If you're interested in long distance swimming, you should join us for our discussion with Kent Nicholas.
In 2012, Kent created SCAR Swim Arizona, which was voted the world's number one swimming event in 2022. SCAR takes you through four Arizona lakes over four days: Saguaro (15.2km), Canyon (14.4km), Apache (27.3km), and Roosevelt (10km, night swim).
Kent is an accomplished swimmer himself, as well as a paddler (to support other swimmers) and an official observer. His abridged swimming CV looks like this:
- Triple Crown swimmer as of 2013
- LaJolla Roughwater
- Seal Beach 10
miles
- Border Buster 15K in Vermont
- Swim the Suck, 10 miles, in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Trans Tahoe Relay (A relay circumnavigating Catalina Island and Santa Barbara Island exceeding 100 miles)
- Paddler and observer for Santa Barbara Channel Association
- Observer for the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
We will ask Kent about his vision for SCAR and what it takes to complete the challenge. We will then move on to more general questions about
training, psychological aspects of long distance swimming and - as usual - questions that you send in.
