Don’t Be Prey – California Film Festival Tour
Don’t Be Prey, an authentic, real-world film about ocean swimming, will be featured at the Green Film Festival of San Francisco on October 16, the Newport Beach Film Festival on October 17, the Santa Monica Awareness Film Festival on October 18, and the Dana Point Film Festival on October 31. Click here for more information.
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 Great Swim by Alessio Paša
Alessio Paša is a 71-year-old Italian open water swimmer who regularly competes in the sea and...
Wagner Hernandes Escorts Owen O’Keefe Under Extremely Difficult Conditions
Wagner Hernandes escorted Irish marathon swimmer Owen O’Keefe on a 40 km cross-border swim...
Michael Read Honored With Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Dr. Michael Read, MBE (85, Great Britain, MSF bio here) has been competing for 71 years –...
Domination – Complete and Total – Continues By Moesha Johnson On The World Cup
Moesha Johnson of Australia continued her dominance of the women’s field in the first stop of the women’s 3 km Knockout Sprint race at the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Cancún, Mexico
Florian Wellbrock Wins Controlled Chaos In Cancún Knockout Sprint
Florian Wellbrock led and held off the world’s fastest swimmers at the World Aquatics World Cup race in Cancún, Mexico.
Moesha Johnson Continues To Cruise To Victories On The World Cup Circuit
Moesha Johnson of Australia continued her dominance of the women’s field in the first stop of the women’s 10 km World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup race in Cancún in 29.7°C water.