Hank Wise To Be Honored By Iconix Fitness Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. Hank Wise, the reigning King of the Catalina Channel together with Samuel Neri and the captain of the fastest Catalina Channel relay in history, is a native of Long Beach, California. Wise will be honored by Iconix Fitness for his ocean-swimming exploits. Iconix Fitness
Images We Never See Anymore In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the increase in channel swimming and marathon swimming around the world, there is also a correspondingly decrease (read: elimination) of paddling alongside open water swimmers. Images from the early 1980s include photos of Lynne Cox training alongside the
The Big Richard is the world's longest beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The finish will culminate during the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on September 22nd. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega, is organized by Long Beach waterman Matty Mitchell. It starts at the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) and to
The Big Richard is the world's longest and most competitive beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega is organized by Long Beach waterman Matt Mitchell and held in Southern California from the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) to the majestic Queen Mary in Long Beach in September. The Big
Maarten van der Weijden will be honored at the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies as a member of the Class of 2011. The ceremonies will be held during the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 21-23. "A man believes what he wants to believe and disregards the
Back In The Day Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. Crossing large bodies of water remains an adventure - and the Queen Mary was the site of plenty of stories. The RMS Queen Mary was an ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean between 1936 and 1967. The Queen Mary along with the RMS Queen Elizabeth were built as part of a
