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.
Training for the Tsugaru Channel in Huntington Beach
I was asked If training in San Francisco Bay for a crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in northern...
Marcia Benjamin’s Best Day Ever
Marcia Benjamin (USMS bio here, @coachmarciamarciamarcia) has been around pools from early morning...
European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup Cancelled Due To Weather
The women started the last leg of the 2026 European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup in Barcelona,...
Siete Mares Nadadores Take Teamwork To Another Level – Training 20,000 Meters
Antonio Argüelles and Rafa Álvarez created Siete Mares Nadadores in Mexico and kicked off with a serious workout of 200×100 at Club Alemán de México in Mexico City
Philip Walton Achieves The Peak And Pond Challenge
Philip Walton joined the renowned members of an extremely elite club: The Peak and Pond. With a summit of Mount Everest and a crossing of the English Channel, Walton has proven himself in one of the toughest doubles on Planet Earth;
Terri Dietz Joins Pantheon of Maui Nui Swimmers
Terri Dietz completed history’s third successful Maui Nui Swim between the islands of Lana’i, Maui, and Moloka’i in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a cumulative time of 25 hours 26 minutes.