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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.

Jacques Tuset Talks Prison Island Swimming On WOWSA Live (In French)

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Jacques Tuset Talks Prison Island Swimming On WOWSA Live (In French) Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Île Sainte-Marguerite, France. Jacques Tuset, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, ice swimmer, and the King of Prison Island Swimming, talked about his swims and unique niche of open water swimming with International Marathon Swimming Hall of […]

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Blind Vision, James Pittar Making A Huge Difference

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Blind Vision, James Pittar Making A Huge Difference Courtesy of James Pittar. Matt Logan has kayaked for International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer James Pittar for many years. He described the relationship. “Kayaking for James is different to kayaking for a sighted person.” “On the water, it is blind faith. James is blind

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Back In Time: In 1977 With The Channel Swimming Association

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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. At the 1977 Channel Swimming Association (CSA) Golden Jubilee (50th) dinner in Dover, there were three International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees present including a young Kevin Murphy who was inducted that same year. Fast forward 32 years later and 10 others in this

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Brent Rutemiller Speaks About The Future On WOWSA Live

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Brent Rutemiller Speaks About The Future On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brent Rutemiller, the publisher of Swimming World Magazine and CEO of International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF), has always possessed an overflowing amount of vision and creativity. But he has outdid himself in the designing and planning of the new

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Roz Hardiman Talks About Enabling Success On WOWSA Live

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Roz Hardiman Talks About Enabling Success On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, English Channel. In 2008, the-then 56-year-old Rosalinda ‘Roz’ Hardima was pulled only 0.7 miles from the French shore in a dramatic 25 hour 14 minute attempt of the English Channel. Slipping in and out of consciousness, her crew pulled her from the

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