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Steven Muñatones
Editor
Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.
He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.
He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
The Adventures and Lessons of Theo and Violet – From The Mind of Paul Asmuth
Open water swimmers have a lot of time and opportunity to think deep thoughts. Over his 59...
The Kingdom Swim: This Year Is Special
James Breen swimming through the sunrise – Photo by Karina Palmarino Phil White, creator of...
Higher, Faster, Stronger, Safer: Eagle’s Rebirth: A Lifesaver’s Odyssey
Eagle’s Rebirth: A Lifesaver’s Odyssey to Gold is a 15-minute film about Pantelis Avramidis who...
Celebrating a Quarter Century of Swimming in Lake Minnewaska
The Lake Minnewaska Silver Jubilee Swim celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Minnewaska Distance Swimmers Association and honors the swimmers who have helped make Lake Minnewaska a beautiful place to swim.
Swimming at 3,811 meters in the 16°C Waters of Lake Titicaca
John Zemaitis and Joe Zemaitis led Dina Levačić, Yulia Ovodkova, Sarah Roberts, Sarah Thomas, Andrey Bozhko, Ashley Husmoe, Corey Murphey, Andrew Packer,
Maggie Regan, Gerald George, Anel Sytdykova, and Angelina Calderon to solo swims on the highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca in Bolivia in the Andes.
Redux in Marine Stadium for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships
Americans Mariah Denigan, Brinkleigh Hansen, Becca Mann, mother-of-two Ashley Twichell, Ivan Puskovitch, Joey Tepper, Dylan Gravley, and Joshua Brown will defend their home turf at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Long Beach’s Marine Stadium.