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Isle Of Man Hosts New Year s Day Swim Despite COVID Isle of Man Everybody in the Frigid Water!!! SplashNews.com
There are certain traditions that persevere, even in COVID times, and one of them is jumping in freezing cold water on New Year s Day.
It went down per usual in the Isle of Man, where hundreds of folks said shrinkage be damned and jumped into water with temps below 50 degrees. Play video content WET AND WILD SplashNews.com
The tradition started back in covered wagon days . 1983, where 4 dippers jumped in the icy water to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis.
Ever since then, there s been a growing number of dippers and more charities have been included in the mix.