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.
Carlos Acosta Makes a Tough Mental Shift, One Crossing at a Time
Carlos Acosta Aldrete (53, Mexico, MSF bio here) has already achieved the Triple Crown of Open...
LA28 Triathlon Course Revealed vs Olympic Open Water Course Still Under NDA
The LA28 Olympics triathlon solo and relay events have been undergoing planning for some time....
It Was A Race For The Ages. The Spirit of Great Britain Finishes In 6 Hours 55 Minutes
36 years ago, the American team of Chad Hundeby, Martha Jahn, Karen Burton, Jay Wilkerson, Dirk...
Deborah Gardner Looking Up and Backing Up To Another Guinness World Record
Deborah Gardner set her second Guinness World Record of her career with a backstroke crossing of the 19.6 km Santa Barbara Channel.
Sid Cassidy Inducted Among the Crème de la Crème in the International Swimming Hall Of Fame
Sid Cassidy joined the elite few who are inducted in both the International Swimming Hall Of Fame and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Alessio Occhipinti and Alessia Ossoli Win 61st Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
Alessio Occhipinti and Alessia Ossoli won 61st professional marathon swimming edition of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.