News Articles & Personal Swim Stories
| December 1, 2008 |
The SBCSA 2008 Annual Report is available: sbcsa-2008annualreport.pdf |
| November 25, 2008 |
SBCSA Founder Emilio Casanueva is named one of 24 Local Heroes by the Santa Barbara Independent. See full story at www.independent.com. |
| October 21, 2008 |
The County of Santa Barbara adopts a resolution honoring the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. |
The Palfreys and their support team --
Dean, Dan & Brooke (NYC), Emilio, Penny Palfrey, Travis, Neil (Perth), and diarist Chris Palfrey. |
| October 5, 2008 |
Palfreys cross Santa Barbara channel 1.95 times by Chris Palfrey |
Participants in the 2008 BIG SWIM |
| October 2, 2008 |
The Big Swim Charity Event Raises Over $25,000 for National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and Heal the Ocean. See BIG SWIM 2008. |
| September 12, 2008 |
The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association receives a letter of recognition from the City of Santa Barbara. |
| September 7, 2008 |
Channel Swim. Photos, Santa Barbara NewsPress |
| September 6, 2008 |
2008 Santa Barbara Channel Swim 6x6 Relay Race.
By Emilio Casanueva. |
| July 30, 2008 |
SHP swimmer sets a record for 12.2-mile channel crossing, Palo Alto Online |
July 17, 2008. Marc Lewis from La Jolla, California completes the first solo crossing from
Santa Rosa Island to Coal Point in Goleta, a distance of approximately 30 miles or 48 kilometers.
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| July 25, 2008 |
Swimming Solo Into The Record Books, The San Diego Union-Tribune |
July 10, 2008. Jim McConica and Kurt Baron with kayakers Mike Shaffer and Michelle Premeau
during
Jim's crossing from Anacapa Island to Oxnard.
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June 28, 2008. Chris and Panny Palfrey (wearing medals) with support crew, Dean White (left)
Emilio Casanueva, and Marianne Henry, after crossing from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz. |
| June 28, 2008 |
Chris and Penny Palfrey - Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz |
| October 27, 2007 |
 The SBCSA has produced a DVD, Santa Barbara Solo, featuring two solo swimmers and the 1st annual 6x6 relay race. Copies of the DVD are available for $10. See 6x6 Relay. |
| October 9, 2007 |
Swimmer finishes first island-to-island trek, Ventura County Star |
| September 28, 2007 |
Making Waves - Indian to Add to His Rcords by Becoming Youngest to Swim S.B. Channel, Santa Barbara News-Press |
Kevin Murphy celebrates after his Channel Crossing. (l-r) Kris White, Jane Murphy,
Rob Almy, Kevin Murphy, Margarita del Valle, Emilio Casanueva, Dean White. |
| September 24, 2007 |
Channel Master - Kevin Murphy swims the Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Barbara News-Press |
| September 7, 2007 |
Water Frontier - World Class Distance Swimmers Discover the Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Barbara News-Press |
| July 12, 2007 |
Woman first to swim channel - Solo swimmer breaks records, Santa Barbara Daily Sound |
| June 16, 2007 |
Ned Denison - Manhattan Island Marathon Swim |
| October 4, 2006 |
Ned Denison - Santa Barbara Channel Crossing I |
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| October 4, 2006 |
OceanDucks Swim Channel to Benefit the Santa Barbara Channel Keeper, story and photos by Isabelle Gullo, Blue Edge Magazine |
| September 8, 2006 |
Englishman Completes Marathon Swim from Santa Cruz Island to Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara News-Press |
| October 18, 2005 |
Peter
Attia - Catalina to Mainland.
LA Times article by James Rainey. (You may be required to register with the LA Times to view this article. Registration is free. It is a great article with good photos and video.) |
| September 14, 2005 |
Ned Denison -
English Channel II |
| July 21, 2005 |
Ned Denison -
English Channel I |
 
Ned Denison and Chris Blakeslee with supporters ofter their English Channel Crossings. |
Swimmers getting ready for their relay shift of the
1st Annual Santa Barbara Channel Relay Swim, September 18, 2004. |
| September 18, 2004 |
Santa Barbara Channel Relay Swim, By Megan Miley |
| September 4, 2004 |
Chris "El
Sharko" Blakeslee - English Channel |
| July 15, 2000 |
David
Yudovin, Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia,
San Luis Obispo Tribune article by Kathe Tanner |
| August 18, 1984 |
Beau Gatch, First Santa Barbara Channel Relay Swim |
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