David Smith Talking Purity Of Purpose On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Santa Cruz, California. If David Smith, PhD is not literally the Most Interesting Man in the World, he certainly is in the top echelon. The 81-year-old native and long-time author originally from San Francisco and now writing his memoirs in Santa Cruz was a fast teenage
Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland. British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and popular American actor Adrian Grenier were among the successful athletes in a 3.2 km Strait of Messina crossing today. After recovering from a head-first, high-speed cycling crash on the British Virgin Islands, Branson and
Videos courtesy of Nino Fazio, Strait of Messina. Nino Fazio not only runs his global guitar business and serves as the Open Water Manager for the Italian Swimming Federation in Sicily where he organized two FIN and FINA races for the Italian Open Water Championships, he also organizes hundreds of non-competitive swims and group crossings of the Strait of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. British billionaire Richard Branson is planning to attempt a charity tandem swim together with popular American actor Adrian Grenier across the 3.2 km Strait of Messina in Italy in late September. But Branson's preparation may be now in question due to a head-first, high-speed cycling crash on the British
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dashing British billionaire Richard Branson and popular American actor Adrian Grenier will attempt to cross the 3.2 km Strait of Messina in a charity tandem swim. Branson, visionary behind the Virgin brand, and Grenier, an actor best known for Entourage and The Devil Wears Prada, will attempt the crossing
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If the English Channel is referred to the Mount Everest of channel swimming, there are lots and lots of small hills around the world where local swimmers can try their hand at mini channel swimming. From the South Pacific to the California coast, from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, there are many
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nino Fazio, the Italian stalwart in the Strait of Messina community, and Christof Wandratsch, the German stalwart in the ice swimming community, first met in the Strait of Messina in 1986. "It was my first time ever in the Strait when I met Christof. Then I met him a few years later in Cefalù and other
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nino Fazio has passed along his swimming DNA to his son Andrea. On September 2nd, Andrea set a new record for a single crossing of the Strait of Messina (Stretto di Messina), swimming from Sicily to mainland Italy in 30 minutes 6 seconds. "It is kind of an epochal moment in Italian open water swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Carina Bruwer completed two Swims For Hope in Italy – a rough 14.5 km crossing of the Strait of Bonifacio and a quadruple 12.8 km crossing of the Strait of Messina. In a retrospective that is par for the course for South African swimmers, Bruwer thought the "turbulence was fun. It was an honour to
Marathon swimmer Nicoletta Simonazzisigned a two-year sponsorship with FINIS this week. The 23-year-old from Gualtieri, Italy hopes to represent Italy in the 25 km races at the 2013 World Swimming Championships and European Swimming Championships. After winning the 2009 Strait of Messina race in Italy, she placed third at the 2010 Sabac 30 km marathon
