When open water swimmers gather around the fireplace and talk about all the great gathering holes around the world, certain locations always come to mind. Dover, Sandycove, Serpentine, Sydney, Perth, Waikiki Beach, Copacabana Beach, Cancún, Seven Mile Beach, Cape Town. But from our biased Californian point of view, San Francisco's Aquatic Park is nearly
Melissa Gorman from Australia and Kane Radford from New Zealand may have not realized their Olympic dreams in London, but they both have 10,000 reasons to believe their future remains bright as a result of today's world-class performances in northern California. Gorman and Radford defended their titles at the 2012 RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay today
Zina Deretsky, Swimmer And Postcard Painter Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco Bay, California. Zina Deretsky, a science and medical illustrator by day, is also an open water swimmer and postcard painter. "I'm definitely no powerhouse swimmer. I just love to be out there, and I'm trying to extend the distances I swim bit by bit. I love all the different
Then And Now In The San Francisco Bay Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The photo on left from the Dolphin Club archives shows swimmers jumping into San Francisco Bay for a Golden Gate Bridge swim in 1931. No goggles. No wetsuits and an escort boat crew dressed nicely with jackets, coats and hats. The photo on left is from the South End
