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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.

Swimming Free With Jose Diaz And The New Nadandolibre

Jose Diaz of Nadandolibre announced his new website, www.nadandolibre.com, an enhanced upgrade from his highly popular bilingual (Spanish + English) blog by the same name. Jose explains his new website that consolidates his prolific amount of commentaries, interviews, studies and articles on open water swimming in one convenient online location, “Amantes de la natación en […]

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Dr. Peter Attia’s War On Insulin

Dr. Peter Attia launched a blog (www.waroninsulin.com) about his interest in nutrition and health. “I’m about to challenge everything you think you know about nutrition, and how it impacts your health and performance. If you’re interested in losing weight, increasing your endurance, increasing your mental acuity, getting rid of your blood pressure and diabetes medicine,

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Swimming And Finishing Together In Marital Bliss

Before the elite athletes like Trent Grimsey (Australia), Valerio Cleri (Italy), Chad Ho (South Africa), Alexander Studzinski (Germany), Allan do Carmo (Brazil) and Guillermo Bertola (Argentina) competed, thousands of amateurs took part in the Rei e Rainha Do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) on Copacabana Beach. The participants included more than a few

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Keri-Anne Payne Nominated For World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year

Keri-Anne Payne faced the weight of Great Britain’s expectations and stood up well to the pressure in 2011 like a champion she is. She peaked at the right moment and excels when the world’s fastest swimmers nip at her heals. Repeating her world championship performance from 2009, Keri-Anne led from start to finish at the

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Open Water Swimmers Have Reason To Be Happy

Researchers at The University of California Riverside found that performing acts of kindness makes people happier. Researchers at the Karolinska INstitute in Stockholm found that exercise has the same kind of physical effects on the brain as anti-depressants. So it is makes complete sense that paddlers, pace swimmers and kayakers who escort open water swimmers

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Marcy MacDonald, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year

Marcy MacDonald is a 47-year-old podiatrist who completed her 11th and 12th crossing of the English Channel this year. Serious, smiling and smart, the good doctor surrounds herself with an efficient team and gets it done every time. In 2011, she kicked off the English Channel season with the first Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation

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Graham Hawkes Exploring the High Seas From The Bottom

Graham Hawkes of Hawkes Ocean Technologies has built over 60 manned submersibles over his four-decade career. His newest craft is called the DeepFlight Challenger for Richard Branson’s Virgin Oceanic. The DeepFlight Challenger will dive to the bottom of each of the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern) in 2012. His choice of naming

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