WOWSA Performance of the Year Nominee Forrest Nelson – Courageous Channel Circumnavigation

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Steven Munatones 11/02/2011 No Comment

Forrest Nelson does swims quietly without a lot of fanfare, but his swims are major events in marathon swimming circles.

From swimming across Catalina Channel in December to swimming around Catalina Island itself, Forrest goes about his marathon business as quiet and efficiently as his arm strokes slicing through a glassy Pacific Ocean in the

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Doug Woodring (Hong Kong) – Ocean Recovery Alliance Visionary

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Doug Woodring is a lightening rod of positive energy and practical action.

He not only organizes the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim and Sheko Challenge open water race every year in Hong Kong, but he works to bring awareness and practical solutions to the problems of pollution in our ocean.

Co-founder of the successful Project

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Petar Stoychev

is admittedly slowing down and victories are more difficult to come by as a 34-year-old.

However, 2011 saw Petar extend his dominance over the professional marathon swimming world for the unprecedented 11th

consecutive year.

He started out the year by winning the 57K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand

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WOWSA Man of the Year Yutaka Shinozaki (Japan) – Founder of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Yutaka Shinozaki founded and has developed the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) to be a 9-month-long, 14-part open water swimming series in Japan.

From Okinawa to Honshu, Shinozaki-san and his staff and volunteers have created an enjoyable, safe, competitive open water swim series for all ages and abilities. From the

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Stephen Redmond (Ireland) – Courageous Channel Challenger

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Stephen Redmond is swimming like a man possessed, working fast to achieve the Ocean’s Seven.

But he trains with only a 16-meter pool and the Irish Sea at his disposal.

Cold, solitary, rough are the conditions in which Stephen pounds out the miles: year-round, quietly, stoically, without complaint and without reservations.

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Jamie Patrick (USA) – Adventure Swimmer

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Jamie Patrick has been around water all his life, as a age-group swimmer, in college and as a surfer and triathlete.

He blossomed this year and carved out his niche in the adventure swimming community.

A world where each individual defines their own goals and means of achieving them.

In a planet covered with water,

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Simon Murie (Great Britain) – Open Water Tour Operator and Enabler

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Simon Murie keeps bringing the challenge and allure of the open water swimming world closer to its growing community.

With the aim of introducing open water to experienced and inexperienced swimmers in a safe yet challenging environment, he organizes hundreds of weekend and week-long tours and training camps around the world.

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Thomas Lurz (Germany) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Thomas Lurz is one well-known constant in the elite world of open water swimming. 2011 was no different.

Thomas not only won his 7th world championship title in the 5K, but he also won the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series, the European 10K Championships, and only narrowly lost the world championship 10K title in Shanghai.

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Simon Griffiths (England) – Open Water Swimming Publisher and Aquapreneur

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Simon Griffiths knows an emerging sport when he sees it.

But the former freelance triathlon writer wants others to appreciate open water swimming in its many guises as he does: as a lifestyle, as a healthful exercise that challenges the mind and body, as an activity that is shared with a profound level of camaraderie and collegiality that crosses

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WOWSA Man of the Year Nominee Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion

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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Spyridon Gianniotis keeps improving in the open water.

His hard work and improved racing tactics all came together in Shanghai at the 2011 World Championships where he won the prestigious 10K race over favored Thomas Lurz and earn a hard-fought silver medal in the 5K.

Now heading back to his fourth Olympics as a result of this world

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