The Big Wave Meets The Beast In Santa Barbara
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Warkentin and the Santa Barbara Swim Club presents The Big Wave Ocean Swim Race and The Beast Open Water Championship Finals on the evening of June 6th.
“The new race is part of the Southern California Grand Prix series and includes preliminary and championship finals races. The prelims: 1,200 meter rectangle. 2, 3 or 4 waves (depending on total # entries) of 40 athletes (20 men and 20 women). Preliminary wave placement of athletes is totally random.”
The Big Wave Long Distance Preliminary Race is a 1.2 km race on Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara, California. There will be 2, 3 or 4 preliminary heats depending on the number of participants with the top 10 men and top 10 women in each heat advancing to The Beast Championship finals. The wave placement of the athletes will be random with a 30-minute break between prelims and finals.
The Big Wave Short Course Open Water Event is a 600m time final. There will be a male and female heat of the 600m timed finals race.
The Beast Championship Finals is a 600m ocean race for males and females.
The Big Wave Long Course is a 1.1 km rectangle course with an added 100m swim in and out from shore. The Big Wave Short Course is a 500m triangle course with an added 100m swim in and out from shore.
Let the races begin.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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