Hundreds of people flocked to the Tasman sea, in Sydney, Australia to set a new world record for the largest nude ocean swim.
Over 700 participants (men and women) stripped naked to protest against the new body image conformity and enjoy a good swim at the beach.
The event is used to raise money for Australis’s national parks.
Daily Mail reports:
the revellers deposited their clothes on the beach before swimming 900 metresaround the diamond-shaped MiddleHead island by Sydney’s coast.
Some took to the waves excitedly with messages painted on their behinds, while some slipped out of their towels at the very last minute.
It is the second annual Sydney Skinny event, raising money for Australia’s National ParksThe crowds handed their clothes to people on the beach before standing nude in the summer sunSpeaking ahead of the event, one skinny dipper said: ‘We are born naked. who cares who sees your body – be naked with nature for a great cause.
The more the merrier…’Another wrote on the online event page: ‘I’m quite shy and I have never swam naked before. But there is no embarrassment – it will be great fun.’
After the event, the bathers donned their clothes and headed to a festival arena, where there was live music to celebrate their feat.Three competitors wait for the startof the swim clad in nothing but swimming caps
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