Courtesy of Beth French on history's first Calendar Year Oceans Seven in the English Channel, North Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, and Catalina Channel, attempted all within one calendar year.. The beautifully inspirational trailer above was produced by a British Academy of Film and Television Arts-nominated
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Carlos Costa is a double-leg amputee and open water swimmer from Canada. The member of the 24-hour Club (45 km swim across Lake Ontario in 1993 in 32 hours 43 minutes) also completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel in November 1993 in 15 hours 3 minutes and previously attempted a Lake Ontario crossing in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Michael Johmann became a member of the Half Century Club and Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his rough water 11 hour 23 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel on June 21st. His Catalina Channel Swimming Federation observer Dan Simonelli reported, "Michael endured rough conditions
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Robert Palmese completed a solo crossing of the Catalina Channel in 12 hours 21 minutes 2015. At the annual banquet among his Catalina Channel peers, he announced his attempt at an unprecedented three-way crossing on August 11th 2016. A student at San Diego Mesa College, he has his coaches Nathan Resch
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jim 'The Shark' Dreyer will attempt an unprecedented triple crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2017. But it will not be a typical or traditional attempt. He is going to swim a bit further than the normal course, between Santa Catalina Island and the California mainland. He is going to swim between
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michelle White is a 44-year-old Irish open water swimmer who participates in channel crossing relays. Last summer, she became the first known person to complete the Relay Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Her Relay Triple Crown included the following relay swims: 1. English Channel completed in 17
Channel Swimming In The Year 2050 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We can only imagine what channel crossing experience will be like in the year 2050 and beyond... Matthew Smith just got off his 3-hour transatlantic flight in LAX from Manchester, England. Smith felt good - he was able to barter for a full-flat seat during the flight in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Simonelli was not around in 1927 when the first race across the Catalina Channel was held, but the American open swimming coach is going to do his best to replicate history. On the 99th anniversary of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim, Simonelli will attempt a crossing of the Catalina Channel on January
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the pre-GPS era of Lynne Cox, Penny Dean and John York and Cindy Cleveland, Catalina Channel swimmers were escorted by prone paddlers and the best guesses of their escort pilots. Hank Wise decided to go old-school and surrounded himself by local watermen and water women who escorted him on their
Courtesy of Hank Wise, Santa Catalina Island, California. 2-time solo Catalina Channel swimmer Hank Wise reflects on tonight's third channel attempt: "It's with continued curiosity, authenticity, and deep gratitude that I swim this Catalina Channel crossing. This will be my third swim across this 20-mile stretch, out in front. I leave at approximately
