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Simone Manuel
Simone Manuel (Simone Ashley Manuel, born 1996, Houston) is an American swimmer, first Black woman to win individual Olympic swimming gold (100 m free, Rio 2016, tied with Oleksiak); 7 Olympic medals, 20 World Championship medals, Stanford and Alto Swim Club.
Simone Raineri
Simone Raineri (born 1977), Italian rower, stroke of the gold-medal quadruple sculls at Sydney 2000 and silver at Beijing 2008; four-time Olympian with Fiamme Gialle, later Pararowing federal coach.
Siobhan Haughey
Siobhan Haughey (Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, 詩蓓•何), Hong Kong swimmer born 1997; four Olympic medals (Tokyo 2020 silvers, Paris 2024 bronzes in 100m/200m freestyle), 200m short-course world record 1:50.31, Doha 2024 world champion.
Sippy Woodhead
Sippy Woodhead (Cynthia Lee Woodhead, later Kantzer, Brennan), American freestyle swimmer born 1964; 1978 world champion at 14, three 200m freestyle world records, 1980 boycott victim, 1984 Olympic silver medalist.
Siripon Kaewduang Ngam
Siripon Kaewduang Ngam (ศิริพร แก้วดวงงาม), Thai windsurfer born 1994 in Pattaya; Youth Olympic gold 2010 Techno 293, Asian Games gold 2022 RS:X after bronzes in 2014 and 2018, Olympian 2016 and 2020.
Siyka Kelbecheva Barbulova
Siyka Kelbecheva Barbulova (Сийка Келбечева-Барбулова), born 1951, Bulgarian rower; Olympic gold in women's coxless pairs at Montreal 1976 and bronze at Moscow 1980, both with Stoyanka Gruycheva.
Sizwe Ndlovu
Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu (born 1980, Johannesburg) is a South African rower who stroked the lightweight four to gold at London 2012, the first Olympic rowing gold for South Africa and Africa; now a coach and Dakar 2026 Chef de Mission.
Skippy Browning
Skippy Browning (David Greig Browning Jr., 1931–1956), American springboard diver, 1952 Helsinki Olympic 3m gold medalist, eight-time AAU and four-time NCAA champion, killed in a Navy jet crash training for 1956.
Smiley Surf Shop
Smiley Surf Shop is a surf shop in Tamraght, Souss-Massa, Morocco, selling clothes, wax, leashes, and souvenirs and renting foam and shortboards at 120 dhs/day; a separate Smiley's surf shop in Bridgetown, Barbados is named after surfer Peter (Smiley) Boland.
Snorkeling
Snorkeling: surface swimming with a mask, snorkel, and fins, no certification required. About 27 million snorkelers worldwide; drowning, often cardiac, is the main risk.
Snowave
Snowave is a name used by several unrelated organizations: a surf and snowboard school in Kamchatka, Russia, an Italian surf and ski travel company, and a Japanese ski club.
Sofia Corban Banovici
Sofia Corban Banovici, also Sofia Banovici or Sofia Corban, Romanian rower born 1956 in Drăgănești-Vlașca; Olympic gold in women's coxed quadruple sculls at Los Angeles 1984 after fourth at Moscow 1980.
Sofia Toro
Sofía Toro (Sofía Toro Prieto-Puga), Spanish sailor born 1990 in A Coruña; Olympic gold in women's match race Elliott 6m at London 2012 with Echegoyen and Pumariega, 2013 world match race champion, later 470 competitor.
Sophie Edington
Sophie Edington (Sophia Jane Edington, born 1984) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, 2008 Beijing Olympian, four-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and former 50 m backstroke world record holder (27.67, 2008).
Sophie Hansson
Sophie Hansson, Swedish breaststroke swimmer born 1998 in Helsingborg; 2021 European 100 m breaststroke champion, three-time Olympian, and double short-course world relay champion at Abu Dhabi 2021.
Sophie Hosking
Sophie Hosking (Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking), born 1986 in Edinburgh, is a British retired rower who won lightweight women's double sculls gold with Kat Copeland at London 2012 in 7:09.30, took three world bronzes and a world silver, and received an MBE in 2013 before retiring to law.
South Coast Surf Shop
South Coast Surf Shop is a family-owned San Diego surf shop chain founded by Rob Ard in Ocean Beach in 1974, with five locations in Ocean Beach and Pacific Beach, in-house South Coast Surfboards, rentals, and a Closeouts discount store.
Spencer Turrin
Spencer Turrin OAM (Spencer Alf Turrin, born 1991) is an Australian rower, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist in the men's coxless four, two-time world champion (2017, 2018), three-time Olympian, and now Rowing Australia's Beach Sprint Coach.
Sport de Surf
Sport de Surf, also known as Meio da Baía, is a mapped surf sports field in Ferrel, Peniche, Portugal (39.36143 N, 9.35626 W), a 2.5 km sandy beach break working best on N/NW swells with south winds, October to May.
Spot de Damencourt
Spot de Damencourt, also called Le Spot, is Guadeloupe's best-known surf break, a powerful reef break at Le Moule on Grande-Terre's Atlantic coast that hosts national and international competitions.
Spot de Surf Cantinho da Bahia
Spot de Surf Cantinho da Bahia, a sand-bottom A-frame beach break on Ilha do Baleal, Peniche, Portugal, inside the Peniche/Santa Cruz marine protected area; year-round NW-swell surf, beginner to advanced, 2-8 ft waves.
Spot de Surf do Molhe Leste
Molhe Leste (Spot de Surf do Molhe Leste) is a surf spot beside the eastern breakwater of Peniche's fishing harbour, Portugal, just north of Supertubos: a right-hand beach break, sheltered from north wind, small-day beginner to big-day advanced barrels.
Spot de Surf Supertubos
Supertubos (Praia de Medão), Peniche, Portugal: powerful hollow sandbar beach break nicknamed the European Pipeline; WSL Championship Tour venue since 2009, advanced surfers only, best in autumn.
Spot de Surf: Baie Maxime
Spot de Surf: Baie Maxime, a sheltered A-frame beach break south of Mahambo, Madagascar, used by the Summer Session surf school; best January to March, E swell, W offshore wind, 4x4 access.
Spot Surf
Spot Surf: name shared by independent surf businesses, chiefly Spot Surf School (Doniños, Ferrol, Spain, founded 2008, FES-certified), plus a Zumaia shop-school, a Taghazout camp, a Samara wakesurf club, and a Portuguese beach break.
Spot1
Spot1 (Spot 1) names a surf school and beach bar at Le Gorette, Cecina Mare, Tuscany, founded 1994; also a Brampton music hall and catering firm, a Turek vehicle station, a Lagos apartment, a DARPA robot, and the SPOT 1 satellite.
Stalls For Renting Surf Boards/lessons
Stalls for renting surfboards and lessons: beachside shacks and stands renting boards and wetsuits and selling beginner lessons, from Waikiki's C&K Beach Service to surf schools in Bali, with typical prices, business models, and permit rules.
Stan Cwiklinski
Stan Cwiklinski, full name Stanley Francis Cwiklinski, is an American rower born 1943 in New Orleans who won gold in the men's eight for the Vesper Boat Club at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and later served 23 years as a US Navy salvage officer.
Stand Up Paddle School
Stand Up Paddle School: a stand up paddleboarding (SUP) school teaching lessons, tours, and rentals; also a mapped OSM attraction node 5032443275 near Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal, tagged sport=surfing, phone +221774817678.
Stand Up Surf Shop
Stand Up Surf Shop: North Fremantle, Western Australia SUP and foil retailer founded by Mike Galvin in 2009; over 200 boards, 40+ free demos; distinct from the identically named shop in Leon, Nicaragua.