Jean McKensie was a Carpinteria, California teenager who swam from Santa Barbara to Carpinteria in December 1926. The 19-year-old started together with Marjorie Buffington and Zane Steenrod along the West Coast of California, but she was the only person to finish according to the Press-Courier in Oxnard, California. Earlier that year, Steenrod made the
"He's a fish outta water." That comment is made frequently about good swimmers by their less aquatically-oriented friends on terra firma. It certainly applies to Evan Morrison, co-founder of the Marathon Swimmers Forum. The Princeton University graduate has turned his life-long passion for swimming into a lifestyle...and bringing many more like him
The work of Michelle Macy is never done. Swimming since before she could walk, the Oregon resident became the third person in history to achieve the Oceans Seven. But significant and rare personal achievements are not solely what make up one of the most remarkable athletes in the open water swimming community. Macy is talented without a doubt. She is
2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards, sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association, is an annual recognition of the world's best open water swimmers, coaches, crew members, pilots, writers, associations, services and products in four different categories.
Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association was ecstatic about the premiere of the film Driven over the weekend. He writes, "The film was a sell out and the theater had to turn away people at the door. The movie has everything...drama, action, laughter, disappointment and conquest. I thought it was one of the best documentaries I have
Late-breaking news from the California Channel Islands: One of history's finest freestylers, Jim McConica broke the 9-hour mark in setting a new record from Santa Cruz Island to Oxnard on the California mainland today. McConica swam an 8:59:58 today to take join the legends of the sport who have also conquered this channel: 1. David Yudovin (USA)
Julian Rusinek is a Southern California ocean swimmer who is always out for adventure. He not only participates in local ocean swims with regularity, but also joins in on channel swims and did the Fear No Pier event. This Saturday, Rusinek will attempt the first solo swim between San Miguel Island and Santa Rosa Island in the California Channel
This Thursday, June 6th, the Reef and Run kicks off the 2013 ocean swim season in Santa Barbara, California. Over the years, Santa Barbara has had star power in its midst, from actors (Tim Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Kirk Douglas, Robert Duvall, Brad Pitt), actresses (Jennifer Aniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Bo Derek, Jane Fonda, Whoopi
Scott Zornig is the president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association and spends much of his time thinking about, swimming, or helping others achieve their dreams in the open water water. Back during the 1999, Zornig had a close call together with Novaquatics teammates Rick Reeder, Craig Taylor, Dan Sullivan, Tom Landis, Jim Fitzpatrick, and 57
With greater number of individuals of all ages, abilities, and aspirations joining the sport, the number of officials, administrators, coaches, vendors, pilots, and volunteers is also rapidly increasing. It is a large watery world out there and it is getting organized. Over the last several years, a growing number of governing bodies and associations have
