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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 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, 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

We Are Ocean Crossing for Cancer Survivors

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7-time Olympic medalist and waterman Aaron Peirsol reported from Newport Beach, California, “Ten people who have battled, or who are battling, cancer participated in a camp in White’s Landing on Catalina Island last weekend, immersing themselves in sailing, canoeing, ocean swimming, lounging, intimate camp fires, music, healthy meals, and an open hearted community. The experience

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Joel Matos Ortiz Takes 27 Days to Complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming

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Joel Matos Ortiz, an aquatic therapist from Puerto Rico, got right down to business in completing the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming while raising money for the Special Olympics Puerto Rico. This total elapsed time was 27 days. Nine days after he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 11

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How Many Strokes Should I Take When Sighting In Open Water Swimming?

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One of the most difficult questions to properly answer in the sport of open water swimming is, ‘How many strokes should you take before sighting in open water swimming?’ To answer this question, it is important to know what sighting is. Sighting is the act of seeing and navigating in an open body of water, generally towards landmarks, turn buoys, an escort

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Jaimie Monahan’s Manhattan Island Exploits Recognized By Guinness World Records

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Jaimie Monahan was recognized by the Guinness World Records for the most swims around Manhattan Island. Known as the Queen of Manhattan Island, Monahan has completed the 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Manhattan in New York, more times than any other individual in history: 29 circumnavigations between June 2010 and October 2020.

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