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.
What A Great Gift, A Touching Memorial To Harry Huffaker
Dr. Harry Withers Huffaker (USA, MSF bio here), a retired dentist, passed away on January 29th...
Make A Splash, Make A Difference, Swimming Around Hong Kong
50 Years Ago 1964 Australian Olympian Linda McGill, MBE (MSF bio here, shown above on left) became...
The Legacy of Jim Cotton Continues
||||| Jim Cotton, the founder of the 3.85 km Waikiki Roughwater Swim, passed away on October 18th....
Dr. Arturo Batres Crosses Molokai: 4 Down, 3 To Go
Luis “Arturo” Batres Prado, MD, a 56-year-old open water swimmer, Ironman triathlete, marathon runner, and pediatrician, became the second known swimmer from Guatemala to cross the Molokai Channel.
Massive Mural of a Marathoner, Honoring Antonio Argüelles
At the Colegio Suizo de México, a massive 25-meter mural honors International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Antonio Argüelles and his achievement of the Oceans Seven
Historic Marathon Swim Disappeared Under the Gulf of Mexico
The Isle of Caprice Marathon Swim was held between 1927 and 1930, but then disappeared when the finish on the Isle of Caprice sank into the Gulf of Mexico