A group of dedicated individuals in New York City have formed the New York Dippers Club, braving the icy Atlantic Ocean daily for a refreshing and stress-relieving experience.
For a certain set of New Yorkers, New Year’s Day involves wading into the icy Atlantic Ocean for an annual polar bear plunge. But for a small, dedicated group of local dippers, confronting the cold water is a daily ritual. Jen Mahmoud has been making the trek from her home in Flatbush, Brooklyn to Rockaway Beach every day for more than a month to make the plunge. She said it melts away the stress of daily living in New York City.
The 53-year-old dog walker is a member of the New York Dippers Club, a group of cold water enthusiasts who make a daily pilgrimage into the Atlantic Ocean all winter long. The club is in its third season, and while not everyone shows up every day, a handful of people like Mahmoud say they reap daily benefits from the ocean and the community they’ve built around plunging into it. “ It's a fairly calm day, not like it was yesterday with the waves,” said Mahmoud, walking from the Rockaway Beach boardwalk towards the beach. “The waves kicked our tails yesterday, so this is actually nice,” she said.The New York Dippers started when British painter and cold plunge evangelist Graham Cullis was visiting the Rockaway Peninsula in the fall of 2022. He made a video of himself jumping into the ocean in October and invited people to join him the next day. First, one person joined him. More came the day after that. All the while, Cullis was looking for someone who could take over his spot leading the group when he returned to the United Kingdom at the end of the year.The New York dippers meet on the boardwalk at Beach 67th Street at 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday, and at 10 a.m. on the weekends. They’re experimenting with a sunset dip on Fridays, meeting around 4:15 p.m. to take their plunge just before the sun goes down. They promote their dips on Looking for a plunge on New Year’s Day? The big one is the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge, held on Coney Island Beach at Stillwell Avenu
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