Category: Open Water
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“Polar Bears in Heat” Music Video of 1997 AC Polar Bear Swim
This video captures the buildup to and execution of the 1997 Polar Bear Swim on the beaches of Atlantic City, NJ; January 1, 1997
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Skinny-dipping record broken in Gisborne, New Zealand
Cloudy skies did not deter just over 500 people from stripping off in Gisborne to break the world skinny-dipping record. The record, which stood at 413, was broken by 506 revellers at Midway Beach on Sunday afternoon, organisers BW Camping Festival, ZM and Skinny Mobile say. “We were overwhelmed with how respectful and well-behaved the…
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Leading environmental advocate Rebecca Tarbotton dies in swimming accident
Rebecca Tarbotton, Executive Director of the environmental organization Rainforest Action Network (RAN), a lifelong human rights activist and one of the nation’s most prominent female environmental leaders, died on December 26 on a beach in Mexico while vacationing with her husband and friends. The coroner ruled cause of death as asphyxiation from water she breathed…
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Bone chilling cold grips Russia, Ukraine
“In Russia, when temperatures drop to minus 20 degrees Celcius, its time for a swim. Winter swimmers here have been enjoying their hobby for years, saying a dip in the cold water keeps them invigorated and full of energy. This woman says she prefers to swim when it’s really cold outside… when it’s too warm,…
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Bone chilling cold grips Russia, Ukraine
“In Russia, when temperatures drop to minus 20 degrees Celcius, its time for a swim. Winter swimmers here have been enjoying their hobby for years, saying a dip in the cold water keeps them invigorated and full of energy. This woman says she prefers to swim when it’s really cold outside… when it’s too warm,…
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Bain de Noël à Hossegor 2012-12-23
Santa(s) on a matching red jetski. Awesome! Bain de Noël à Hossegor 2012-12-23 by Sildawski
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Stricken Sidmouth Boxing Day swimmers thank rescuers
A stricken swimmer has praised rescuers who pulled him from choppy seas as he battled to save his niece during Sidmouth’s traditional Boxing Day dip. Barry Curwen, 53, described how a “freak†tide pulled him and his young relative 100 feet across the beach and swept them onto rocks. Read more here on the Sidmouth…
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WINTER SWIM 2013
Time has soon come for the second year of winter swimming in the North. Here my crew gets some expert help when it comes to dipping in ice water.
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Czech winter swimmers
Over 200 Czechs take part in a Christmas swimming race in the Vltava river in Prague.