If swimming six miles in the ocean isn’t challenging enough, the competitors who took part in the annual Semana Nautica event also had to deal with a … [Read more...]
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Smith, Eacret fight through current, kelp to win Semana Nautica 6-mile swim
July 10, 2011 by Barry Punzal
Filed Under: Endurance Sports, Featured, Swimming Tagged With: Ed Smith, Kurt Baron, Open Water Swimming, semana nautica, Semana Nautica 6-mile ocean swim, Valerie Eacret
Relay team aims to deep-six record for continuous swim
September 15, 2010 by Barry Punzal
Masters swimmers Mike Shaffer, John Chung, Jim Neitz, Jim McConica, Kurt Baron and Tom Ball love the water and have plenty of competitive juices … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Featured, News, People, Swimming Tagged With: Buenaventura Swim Club, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz, John Chung, Kurt Baron, Mike Shaffer, Open Water Swimming, Tom Ball, Ventura Deep Six
Shaffer takes out 3-mile in under an hour
July 7, 2009 by John Dvorak
Talk about a power hour. Former East Beach lifeguard Mike Shaffer held it down on his old stomping grounds Sunday morning, pounding out Semana … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Endurance Sports, Sports, Swimming Tagged With: 2009 semana nautica, Chip Blankenhorn, Ed Smith, Jon Clark, Kurt Baron, Mike Shaffer, Open Water Swimming, Sarah Deyoreo, Sarah Murray, semana nautica, Semana Nautica 3-mile ocean swim, Stewart Reid