Catalina Channel Archives - Page 9 of 29

Carlos Costa Crosses Catalina To Cabrillo

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 [...]

Professor Takes 2 To Complete A Triple Crown

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 [...]

It Takes A Village To Do A Three-Way Crossing

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 [...]

Jim Dreyer To Attempt The Impossible

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 [...]

Thrice Is Nice With Michelle White

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 [...]

Channel Swimming In The Year 2050

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 [...]

Dan Simonelli Plans A Catalina Déjà Vu

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 [...]

Hank Wisely Goes Old School

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 [...]

Return to the Black Velvet Under Bright Planets

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 [...]

A Rocky Landing In Catalina

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With 20.2 miles (32.5 km) separating Santa Catalina Island and the Southern California mainland, there are a number of landing points on the mainland - most of which present [...]