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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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The Ice Sevens – Ice Swimming’s Oceans Seven Equivalent

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Oceans Seven has encouraged many people to challenge themselves in bodies of water from the English Channel, North Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar to the Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait and Catalina Channel. The Ice Sevens Challenge, or simply Ice Sevens, is another massively difficult swimming concept. […]

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Watermen Speak At World Aquatic Health Conference

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Wallace J. Nichols and Bruckner Chase are going to give the keynote presentations at the World Aquatic Health Conference in Nashville, Tennessee in October. Dr. Nichols will give his keynote presentation on October 20th: A Ground Breaking Conversation Surrounding Blue Mind. Blue Mind is a New York Times bestseller

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Global Alert Platform Promoted In Manhattan

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Woodring and his Global Alert platform were selected by Morgan Stanley out of a number of international non-governmental organizations to support its exposure in New York City’s Times Square. As a result, Morgan Stanley allowed Global Alert to utilize its massive screens on the corner of 47th and

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A Birthday Swim, Inspired By Daughter And Friends

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Courtesy of Katrina Murphy, Mighty Mac Swim, Michigan. Judith Lynne Depew will be turning 50 when she swim the Mighty Mac Swim in Michigan. “This challenge is part of my 50th birthday celebration.” The former high school swimmer from Jackson, Michigan is a member of the BBA, Birmingham-Bloomfield Atlantis Masters group. She joined when her

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Human Physiological Performance During A 1-Mile Swim in Cold Water

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Courtesy of Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association. Spencer Treu, Katelyn Cummings, Mariah Olson, Jennifer Connell, Ted Wilson, and Christopher Malone from Winona State University in Minnesota teamed up with Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association to publish a study entitled Human Physiological Performance During a 1-Mile Swim in Cold Water.

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2016 US Masters Swimming National Coaching Clinic

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. San Mateo Athletic Club is hosting a sold-out 3-day U.S. Masters Swimming National Coaching Clinic on November 11th-13th in San Mateo, California. U.S. Master Swimming coaches who will speak include Ron Marcikic on team building, Dr. John Mullen on dryland and technique, Cokie Lepinski on turns, Laura Hamel and

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