WOWSA

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Steven Munatones, founder of WOWSA and the World Open Water Swimming Federation, as well as the Daily News of Open Water Swimming and the Oceans Seven, has written over 21,000 articles about the sport of open water swimming or featuring open water swimmers since 1978
Swim Challenge Cascais, a World Open Water Swimming Series event on cover of the Open Water Swimming Magazine
The Open Water Swimming Magazine features the 2015 WOWSA Award winners Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González (World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year) , Bridgette Hobart Janeczko (World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year), Andrea Fazio (World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year), and the World Ice Swimming Championships (World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year) that are honored on the Big Chillswim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere, England
Robbie Esson, a lifeguard in training mode covered by the monthly Open Water Swimming Magazine published by WOWSA
Liz Fry, record holder around Manhattan Island and soloist at the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on the cover of the Open Water Swimming Magazine published by WOWSA
Drury Gallagher at the United Nations, photo by Skip Storch
Sid Cassidy, Steven Munatones, Jorge Delgado, Shelley Taylor-Smith at the United Nations, photo by Skip Storch
Marcos Diaz, 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year at the United Nations, photo by Skip Storch
Dale Petranech and Harry Huffaker, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductees at the United Nations, photo by Skip Storch
Yuko Matsuzaki, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee at the United Nations, photo by Skip Storch
Catalina Channel Swimming Federation representatives at the United Nations
Support A Swimmer or Sponsor My Swim, a crowd funding platform for open water swimmers of the World Open Water Swimming Association
Drury Gallagher at the United Nations, photo by Skip Storch

noun - WOWSA, pronounced wōw-za, is an acronym for the World Open Water Swimming Association.

WOWSA Mission

When it was founded by Steven Munatones in 2005, its mission was to educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline. That mission is now with the World Open Water Swimming Federation.

Scope

WOWSA was initially an organization dedicated to the organization, promotion and recognition of open water swimmers, open water swimming events, open water swimming records, trends, publications, films, podcasts, open water swimming vernacular, and achievements in the marathon swimming, ice swimming, winter swimming, circumnavigation swimming, stage swimming, Olympic 10K Marathon Swim history, extreme swimming, escorting, coaching, kayaking, governing body and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame communities. WOWSA follows swimmers and open water swimming events in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, dams, reservoirs, canals, channels, lagoons, fjords, estuaries, basins, lochs, coves, meres, firths, sounds, straits, bays and harbors on the seven continents.

It is now a non-profit organization in the State of California with a mission to ratify solo open water swims around the world.

WOWSA Establishment & Governance

WOWSA was established in July 2005 by Steven Munatones in order to provide a plethora of information to support the global growth of open water swimming. Its initial focus was an online platform to promote the introduction of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was based on the work first established by a now-defunct website, www.10kswimming.com.

Its board of directors previously included Antonio Argüelles, an Oceans Seven and a Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming member from Mexico City. Its advisors include 7-time professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith, Olympic swimming coach and race director Chris Morgan, and ocean advocate Bruckner Chase.

WOWSA Properties

WOWSA Online Properties

Guinness World Records

The World Open Water Swimming Association had a partnership with the Guinness World Records (GWR) where WOWSA serves as GWR’s advisor and ratification body regarding open water swimming records and information regarding the sport. WOWSA and GWR support the open water swimming community to verify and celebrate the most significant superlative achievements in this wide-ranging series of open water disciplines.

Open Water Swimming Brands & Terms

Steven Munatones, formerly of WOWSA, created and promoted the following terms and brands in the open water swimming community:

Daily News of Open Water Swimming

WOWSA Awards

The WOWSA Awards was created by Steven Munatones in the following categories:

Locations

The WOWSA Awards under the leadership of Steven Munatones were held in the following locations:

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Recipients

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Recipients

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Recipients

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Recipients

Videos





WOWSA Live

WOWSA hosts the WOWSA Live speaker series.

Videos of Open Water Swimmers







External Links

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