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Author name: Steven Munatones

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, World Open Water Swimming Federation, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and serves 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.

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The Farallon Islands…A Most Dangerous Adventure

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Reporters and the public talk about adventures with high degree of risks: hot-air ballooning across continents, crossing tundra without motorized vehicles, climbing mountains, ultra-marathon runs or mega-triathlons under extremely warm conditions. Open water swimmers talk about the most difficult swims in their sport: North Channel between Scotland and Ireland, Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, […]

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Aerial Footage Of Keri-Anne Payne vs. Ashley Twichell

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Andrew Martens of RC Helicam captured the final move that Keri-Anne Payne made over the last 50 meters to win the 2012 aQuelle Midmar Mile this weekend. Andrew’s helicam is a remote controlled quadcopter that takes aerial HD action video footage. The helicam hovered right over the swimmers and took great footage – one of

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Double Help By Louise Stevenson For The Christchurch Earthquake Funds

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Bondi surf lifesaver and champion ocean swimmer, Louise Stevenson, completed a 38K double crossing between idyllic Beachcomber Island to Port Denarau through the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. Her unprecedented solo swim was part of the Fiji Swims in August to raise funds for the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake tragedy. One of Australia’s best female ocean swimmers,

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Open Water Swimming In And Near Boston

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In the build-up to the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km at the 2012 London Olympics, American television viewers will probably hear a bit about Walden Pond, one of the open water training locations for world champion Alex Meyer. The Harvard graduate occasionally trains at the famous waterhole in Concord, Massachusetts where many other open water swimmers

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