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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.

Vastly Underestimating Capabilities, Learning How To Fish

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Well-known open water swimmers, physicians and personalities have given TED Talks around the world over the years Ocean advocate Lewis Pugh, motivational speaker Diana Nyad, Olympic champion Maarten van der Weijden, swimming coach and hydro therapist Ori Sela, butterflyer and coach Vicki Keith, physician and thought leader Peter Attia, […]

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Ice Cup – International Ice Swimming World Cup

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The goal of the ICE Cup – International Ice Swimming Association World Cup – is to establish a circuit with affiliated ice swimming competitions around the globe. “We want to encourage swimmers to travel and participate in events in other countries,” says founder Ram Barkai. “The point system adopted

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Saildrone And Self-Sustained Swims In Open Water’s Future

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Self-driving cars are in mankind’s future…as is self-sailing and – quite possibly – self-traversing in open bodies of water. Self-sailing, wind-powered marine craft like the Saildrone are controlled via satellite by operators at the Saildrone headquarters in Alameda, California. The Saildrone can carry up to 160 kg of equipment and travel at up to 5

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Cliff Lumsden Shocked The Highest Echelon Of The Sport

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the 1949 Canadian National Exhibition, a young Canadian from New Toronto shocked the professional marathon swimming world in the 15-mile championship. Due to the 51°F (10.5°C) water, only three swimmers out of the original 82 finished. 18-year-old Clifford Lumsden won in 7 hours 54 minutes to win the

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Bill Goll’s Rare Double Above, Below And In The Water

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Embed from Getty Images Bill Goll’s Rare Double Avoe, Below And In The Water Photo courtesy of Getty Images shows William ‘Bill’ Goll after finishing second to Marvin Nelson in the Canadian National Exhibition. Nelson won US$5,000 for first and Goll won US$1,500 for second in the 15-mile world championship on September 1st 1934. Bill

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