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While Olympians Gather In Terrigal, Yasu Hirai Comes Out On Top

by | March 8, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Yasu Hirai and Abbie Yourell won the 5 km race at the Terrigal Swim Fest in Australia's New South Wales.
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Swims Across Waikiki Lead To Channel Crossings In Hawai’i

by | March 8, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

The Class of 2025 inductees in the Hawai'i Swimming Hall of Fame included some of the Who's Who of ocean swimming like Ian Emberson, ​Gail Grabowsky, PhD, Ryan Leong, and Steven Minaglia, MD.
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Redux in Marine Stadium for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships

by | March 4, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/bzJv-SZ41IIVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Tactics & Techniques of Elite Open Water Swimmers (https://youtu.be/bzJv-SZ41II) Back in 2010 in the last domestic race featuring Fran Crippen, the Pan Pacific Swimming...
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A Red Carpet Welcome Down Under For Don’t Be Prey

by | March 4, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

The film Don’t Be Prey will culminate the 2026 Gold Coast Film Festival
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So Many Things To Be Afraid Of…For 10 Years During 7 Crossings: One Unbelievable Journey

by | March 4, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

The film Don’t Be Prey will hold its World Premiere at the Silver Screen Cinema in Folkestone today, followed by a two-week Q&A preview tour across the UK and Ireland, giving swimming communities and cinema audiences the chance to experience the film ahead of its general release on March 20th.
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Steven Muñatones

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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 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.

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