Toronto Winter Swimming Club at Humber Bay Park

Posted on September 14, 2008 | 3 Comments

We are glad to join this community of winter swimming.

We swim at Humber Bay Park in Etobicoke since 1997. Every Sunday at the noon.

We don’t write the manuals of winter swimming. We don’t tell the stoires “How I dip into the cold water”.

We just do it. We practice. It’s not once year dip, it’s the life style.

PLAY VIDEO “Everybody welcome”

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PLAY VIDEO “Winter 2008″

Almost there!

Posted on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

This might seem a little soon to be announcing the first winter swim of 2008, but bear with me..

We were thinking about the 19th of October, 2008, 7pm. The reason? Well I met a lovely girl on the subway today and it reminded me of how this all started, and how many people I tried to “recruit” that said they were scared of freezing to death (this won’t happen) so didn’t want to try it.

Therefore if we start a wee bit earlier this year that excuse won’t be valid!

With that in mind and as I mentioned, the first swim will be at Cherry Beach [Google map it] (walk to the end of Cherry Street until you hit the lake) at 7pm on October the 23rd 2008. Be there with towels, a smile on your face and a hot drink if you fancy.

Footwear of some sort is recommended as the stones can be a little sharp!

Email me (Roo) or Shannon if you have any questions..

More recent winter swimming pictures

Posted on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

These were taken in the 2007/2008 winter season — much colder than the previous one — at Toronto’s Cherry Beach. Yes, it’s raining — it could barely be called wet snow. The temperature dropped right after this swim.

Winter Night Swimming

Posted on February 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I believe we did this swim late in the 2006/2007 winter season. My daughter came along as the server of hot chocolate and had a great time, asking to swim the next time.

More Winter Swim Photos

Posted on February 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

These are from the 2006/2007 season:

And this video is from the very first time we jumped in — so briefly — in December 2006. I think we stayed in for at most two or three minutes that time, not sure to expect… Within the week all of us were swimming for ten or fifteen minutes in the cold.