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Redondo Beach Coastal Challenge
The Redondo Beach Coastal Challenge is a 2-day open water swimming festival held in Redondo Beach in Southern California.
The festival includes several ocean coastal swims along the shoreline of Redondo Beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula in October. The event also hosts the 2019 Open Water Summit with luminaries of the sport giving various presentations, a celebration of Guinness World Records holders in the open water swimming community presented by Guinness World Records, and the annual WOWSA Awards sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
Contents
2019 Date
4 - 6 October 2019
Distances
All races are out-and-back coastal swim courses right outside the surf line along Redondo Beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula:
- 100 meters
- 200 meters
- 1 km
- 2.5 km
- 5 km
- 10 km marathon swim
Divisions
2018 WOWSA Awards
The following 2018 WOWSA Awards winners will be honored:
- Ion Lazarenco Tiron of Republic of Moldava, World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, a 2019 Nobel Peace Prize nominee
- Aleksandra Bednarek of Poland, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, a renowned ice swimmer
- Great British Swim by Ross Edgley, World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Icebears Hintertux by Josef Köberl, World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
Videos
2018 Redondo Beach Open Water Swim highlights, a sister swim of the Redondo Beach Coastal Challenge
Redondo Beach Coastal Challenge Introduction Video
With Quinn Fitzgerald, Megan Melgaard, Steven Munatones
Guinness World Records
The event will honor several Guinness World Records holders including Ross Edgley and Jaimie Monahan.
Open Water Summit
The Open Water Summit will include speakers including 7-time World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation champion and FINA Delegate Shelley Taylor-Smith, USA Swimming National Open Water Swim Team Manager Bryce Elser, Ice Sevens pioneer Jaimie Monahan and others.
Technology Providers
- Dan Wegner with Club Assistant and SwimPhone
- Chris Lundie with Take It Live Productions
- Mark Caron and Dave Cutler with WAVE Drowning Detection Systems
Sister Swim
External links
- Mermaid Went On Marathon Mission, Then Appears On FINIS Friday
- Travesía Interminable By Antonio Argüelles
- 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest
- Twins Establish A Global Legacy In Redondo Beach That Extends Around The World
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Redondo Beach website
- The Legacy Of Dwight Crum
- Dwight Crum Pier-To-Pier Swim
- Summer Surfing In The Swim
- Dude, Look At That Wave…And Shark
- You Are Not Alone Walking From Los Angeles To San Diego
- Lexie Kelly, Ryan Bullock Go 2 For 2 In Southern California
- Dave Loeffler's Unprecedented Swim For Ocean Therapy
- Tokyo, Check. Paris, Check. What About Los Angeles?
- Boring versus Bold for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
- Denison Dares
- Ion Lazarenco Tiron Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- Paul Asmuth To Speak At 2019 Open Water Summit
- Swimming In South Bay + Santa Monica
- Newcomers And Up-and-Comers At Seal Beach
- Redondo Beach This week’s Swim the Avenues event hopes to build momentum and tradition as Redondo hopes to host an Olympic event
- Twins Establish A Global Legacy In Redondo Beach That Extends Around The World
