My Trident Is A Permanent Good Luck Charm Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Patty Hermann has traveled north and south, east and west to compete in some of the longest and toughest open water swims in America. Hermann has done the 10-mile Swim The Suck, he 36-mile END WET, 42 miles of the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, the 12.5-mile Swim Around
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If Neptune (Roman god) and Poseidon (Greek god) both set aside their tridents and raced in the open water, who might win in this mythical competition? We believe Neptune would probably take a race in the fresh water (lakes and rivers) while Poseidon would probably lord over a race in the salt water (oceans
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Around the shorelines of the open water swimming community from Santa Monica to São Paulo, there seems to be an increasing number of trident tattoos. Copyright © 2008 - 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Olympian Alex Meyer was photographed in the United States Olympic Committee buildup to the London Olympics. Photographer Joe Klamar caught his trident tattoo...an appropriate visual hint of the looming battle that Meyer and his 24 open water adversaries will have in the Serpentine on August 10th. The trident is associated with Poseidon, the god of the sea
