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.
There’s No Shame In Stopping vs. Never Give Up: An Internal Conversation Within Lynton Mortensen
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Lynton Mortenson (Australia, 62, MSF...
Elliot Ordway to Honor the Legacy of Patrick Woepse Across the Catalina Channel
Back in August 2021, Elliot Ordway helped kayak for his UCLA water polo teammate Patrick Woepse...
A Three-day Block Party Across Lake Memphremagog
Courtesy of Phil White. Phil White announced an unprecedented 88.5 km cross-border multi-leg...
How Much Is Too Much?
How far should swimmers push themselves? How far should coaches and crews push their swimmers? These are difficult questions to answer and different for everyone.
Franco Muscarà and Egor Tropeano, Swimmer and Coach Exploring Their Potential
Franco Muscarà completed an English Channel crossing and Egor Tropeano set two records – one for the fastest Ice Mile doing breaststroke and one of the longest distance swum breaststroke in an hour.
Smiles A Plenty at the 2026 IISA South African Ice Swimming Championships
A large team of enablers – including doctors, medics, a water safety team, officials, timekeepers, seconds and volunteers – assisted a group of ice swimmers compete in the 2026 IISA South African Ice Swimming Championships