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Coach Gerry Returns to Start Up Tower 26 for Summer 2024

Coach Gerry Rodrigues starts his highl popular Tower 26 ocean workouts at Santa Monica Beach (Tower 26) next week. Workouts start promptly at 6:00 am.

Epic! Historic! Inspirational! Humorous! Dramatic! 10 Out Of 10!

Daisy Ridley stars in an incredibly enjoyable film that dramatizes the challenges and life of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman who crossed the English Channel and changed the trajectory of women in sports.

Call for American Ice Swimmers to Represent Team USA at 2025 IISA World Championships

Team USA is recruiting interested ice swimmers to compete at the 6th IISA World Championship in Italy.

Mother Nature One. Petar Stoychev Won. Stoychev Battled Across The Molokai Channel

Petar Stoychev, one of history's greatest marathon swimmers, had a tough battle across the Molokai Channel - but he eventually finished after 18 hours 53 minutes

Natalia Chuich, A Life Very Well Lived

Natalia Chuich, a widely respected marathon swimmer, business executive, and a Triple Crowner, passed away from cancer on May 10th.

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  • rehabilitation from muscle, bone, ligament, tendon injuries
  • longevity and wellness

Steven Muñatones

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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.

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