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.
Franco Muscarà and Egor Tropeano, Swimmer and Coach Exploring Their Potential
After 5 years of non-activity by Italian swimmers in the English Channel, a 59-year-old Italian...
Smiles A Plenty at the 2026 IISA South African Ice Swimming Championships
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Lynton Mortenson (Australia, 60, MSF...
Cork, Ireland – a Marathon Machine
Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Cork is known for the...
Milorad Rajšić Didn’t Just Swim … He Lives Swimming In Serbia
Milorad Rajšić has a history in the Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac (“Peace Race”) as a co-founder, 12-time winner, 28-year participant, promoter, commission, and event director since 1970.
Lightning Rule – Carrying on Across Lake Memphremagog
Phil White announced a new lightning rule for marathon swimmers in and across Lake Memphremagog, prior to Dave Berry’s 17 hour 59 minute In Search of Memphre crossing.
How The Pros Navigate Turn Buoys In Open Water Races
How do the world’s fastest open water swimmers navigate buoy turns? How do they line themselves up at the start? Watch the men tackle the turns at the 3 km Knockout Sprint at the Setubal World Cup.