Category: Winter Swimming

Swimmers around China plunged into freezing water to welcome 2021 on the New Year’s Day. January 1, 2021 also marks the 25th national winter swimming day in China.

Well, that’s one way to celebrate the New Year! Dozens of swimmers raced into the freezing waters for an unofficial Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island, New York City. Usually attended by hundreds, this year’s edition was canceled due to the COVID pandemic.

People run into the cold sea in South Boston, Massachusetts, to mark the New Year. This year’s official polar plunge was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic but groups of swimmers gathered at M Street beach to brave the 4°C water.

On the banks of Lake Baikal in Siberia, where temperatures plummet to as low as -35 degrees celsius (-31 fahrenheit), around a dozen Russians emerge invigorated after an icy dip. To ring in 2021, the swimmers, known in Russia as “walruses”, run several kilometres through a snowy forest in swimsuits and festive costumes before plunging…

An unexpected Christmas Day in Bournemouth means one thing! A cold morning winter sea swim at Bournemouth Beach, England to start the day. BBRR. And a few other Christmas vlog features!

Dozens of Siberian enthusiasts braved freezing cold in the Russian northeastern city of Omsk and took a dip in an icy river.