Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

About 50 brave souls rang in the new year Wednesday by wading into a chilly creek at Valley View Park. The 15th annual Polar Bear Plunge was a fundraiser for the Pine Creek Trout Nursery.

Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year's Day as participants took a freezing dip to ring in 2025 while

It’s the popularity of cold plunging that’s driven up the numbers registering for this year’s plunge sponsored by Metro Parks Tacoma at Point Defiance Marina on Jan. 1, 2025, according to marina manager Cecil Goodson.

Strangers volleyed dismissive colloquialisms back and forth as they emerged from the frigid waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene on New Year’s Day, partaking in the annual Polar Bear Plunge. Though trivializing the feeling, hundreds of sets of chattering teeth and cherry-red skin told a different story.

Under the Radar, Prototype, Live Artery, and the Exponential Festival all administer a series of shocks to the system, like polar-bear plunges, but for the mind. The season’s marquee festival, Under the Radar,

Hundreds celebrated New Year’s Day with a Polar Bear plunge in San Pedro. The 73rd Annual Cabrillo Beach Polar Beach Plunge kicked off with the Polar Bear king and queen leading the crowd into the Pacific Ocean.