Category: Winter Swimming
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Polar Bear swim New Years day 2020 on Salt Spring Island
Annual New Years day Polar Bear swim on Salt Spring Island Watch this video on YouTube
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New Year’s Day Swim at Barry Island and Saundersfoot Beach
Fancy dress and freezing cold waves are all part of Barry Island and Saundersfoot’s New Year dip tradition and 2020 did not disappoint when it came to turnout
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Polar Bear Club Members Take Annual Chilly Plunge
The Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Club — a club dedicated to swimming, fitness and community service — took their 68th annual New Year’s Day plunge into the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean. Watch this video on YouTube
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Polar bear swim 2020
Hundreds of brave people headed to Tugboat Beach in Kelowna today, to bring in the new decade in dramatic fashion. The Polar Bear Swim is not just an invigorating, way to jump into a new year, but for six years now, it’s been raising funds for the Community Resource Initiative Society which helps people with…
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Hornby Island Polar Bear Swim 2020
The sun came out on New Year’s Day for Hornby’s annual Polar Bear Swim. A large crowd gathered at Grassy Point for this exciting community event organized by the Fire Department. This year 100 swimmers took the plunge. That’s 10% of the island’s population! Afterwards there was hot chai and hotdogs for everyone. See you…
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Dutch revellers brave the icy sea for a New Years dip
Thousands of Dutch swimmers braved near-freezing temperatures on Wednesday (January 1) to mark the start of the new year. https://youtu.be/losBt3EHeuM
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Hundreds brave Irish sea for New Year charity swim in Bray
The Bray Charities Sea Swim took place on the first day of 2020, with proceeds going to homeless charities in the area. Watch this video on YouTube
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Lyme Lunge 2020
The annual Lyme Lunge kicks off the New Year with a record number of swimmers braving the icy water for this Rotary Club fundraiser Watch this video on YouTube