You Want This Guy On Your Boat
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the going gets tough in the ocean, Patrick Roach goes in.
“Pat is on our Ocean Positive Foundation Team and I have trusted him with my life in waters around the world,” said Bruckner Chase about the 20-year veteran with the United States Coast Guard who has extensive experience with saves in open water of all kinds. “He is invaluable as a team member with his wisdom, knowledge and skills as a helicopter rescue swimmer.”
Roach assisted Chase with the Toa o le Tai program in American Samoa [shown above]. “I was able to help improve on people’s swimming, in teaching them to try and be strong and more relaxed in the water. I have never been anywhere that is so tropical and beautiful. The people have been great to me.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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