Scott Zornig is organizing Swim Camp Mexico VI between March 30th and April 3rd in Baja California on the Sea of Cortez. His 6th Swim Camp Mexico is a boutique open water swimming camp that is nearly full - and a whole lot less intense and demanding that his European counterpart: the Cork Distance Week led by Ned Denison. He explains, "The camp is
Back in the mid-1970's, former Harvard University coach Joe Bernal presented an unprecedented challenge to his 16-year-old swimmer Bobby Hackett with some very tough distance freestyle sets including a set of 100x100 (yards) freestyle on 1:00. Hackett's tough, gut-busting workouts paid off as he swam to a silver medal in 15 minutes 3 second in the 1500m
Scott Zornig, Standing Tall After His Success Courtesy of Scott Zornig, Spain-to-Morocco, Strait of Gibraltar. Scott Zornig has had his eyes on a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar for some time. But circumstances and weather have never coupled up for him. He explains his persistence, "After coming to Spain in 2016, 2018, and again this year to
Swim Camp Catalina 2016 video courtesy of Al Jaurique. Content courtesy of Scott Zornig on Santa Catalina Island, California. Swim Camp Catalina was envisioned and co-founded by Scott Zornig and Jamie Patrick and is co-hosted with Lynn Kubasek. Its third edition was recently held on November 10th-13th with an unexpected guest star and special gift.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After getting stopped by winds and weather a few weeks ago on their first attempt, Anthony McCarley and support team never ever got off the California coast. But with the Navy's permission, they gathered once again off the California coast for a swim amid the California Channel Islands. It took 6 hours to
Courtesy of Jorge Paulo Pereira of 3 Iron Sports and organizer of the Swim Challenge Cascais. Every swim can be a challenge, especially for those swims across channels, around islands, and up rivers. With every challenge in the open water should come a support crew that includes people both on the water and onshore. The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The inaugural Fear No Pier swim along the Southern California coast was conceived by Scott Zornig of Laguna Beach. The multi-stage expedition swim consisted of swimming a cumulative total of 19 km of ocean swimming around 27 piers that were spread out over 311 miles (500 km) of California coastline. The
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are several iconic images that alway come to mind when we think of open water swimming. The first image is the mass open water swim when hundreds of swimmers race together along the seashore or in a lake. Another common image is of a channel swimmer greasing up before a marathon swim. Another is
Scott Zornig did research about channel swimming in the first half of the 20th century along the coast of California.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The deadline to register for the 2014 Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association annual banquet is this Friday, October 17th. The banquet will take place on November 1st in San Pedro, California aboard the Pacific Spirit. The cost is US$39.50 and includes dinner, music, unlimited margaritas and will honor,
