the rest of the face that has been suntanned by prolonged sun exposure. Upper photo shows Vedika Bolliger, a 34-year-old Swiss swimmer who swam across Lake Geneva on July 30th-31st 1999
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Macarine completed another unprecedented swim in crossing the Cebu Strait in the Philippines. In April 2015, the Pinoy Aquaman first pioneered the Cebu Channel with a 17 km channel swim in the Visayas, from Santa Fe town in Bantayan Island to San Remegio town in northern Cebu in 7 hours 45
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Recognition keeps rolling in for Ingemar Patiño Macarine, the Pinoy Aquaman of the Philippines. He was recently selected by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) as one of its three Heroes of the Environment for 2015. The World Wide Fund for Nature recognized Ingemar for his 'pioneering solo
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine, nicknamed the Pinoy Aquaman, added to his growing channel swimming resume today in San Remigio, Cebu, Philippines. He walked onshore after swimming 17 km (straight-line tangent distance and 19.9 km of actual rough water swimming) in 7 hours 45 minutes across the Cebu Channel from
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine Full's New Year's Day attempt to swim 10.5 km across the Hinatuan Passage in the Philippines was successful. The Pinoy Aquaman swam from Brgy. Dona Helen, Socorro, Siargao to Brgy. Cagdianao, Claver, Surigao del Norte in 5 hours 8 minutes. "The swim is to promote clean seas and
