KAATSU Aqua is a specialized form of KAATSU used in the water to enhance:
- performance of speed, strength, stamina, balance, agility, technique, tactile feel
- recovery from vigorous workouts, intense competition, travel fatigue
- rehabilitation from muscle, bone, ligament, tendon injuries
- longevity and wellness
Steven Muñatones
Editor
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 created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.
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, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Happenings In Huntington
It was a busy time in the early Saturday morning in Huntington Beach today. Huntinton Beach Pier...
Crossing The North Channel: When The Body Says Stop, But The Mind Pushes On
By Jere Mateo Jeremias Mateo Castillo (43, Spain, MSF bio here, @jereswim, aka Jere Mateo) is a...
The Happiest Place On Earth? Smiling and Swimming Around Naples Island
There were a lot of smiles at the starting and finishing lines at the Naples Island Swim in Long...
Planets Align for Antonio Argüelles
Antonio Argüelles has been dreaming and training for a two-way crossing of the English Channel for years – and another opportunity ended due to poor conditions. He tells his story.
Cruising Around Jacques Cousteau Island
Ricardo Durón Molina, a coach of Oceans Seven swimmer Antonio Argüelles of Mexico, organized a swim trek on Isla Cerralvo or Isla Jacques Cousteau located off the Cerralvo Canal coast near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. “It was really beautiful,” he...
How the Legend of Sandy Inspired the Swims of Raymond Le Croix and John Procope
John Procope (@thebigswimtt, The Big Swim, shown above on right) is a Tobagonian scuba diver with a deep felt appreciation of the oceans around him – as well as a well of knowledge about the native history of his homeland. Procope was inspired by Sandy, an...