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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.

Linda Kaiser And Mike Spalding On WOWSA Live

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Linda Kaiser And Mike Spalding On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from September 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Administrator Linda Kaiser and fellow channel swimmer from Maui Mike Spalding talk about channel swimming experiences in

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A Tough Tempestuous Traversée, Grande-Anse à Paspébiac

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A Tough Tempestuous Traversée, Grande-Anse à Paspébiac Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. The Traversée Grande-Anse à Paspébiac was a briefly run professional marathon swim in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting in the Ville de Paspébiac in Québec, the course stretched 22.5 km between New Brunswick and Grande Anse in eastern Canada across the

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Simon Griffiths Explains ‘Just Doing It’ On WOWSA Live

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Simon Griffiths Explains ‘Just Doing It’ On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Former engineer and competitive swimmer Simon Griffiths is the publisher and founder of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine – the signature publication in the open water swimming world. Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame interviewed Griffiths on

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Postponed…Permanently? Say It Ain’t So – Uncertainty Of The Tokyo Olympics

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Postponed…Permanently? Say It Ain’t So – Uncertainty Of The Tokyo Olympics Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is always difficult to accurately predict future IOC decisions regarding a variety of issues. But predictions are nearly impossible of the Tokyo Olympic Games due to the impact of the global lockdown and the ongoing COVID-19 concerns,

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Germantown Academy Coach Dick Shoulberg On WOWSA Live

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Germantown Academy Coach Dick Shoulberg On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from December 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), Germantown Academy coach Dick Shoulberg talks about his career. Coach Shoulberg, who guided International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Fran Crippen through

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Marathon Swimming Icon Philip Rush On WOWSA Live

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Marathon Swimming Icon Philip Rush On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from December 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), English Channel three-way record holder and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Philip Rush talks about his career and swims across the

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Olympian, Paralympian Natalie du Toit On WOWSA Live

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Olympian, Paralympian Natalie du Toit On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from January 2011) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), Olympian and Paralympian Natalie du Toit talks about her career. The South African broke barriers like no one else before in Olympic history. On

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Olympian Mark Warkentin On WOWSA Live

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Olympian Mark Warkentin On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from January 2011) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), 2008 Olympian Mark Warkentin talks briefly about nutrition. In 2010, Warkentin had a special mano-a-mano match race against Petar Stoychev around Manhattan Island, organized by Morty

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