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.
Mo Momentum at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K
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Coming To California For A Post-Paris Performance
Florian Wellbrock of Germany said, “After the last race [at the European Aquatics...
Sam I Am, An Adventurous Iron Ice Woman
Samantha Whelpton (41, South Africa, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) has traveled the world from her...
Teamwork Exhibited on the Shoreline at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Australia’s Moesha Johnson completely dominated Monday’s Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km race held in Long Beach, California with the Japanese Ichika Kajimoto and Airi Ebina in second and third, cheered on by the entire Japanese pool swimming team.
Corrections Expected at Men’s Pan Pacific Championships 10K
Germany’s Florian Wellbrock easily won the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km race held today in Long Beach, California. But the announced times seem off.
Moesha Johnson Wins Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Japan Goes 2, 3
Australia’s Moesha Johnson completely dominated Monday’s Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km race held in Long Beach, California with the Japanese Ichika Kajimoto and Airi Ebina in second and third.