Archive of posts tagged 'SBCSA'

• 2011 Nov 18: Swimming with the Ocean Ducks at Goleta Beach - Overview of a beautiful 1-mile route between Goleta pier and Campus Point near U.C. Santa Barbara.
• 2011 Dec 4: Banquet day in San Pedro: Celebrating a big season of California channel swimming - My Catalina swim is officially sanctioned; joining the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association board.
• 2012 Feb 13: First-time channel swimmer? Consider Anacapa Island - An overview of the 12.2-mile channel swim from Anacapa Island to Oxnard, California.
• 2012 Jul 25: Virgin Waters: Distances between and around the Channel Islands and the U.S. Mainland - There are **80 possible swims** between and around the eight Channel Islands and the U.S. mainland. Only 11 of those have been conquered by solo swimmers.
• 2012 Sep 23: Two days and two nights on a boat: Observing Catalina and Santa Barbara Channel swims -
• 2012 Sep 27: Report: Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Cruz Island to Oxnard - A 19.1 mile solo marathon swim from San Pedro Point, Santa Cruz Island to Hollywood Beach, Oxnard. Subject of the documentary film DRIVEN, and a new course record.
• 2012 Nov 12: Who is Ashby Harper? - The remarkable life of hall-of-fame marathon swimmer Ashby Harper, among the first to swim the Santa Barbara Channel.
• 2013 Feb 11: Take the marathon swimming rules survey - Investigating community opinion among marathon swimmers about which rules are most fundamental.
• 2013 Apr 1: SBCSA announces drug-testing for marathon swims - Just finished a channel swim? Be prepared to pee in a cup.
• 2017 Mar 1: The California Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming - The three most significant marathon swims in California - Catalina Channel, Santa Barbara Channel, and the length of Lake Tahoe