2010 Open Water Swimming Global Conference

The 2010 Open Water Swimming Global Conference will be held in Long Beach, California on June 5th as part of the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship weekend. The Conference brings together the world's foremost experts on open water swimming. World open water swimming champions, English Channel world record holders, top professional marathon swimmers, prominent triathlon coaches and personalities, and some of the most decorated Olympic coaches will share their experiences, insights and recommendations on how to prepare optimally, train intelligently and race well in the open water.

The 2010 Open Water Swimming Global Conference offers 24 presentations on open water racing tactics, techniques, innovative training methodologies and trends in the sport.

Legends and Champions
At least four English Channel and Catalina Channel record holders will be there: Penny Dean (solo English Channel and solo- and double-crossing Catalina Channel), Sid Cassidy (single- and double-crossing relay English Channel), John York (single- and double-crossing relay English Channel and solo and double-crossing Catalina Channel).

7-time world marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith, renowned adventure swimmers Ram Barkai (Antarctica), double Olympic medalist and English Channel record holder Greta Andersen and innovative race directors from Australia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Japan and South Africa are just a few examples of the luminaries who will make presentations on topics ranging from Training and Racing to the Business and Lifestyle of open water swimming.

Awards
2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria; World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, Poliana Okimoto of Brazil; and World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, by Andrew Smilley of Cayman Islands, will receive beautifully designed recognition awards from blueseventy that truly capture the essence of open water swimming.

Attendees
Swimmers, triathletes and coaches from around the globe, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Canada, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago and the United States will collectively they bring their expertise, insight and enthusiasm to the conference.

Other Conference Activites

• USA Triathlon will provide Continuing Education Unit credits for attendance as an added bonus for its certified coaches.
• Historian Steven Munatones will present a colorful history of open water swimming from 1820 to the present.
• US Masters Swimming Coach of the Year Gerry Rodrigues will explain how he has helped create world-class open water swimmers who train in land-locked locations.

The Future
Without a doubt, the popularity of open water swimming is increasing. This popularity creates opportunity. The Global Open Water Swimming Conference offers as opportunity for interested people to learn more about a sport that has an estimated 16 million enthusiasts worldwide.