Julian Rusinek fulfilled his 2-year goal today by becoming the first person to swim from San Miguel Island to Santa Rosa Island, two of the California Channel Islands. 2 hours 25 minutes after pushing off San Miguel Island, he reached Santa Rosa to the barks of hundreds of elephant seals and sea lions. Marine life, abundant and visible at the start and
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
When Scott Zornig of Laguna Beach, California created the stage swim concept of Fear No Pier, he had a specific purpose in mind. He wanted to challenge himself and others in the open water with something new. He had done his share of channel swims, marathon swims, and coastal mass participation ocean swims. He wanted something unique and enjoyable;
Several swimmers attempted to swim around 27 piers in Southern California within 24 hours.
After a long night, an entire morning, and most of the afternoon swimming around 19 piers along the California coast, the 14 swimmers who started the Fear No Pier stage swim have been reduced to a handful. As predicted but in unexpected ways, the Fear No Pier adventure has not been easy. "We have almost walked as much as we have swam. We've had to walk
Up and down the coasts from Brighton to Busselton and many places between, piers dot the coastline of hundreds of countries. But there may be no other place on Earth that melds the sport of open water swimming and piers as well as California. From San Diego in the south to Santa Cruz in the north, the 770 miles (1,240 km) of coastline is punctuated with
When Scott Zornig and the members of Oak Streakers the brought the new open water swimming regulations of the County of Los Angeles County to the attention of the global open water swimming community, there was domestic and international outrage from swimmers. Comments and suggestions on the Marathon Swimmers Forum ranged from "...that all of the open water
Ocean Swimming To Be Government-Regulated In L.A. Courtesy of WOWSA, Los Angeles County, California. Time and time again, we have always opined that open water swimming in the Pacific Ocean is far more safe than cycling or running on the roads of Southern California (read "Is Swimming The Most Dangerous Leg In Triathlons?"). Based on the number of
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
Craig Taylor and Scott Zornig are turning back the clock to 2001. The pair did a stage swim along the entire 40-mile coast of Orange County in Southern California. The pair are now gathering dozens of others to take upon the 11-day OC Coast To Coast Boast this summer. "[The first stage swim] took us most of the summer. We had a blast. Several people
