Monday, May 21, 2012

Coast 2 Coast Swim Challenge. Raising funds for free swim lessons for under-served LA kids

Coast2Coast Swim Challenge
5/20/12
Culver City Plunge
Photos and Videos by @Shiggy Ichinomiya GoShiggyGo
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Great job to everyone who participated, volunteered, contributed, swam, made a difference, helped, cared, donated time and energy, hustled on the PR team AND thank you to all the people who got involved behind the scenes. YOU know who you are. What amazing weather and what a great day!!!!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 




(Photos for above banner courtesy of ©Shiggy Ichinomiya. GoShiggyGo.Com)

Click link below to see my photo in The Daily Breeze
My photo in the Daily Breeze was used for PR for the Coast2Coast Swim Challenge


(Honored that my photos were used for the above flyer)


(Erin Bloodgood, mohawk guy and Dee Lamberton)
Want to see photos from the whole set? Click below






(Legendary Stan the Man. He swam from 5am to 10pm. Stanley Leventhal swam over 20 miles. That's from the mainland to Catalina Island!!!! WOW!!!)

(Above: Wow Peter, your eyes match your shirt. Stunning!!!)


Go LA TRI Club members!!!! Over 1800 members STRONG!!!
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(Go Michelle Sayre!!!!)

(Above: Kelley is about to do a flip turn.)


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(Erin and Dee swimsuit models for our sponsor Toyota!!!)




Sponsored by Toyota
Sponsored by LA Sports Massage

Sponsored by Xterra Wetsuits
Sponsored by PowerBar
Melanie Weber and crew volunteering.


(Above: Thank you TOYOTA for sponsoring the event.)


(Thank you Houlihan Lokey(Click here for Houlihan Lokey's website) for sponsoring the event and the LA Tri Club.)

(Sean the DJ and MC)


(Stella looking good)

(Stella looking good again.)

(Stella.....looking!!!!)

(Above: Lisa Z and Carol rocking the pink)


(Above: Hotties--Janice, Lisa and Carol)

(Above: Hotties--Stella, Carol and Vanessa)






(Coach Gerry providing coaching through Tower 26)
LA TRIATHLON Club's Co-Founder Larry Turkheimer
UCLA's Libby getting ready

Dr. Heather
Dr. Heather
One of my favorite "action shots" of Dr. Heather. Look at the hand glide over the water. Graceful.

Melanie getting ready to volunteer






(Above: Volunteers checking the laps of the swimmers)


Ironman Kona just qualified Holger Beckman



(Above: Recent Ironman St. George finisher-Lynne!!)

(Above: My boy Brian showing how many laps he has done.)

(Above: Beautiful Susan)


(Above: 4 time Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzleburg)

(One of my favorite moments of the day----watching Heather laugh. Go Todd Go. Go David Lee GO!!!)


(Above: David Lee. All around good guy and, yes, look carefully, yes, that's him in the cheese commercial.)


(Above: Bethune Middle School students getting ready to swim)
(Bethune Middle School students at the Culver City Plunge Municipal Pool)
(David Lee counting the swimmer's laps.)
(Above: Sun Block Super-Sized)








(Above: Lenny helping a student put on a swimming cap for the 1st time.")





Peter B looking good with Kim


I LOVE BETHUNE TOO!!!














(Above: LA Tri Club President Paul Hekimian using a GoPro for a swim-analysis)




(Above: Lenny with Melanie Weber and Roberta Silverman)













(Tony giving some swim pointers)

(Above: The Brenkus Family and Lenny Krayzleburg)


(Above: Heather and Emma)

What a handsome guy in the white shirt!!!! LOL!!!



(Above: LA Tri Club's President Paul Hekimian using the GoPro to record the swimmer's technique)


Melanie volunteering and PR'ing


(Susan Moon. Most improved swim!!!)

(Thank you sponsor----Evolution Physical Therapy)


Liz Hamm and Lisa Zollner talk about swim times. Good times.











(Looks like Lenny is Mr. Popular!!! The girls loved him!)







(Up and coming comedian, my boy, Nathan Oviedo)



(Tony making sure everyone gets on the bus back to Bethune Middle School.)

(Michelle rockin' the LA Tri Club water bottle.)




Wanna see photos from the WHOLE set? Click link below

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Video for Make a Splash below.

(Above is a video I made for the "Make a Splash" video contest.)


Coast 2 Coast VIDEOS BELOW

(Video above: Swimming. Lenny Krayzelburg (4 Olympic Gold Medals) talks about his commitment to helping raise water safety awareness.)
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(Video above: John Brenkus, yes award winning John Brenkus from ESPN's TV show, "Sports Science" talks to the kids from Bethune Middle School about "perfect practice." John is also the author of the best-selling book-->>
The Perfection Point: Sport Science Predicts the Fastest Man, the Highest Jump, and the Limits of Athletic Performance. Larry Turkeheimer, the co-founder of the LA Tri Club is the MC and Lenny Krayzelburg encourages the kids to do well in school because "it's contagious.")


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