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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 Influence, Vision, and Legacy of Sam Freas
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Many Would Go Into The Deep Water
45 minutes into the newly released movie Deep Water after an airplane crashes into the ocean and...
Celebrating a Quarter Century of Swimming in Lake Minnewaska
Dave Barra announced, “The 2026 Lake Minnewaska Silver Jubilee Swim will be held on...
The WOWSA Awards Honored Many Greats Over The Years
It was an honor to write all the nominations and details behind the annual WOWSA Awards. Looking at all the past nominees is a walk down an illustrious memory lane of open water swimming
Aloha and Arigato by Norihito Yoshioka
Norihito Yoshioka of Japan completed a tough 15 hour 43 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel under the escort of Andy Joca and Phil Kibby
Keeping the Arteries of Our Planet Clean and Healthy
Lewis Pugh describes rivers as the arteries of the planet…and Boyan Slat is doing something about keeping our arteries clean and healthy with The Ocean Cleanup.