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.
Deborah Gardner Looking Up and Backing Up To Another Guinness World Record
Deborah Gardner (66, USA, MSF bio here) set a Guinness World Record as the oldest woman to cross...
Sid Cassidy Inducted Among the Crème de la Crème in the International Swimming Hall Of Fame
Sid Cassidy (69, USA, MSF bio here) joined an elite group of individuals who are inducted in both...
Alessio Occhipinti and Alessia Ossoli Win 61st Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
Alessio Occhipinti (30, Italy, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here) and Alessia Ossoli (21,...
Suez Canal International Aqua Marathon Returns After 28 Years
The Ismailia International Aqua Marathon brought back open water swimming to Ismailia, Egypt after an absence of nearly 3 decades.
A Starfish Is Born, Bengisu Avci
Bengisu Avci is simultaneously featured in two documentary films being shown across the world: Don’t Be Prey and Denizyıldızı – Bir Cesaret Öyküsü
Alessio Occhipinti and Mayte Puca Win Ohrid Swimming Marathon
Alessio Occhipinti and Mayte Puca won 39th professional marathon swimming edition of the Ohrid Swimming Marathon in North Macedonia.