Christal Clashing

Ocean rower | Freediver | Storyteller

Restoring fractured relationships between people and the sea.

  • Adventure

    The ocean has always been my measuring stick — not for speed or distance, but for what I'm willing to face.

  • freediving | National record holder 2024

    What started in 2019 as research on the island of Dominica for a writing project, turned into a full-fledged past-time off the coast of Antigua. Freediving has brought me peace, self-acceptance and community.

  • Team antigua island girls | world's toughest Row-Pacific 2023

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    2,800 miles. Monterey Bay, California to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii. Three Antiguan women. No motor. No sail.

    We became the first all-Black team and first Caribbean team to row the Pacific Ocean — and we did it through some of the most unforgiving water on earth.

    Crew: Kevinia Francis, Samara Emmanuel, Christal Clashing

  • Team antigua island girls | talisker whiskey atlantic challenge 2018-19

    3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to English Harbour, Antigua. When we crossed that finish line, we made history: the first all-Black team to row any ocean. We were also the first all-female Caribbean team to complete an ocean row.

    Crew: Kevinia Francis, Elvira Bell-Bailey, Samara Emmanuel, Christal Clashing

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