Ray Meltvedt led the inaugural Fear No Pier stage swim along the California coast in 2013. 2021 will see version 2.0 with a 38-pier stage swim.
Former USA Swimming national team member Beth Margalis won the 2013 Southern Pacific Masters Swimming Open Water Series. Coordinator Tanya MacLean explains, "Thank [everyone] for making 2013 a successful open water season and we look forward to you joining us for the 2014 open water season." The season series was a five-event circuit of all ocean swims
Tanya MacLean works for an environmental consulting company by day and enjoys swimming with her Southern California teammates throughout the year, including her recent unexpectedly long Anacapa Island swim off the coast of Santa Barbara in California. Whether she does a channel swim or a local shoreline race, MacLean is nearly always found smiling. We
Upon reaching shore and touching terra firma, Tanya MacLean remarked, "I actually feel pretty good." For those who train with and know MacLean well, it was a perfect summary of her character as she struggled - and enjoyed - a tough channel swim of 11 hours 41 minutes from Anacapa Island to the California coastline. Nature handed her waves, current, and
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
There are hotbeds of open water swimming around the world: Sydney, Cork, Cape Town, Cancun, Grand Cayman, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Perth, and San Francisco where there are an abundance of races and open water swimmers of all ages, abilities and walks of life. These hotbeds are situated near iconic bodies of water that offer numerous courses for training and
The Southern Pacific Masters runs a summer season open water series. The overall male and female high point winners were Bryan Buck and Tanya MacLean. The series included the Seal Beach Rough Water Swim (1 and 3 miles), Semana Nautica (6 miles), Balboa to Newport Pier-to-Pier (2 miles), Naples Island Swim (1 and miles), Don Burns Corona del Mar Swim (1
