John Pittman Talks About Meeting, Helping Swimmers On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Pilot John Pittman followed the footsteps of his father Mickey Pittman, learning the fishing, ocean diving and channel swimming escorting business for years on the Catalina Channel in
Going In Backwards And Swimming In Reverse Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tina Neill is absolutely incredible. "When you look at Tina Neill, nothing in particular hints at records," observed Steven Munatones. "When you talk with her, nothing she says about herself hints of greatness." But the humble explorer of the raw potential of
2017 World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women Courtesy of www.hd-production.at at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. The World Open Water Swimming Association posted its 2017 list of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women, listed alphabetically by last name. The list includes contemporary aquatic
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nik Haynes is a former American collegiate swimmer who set school records at Towson University in Maryland in backstroke. "My goal is to become the fastest and third person* in history to swim backstroke across the English Channel while raising money for WaterAid to help millions of people in the developing
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Double Triplers or Triple Doublers are individuals who have achieved two separate Triple Crowns of Open Water Swimming by completing at least two English Channel crossings, two Catalina Channel crossings, and two Manhattan Island Marathon Swims during the course of their career. As of yesterday, the
Courtesy of SurflineTV from Cortes Bank. The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association (SBCSA) governs open water swims and channel attempts in the California Channel Islands, including the relay swims from San Clemente Island. SBCSA has observed and ratified two 6-person relays and Tina Neill's solo swim from San Clemente Island to the California
When SEALs Stand Up To Sharks Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association occasionally encourages qualified marathon swimmers to think about swimming from San Clemente Island to the California mainland, a 52-mile rough water swim that was pioneered in 2012 by Tina Neill who took 28 hours
New York's Lance Ogren successfully completed the final leg of his Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming today with a successful Catalina Channel swim in 10 hours 16 minutes. Escorted by Captain John Pittman on the Outrider, his observers were Tina Neill and Becky Jackman-Beeler, two other members of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. So he was in
67 individuals in the history of open water swimming have successfully completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming - across the English Channel, across the Catalina Channel and around Manhattan Island. From Ireland to India, the UK to the USA, Spain to South Africa, marathon swimmers are flocking to the English Channel and Catalina Channel...and
With swimmers from Africa and Europe to the Americas, Oceania and Asia doing more and more non-freestyle swims in the open water, the issue of how to define butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke in the open water has been a topic in the global open water swimming community for some time.* The World Open Water Swimming Association developed an initial set
