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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.

Terence Bell Launches The Ocean Lover

Courtesy of Terence Bell, Venice Beach, California. The Ocean Lover, an educational company that offers knowledge about the underwater world through digital content and physical experiences, is a project by aquapreneur Terence Bell. He explains, “The Ocean Lover is an educational company that is dedicated to reconnecting people with the underwater world through sharing personal […]

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Rick Heltzel’s 29 Years Of The Double Roughwater

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 1993, 25-year-old professional marathon swimmer Sergio Chiarandini and 36-year-old Stanford graduate and civil engineer Rick Heltzel from Honolulu swam shoulder-to-shoulder for much of the 7 km Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim along Waikiki Beach. Eventually, Chiarandini ran up the soft sand at Sans Souci Beach under

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Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World, Part 10

Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World, Part 10 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cherelle Osteringer (23) in 1:30:43 and John de Mestre (52) in 1:33:01 won the 2014 Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim on Oahu. Eric Nilsson (25) in 1:32:54 and Victoria West (31) in 1:49:35 won the 2012 Hawaiian

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Zach Margolis’ English Channel Success Is Black And White

Courtesy of Zach Margolis, English Channel. Software engineer Zach Margolis knows how to approach and solve problems. Back in 2011, the software engineer saw the movie On A Clear Day. “I loved the name and started mulling over the idea of swimming the English Channel myself one day,” he recalled. Dial forward to 2015 and

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Lifeguard Laura Zellmer Selected OC Teacher Of The Year

Lifeguard Laura Zellmer Selected OC Teacher Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During the past 13 summers, former competitive swimmer Laura Zellmer has served as a lifeguard instructor with the Huntington Beach Junior Lifeguards. Many of these graduates become full-time lifeguards in the City of Huntington Beach where nearly 13 million beach-goers

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