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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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Boca Laguna Swim & Run Fest In Mexico On WOWSA Live

Boca Laguna Swim & Run Fest In Mexico On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA, Boca Laguna, Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. Today’s edition of WOWSA Live with co-host Antonio Argüelles interviewed the following guests: * René Martínez Saenz, race director of Boca Laguna Swim & Run Fest in Chapala, Jalisco * Edna Llorens, race director of Por […]

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Aguas Abiertas Riviera Nayarit In Mexico On WOWSA Live

Aguas Abiertas Riviera Nayarit In Mexico On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA, Puerto Vallarta, Mexican Riviera, Mexico. Today’s edition of WOWSA Live with co-host Antonio Argüelles interviewed the following guests: * Belín Villasante, race director of Aguas Abiertas Riviera Nayarit of Nado Seguro in Puerto Vallarta * René Martínez Saenz, race director of Boca Laguna

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Without Great Solitude, No Serious Work Is Possible

Without Great Solitude, No Serious Work Is Possible Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo above shows Israeli swimmer Guy Cohen during his 24 hour Swim-From-the-Heart challenge 40 km south of Haifa, Israel. The famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso once said, “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” Swimming in solitude is so easy

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Paul Asmuth Talks Racing And Solo Swimming On WOWSA Live

Paul Asmuth Talks Racing And Solo Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Dover, England. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Paul Asmuth was among the best in the pool and in the open water during his lengthy aquatic career – that was capped off with

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Mohamed Marouf Talks About Professional Marathon Swimming On WOWSA Live

Mohamed Marouf Talks About Professional Marathon Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Kiev, Ukraine. Canadian coach Mohamed Marouf, originally from Egypt, is stuck in Kiev, Ukraine during the coronavirus pandemic for over 2 months. 48-year-old Marouf, a International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, is within one month of finishing his Ph.D.

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Paul Asmuth Talks About Racing And Solo Swimming On WOWSA Live

Paul Asmuth Talks About Racing And Solo Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Dover, England. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Paul Asmuth was among the best in the pool and in the open water during his lengthy aquatic career – that was capped off

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Kevin Murphy Talks About His Two Careers On WOWSA Live

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Dover, England. 71-year-old Kevin Murphy has enjoyed two incredibly successful careers: one as a journalist and another as a marathon and channel swimmer. https://youtu.be/pRD0IUKbmWUVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Kevin Murphy On WOWSA Live (https://youtu.be/pRD0IUKbmWU) Murphy, with 34 total English Channel crossings and several dozens of other notable marathon

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Tamara Bruce Talks About Swimming Young And Fast On WOWSA Live

Tamara Bruce Talks About Swimming Young And Fast On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Perth, Western Australia. The Boon wurrung (Bunurong) people of Australia are predominantly saltwater people whose lands, waters, and cosmos encompassed the territory around Western Port Bay and the Mornington Peninsula. Tamara Bruce tells of her lineage, “My mother’s ancestry is

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