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.
Hungary Wins 4×1500 Mixed Relay (14-19 Years) to End the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
The last race of the last day of the 2026 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships came down...
Russia Rules 4×1500 Mixed Relay (14-16 Years) at World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
It was a fitting end to the last day of the 2026 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships...
Brinkleigh Hansen Wins 3 km Knockout Sprints at World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
It was an exciting race with all kinds of lead changes, surges, great buoy turns, and photo finish...
A Three-day Block Party Across Lake Memphremagog
Phil White reported on the unprecedented multi-leg swim across Lake Memphremagog by Dr. Caroline Block
He Was Not Ready For This – And Then He Was
In July 2025, Steve Leitch crossed the Tsugaru Channel in a dense fog and cold water. This is his short story on the Oceans Seven crossing
Jaime Lomelín, Michael Payne Both Cross Tsugaru – 6 Down, 1 To Go
Both Jaime Lomelín Gavaldón of Mexico and Michael Payne of Australia finished their Tsugaru Channel crossings. Both have now completed six Oceans Seven channels. 6 down, 1 to go.