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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.

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Sophia Nash’s Extreme Swim To Become An Iron Icewoman

Sophia Nash’s Extreme Swim To Become An Iron Icewoman Courtesy of Alastair Coombe, Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster, UK. In January 2019 in Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster, UK, Nick Hungerford (34 minutes 48 seconds), Nikki Pope (50 minutes 12 seconds), Sophia Nash (40 minutes 7 seconds), James Allen (49 minutes 32 seconds), […]

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Describing Reality vs. Fantasy During Hallucinations On WOWSA Live

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmers Dr. Vicki Keith C.M. and David Smith, Ph.D., and Courtney Moates Paulk spoke about their many hallucinations during their marathon swims on today’s WOWSA Live program. IMSHOF chairperson Ned Denison and Steven Munatones inquired about their most challenging swims and

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Claudio Plit Talks About Internal and External Adventure On WOWSA Live

Claudio Plit Talks About Internal and External Adventure On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Claudio Plit talked about his professional marathon swimming career with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison and Steven Munatones on today’s

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David Alleva Plays The Long Game In Labs And The Open Water

Dr. David Alleva Plays Long Game In Labs And The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. David Alleva lives a life of scientific discovery and development of immunology- and inflammation-based therapeutics including those for autoimmune diseases with emphasis on Type 1 Diabetes in Beverly, Massachusetts. As the Executive Director of Immunotherapeutics for

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Wayne Riddin Talks About The aQuellé Midmar Mile On WOWSA Live

Wayne Riddin Talks About The aQuellé Midmar Mile On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Race organizer and coach Wayne Riddin talked about organizing the world-famous aQuellé Midmar Mile, an Honor Organization in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, with IMSHOF chairperson Ned Denison and Steven Munatones in today’s edition of WOWSA

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Say Aloha To This Year’s Waikiki Roughwater Swim

Say Aloha To This Year’s Waikiki Roughwater Swim Courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee, Oahu. Similar to tens of thousands of open water swims around the world in hundreds of countries in lakes, bays, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, the 2020 Waikiki Roughwater Swim was cancelled this year. The Waikiki Roughwater Inc Swim

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Marc Newman Reminisces About Swimming On WOWSA Live

Marc Newman Reminisces About Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Police officer, coach and administer Marc Newman talked about his channel and marathon swimming career with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison in today’ edition of WOWSA Live. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer talked

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Igor de Souza Talks About Mental Preparation On WOWSA Live

Igor de Souza Talks About Mental Preparation On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Brazilian marathon swimmer and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Igor de Souza talked about his lengthy career with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison on today’ edition of WOWSA Live. “His mental training

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Mervyn Sharp Talks About Achieving His Childhood Dream On WOWSA Live

Mervyn Sharp Talks About Achieving His Childhood Dream On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Mervyn Sharp talked achieving his childhood dream of swimming the English Channel with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison on today’ edition of WOWSA Live. The former King of the Channel and talked about the

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