Category: Winter Swimming
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The Chicago Winter Swimmers
Warning: These swimmers are trained athletes who are equipped and prepared for such harsh conditions. It can take years of training to be able to swim in freezing water, do not try this alone or without the proper coaching. Open Water Chicago is a group of enthusiastic athletes who swim year-round in Lake Michigan. Steve,…
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These Swimmers Love Bone-Chilling Arctic Temperatures
It’s 20 degrees outside, and enthusiasts are using it as an opportunity to jump into an ice cold lake. For the last two decades, a city in Finland has dug up a massive hole out of a frozen lake and held a national swimming competition. Swimmers then soak themselves in hot water set at 86…
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Why People Are Swimming in Freezing Water
Forget dipping your toe in the deep end. In countries around the world, intrepid swimmers of all ages plunge into ice-cold waters for a thrill that can feel as sharp as daggers–and bragging rights that last all winter. Welcome to the fun and frigid world of cold-water swimming. The hobby is nothing new. It’s been…
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Cool moves! Baikal extreme swimmers recreate viral dance video
The Irkutsk Walrus’ Club, headed by Andrei Bugai, recreated the viral “Satisfaction Challenge†dance video on Lake Baikal, as shown in footage released on Monday. A controversial parody of Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction” by cadets from the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation took the Internet by storm when it appeared online on January 16. As well…
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How to Mentally Cope with the Cold in Open Water Swimming
The fear of hypothermia and the dangers associated with it are real and should be fully respected. Many swimmers worry about how long they can endure the cold and whether they are actually capable of getting through it, and rightly so. I know when I started this wonderful sport of ours this was a big…
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Man’s Chronic Pain Disappears After Vigorous, Cold-Water Swim
According to doctors from the United Kingdom, a 28-year-old man who had been complaining of persistent, post-operative pain was cured after jumping into incredibly cold water for a vigorous 60-second, intense swim. Roughly two months prior to his swim, the man had undergone an endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy procedure to treat his severe facial blushing. In this procedure,…
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The loser will freeze: Red Bull Crashed Ice Quiz
Watch an ice cold trivia battle between Shane Benaud vs. Daniel Bergeson hosted by finnish native Mirko Lahti. What is a “Teräsuoja”? How long is the Red Bull Crashed Ice track in Jyväskylä? Do you know? Find out the answers and watch the loser freeze…Suomi Style.
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Finland Ice Swimmers Gather for Championship
Ahtari, a Finnish city with only around 6,000 residents, became lively as thousands of ice swimming enthusiasts gathered for the annual national championship recently.
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