Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Rob Butcher's tenure as the Executive Director of U.S. Masters Swimming ended, the organization conducted a national recruiting search and landed Newport Beach (California) native, Dawson Hughes. Dawson grew up around the Pacific Ocean and began swimming year-round at the age of 8. He culminated his
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Located between the hometown of Surf City U.S.A. and the swimming grounds of the prolific Oak Streakers, Newport Beach, California is the site of many open water swims and the famous bodysurfing Wedge. Newport Beach also hosts its Film Festival that seeks to bring to Orange County the best of classic and
Marathon runners describe the Badwater Ultramarathon as the world's toughest foot race. Triathletes talk reverently about the Ironman Hawaii. Marathon swimmers put themselves on the map with a crossing of the English Channel. Badwater, Ironman, English Channel: they are all hard and can beat down even the best-trained athlete down to size. And so can the
Renowned watermen Matty Mitchell, Jon McMullen, and Peter Joseph took 7 hours 56 minutes to complete the marathon biathlon The Big Richard. It was an unprecedented attempt to run-swim-run-swim their way up the Southern California coastline dotted with cool beach towns, piers and gawking onlookers. And they were all up to the challenge, tackling the Pacific
The Big Richard is the world's longest beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The finish will culminate during the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on September 22nd. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega, is organized by Long Beach waterman Matty Mitchell. It starts at the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) and to
The Big Richard is the world's longest and most competitive beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega is organized by Long Beach waterman Matt Mitchell and held in Southern California from the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) to the majestic Queen Mary in Long Beach in September. The Big
