Milt Nelms On Open Water Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In today's WOWSA Live, Catherine Breed talked about being exposed to viewing swimming from a different perspective by Milt Nelms while swimming at University of California Berkeley - see interview below. Instead of angles, Coach Nelms speaks about swimming with curves in
Courtesy of Save The Bay Swim, Newport to Jamestown Island, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Olympic pool swimming medalists have participated in, organized and served as open water swimming ambassadors and patrons for decades around the world. Ever since 6-time Olympic medalist and multiple world record holder Johnny Weissmuller served as the International
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We love it when Olympic athletes and elite pool swimmers profess and demonstrate their love for the open water. It does not matter if their interest is sailing (Ky Hurst of Australia), ocean swimming (Rebecca Soni of the USA), event management (Sandy Neilson-Bell of the USA), learn-to-swim teaching (Shane
Sitting on the tropical beach on Beachcomber Island auring the post-race festivities of the 18 km Fiji Swims inter-island relay, four generations of Olympic medalists were discussing their toughest workouts. Shane Gould, Murray Rose, Dana Vollmer, and Allison Wagner shared their love of the open water and how relaxing it is to swim in tropical beauty. The
Open Water Swimming - Experiential And Episodic Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We had the great pleasure of meeting Olympic champion Shane Gould and her husband and renowned coach Milt Nelms in the South Pacific at the Fiji Swims. It was great to hear the couple talk about their swimming experience through the years - and learn of
Sandy Neilson-Bell, together with her husband Dr. Keith Bell, organizes a series of innovative open water swimming events in the Austin, Texas area under the American Swimming Association brand. The races vary from Money Box Cap 2K and the 12-mile Lake Travis Relay to the five-day Highland Lakes Challenge and the ASA Open Water Collegiate National
Swimming around Naples Island yesterday, soon-to-be 51-year-old Pam Lazzarotto was seen swimming around the yachts and docks of Long Beach, California. It is always a pleasure to see balanced, streamlined, technically adept swimmers cruise through the open water, totally at peace with themselves and consistently smooth in the aquatic environment. Many of
To answer that question, we first must understand what is a waterman, a term used frequently in the surfing world? Watermen - or its feminine equivalent, waterwomen - are individuals who are considered by their peers and the marine sports community to be well-adept, experienced and highly skilled in various marine sports and aquatic activities, performed
When we think of the incredibly talented Australian open water swimmers, names like Annette Kellerman, Linda McGill, Shane Gould, Susie Maroney, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Melissa Cunningham, Tammy van Wisse, and Penny Palfrey immediately come to mind. As does the word champion. These women are so multi-dimensional and multi-talented: motivational speaking,
Sports Illustrated Magazine once wrote, "...Ryan Lochte might be more known for his surfer's attitude and freak injuries than for his gold medals, but expect him to tear up the pool..." Sports Illustrated could not be more right after the first night of swimming competition when Lochte's years of intense training paid in a dominating gold-medal performance
