Terence Bell, Pioneer Around Kaua’i, Looking For Swim Buddies
Terence Bell, Pioneer Around Kaua’i, Looking For Swim Buddies
Courtesy of WOWSA, Kaua’i, Hawaii.
Terence Bell, an Australian aquapreneur who is starting a 14-day stage swim on July 1st to circumnavigate the 160 km around the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i next month is looking for swim buddies. “We’ll launch from Nawiliwili and go south, southwest. I’d like people to come out and meet me. I’ll swim in the morning and then take a break, swim in the afternoons and then we’ll pull into a shelter or harbor in the evenings.”
“The ocean has taught me to be humble and have a simple awareness that everything in life is interconnected,” says Bell who created The Ocean Lover, an organization that is dedicated to reconnecting people with the underwater world through sharing personal stories.
His aim is to raise awareness for Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, a grassroots local non-profit making an impact with ocean awareness and beach cleanups. “We’re proud to support Terence as an ambassador of #zerowaste and an ocean lover who is passionate about increasing awareness how plastic impacts our marine ecosystem,“ said Rafael Bergstrom, Executive Director, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii.
The stage swim around the coastline will tracked by GPS on Strava with updates regularly posted on Instagram @onlywildones. Bell explains, “I will swim up to 13 km over 5 hours per day. I will be supported by a local team led by an experienced captain on a fully equipped sailing boat.”
For more information, visit Solo Swim Hawaii or @onlywildones. Questions or specific interview requests can be sent to teamoceanlover@gmail.com.
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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.