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.
The Risks and Rewards of Channel Swimming in Hawaii
Laura Lipp (@lglipp), Alaina Otterstrom (@alainaotterstrom), Samantha Larrazabal...
Open Water Skills Discussion on the TOWER 26 Podcast
Listen to coaches Gerry Rodrigues and Jim Lubinski of TOWER 26 discuss open water swimming skills...
LA28 Olympic Fever Starting To Spread In Long Beach
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Games are scheduled to run from July 14th to July 30th 2028 with the...
Global Brands in Swimming
Red Bull has frequently supported the sport of open water swimming – from sponsoring Stephen Redmond during history’s first Oceans Seven triumph and competitive ocean swims in Mexico to lifeguard competitions organized by Bruckner Chase, circumnavigation...
Out of Stock…I Can’t Find My Favorite Goggles!
Melissa Kirsch wrote an article in the New York Times called Out of Stock – that deeply resonated with me and possibly many other open water swimming.Her New York Times colleague Steven Kurutz wrote another article, “When They Stop Selling Your Favorite Thing,”...
1991, The Year Sports Changed. Men vs. Women In The Open Water
PreludeAustralian 7-time professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith (MSF bio here) is shown above in the Atlantic Ocean behind her handler Nancy Schnarr on a rowboat during the 36 km Atlantic City Around the Island Swim held...