The 11th Annual West Seattle/White Center Polar Bear Swim is once again at 10:00 a.m. on New Year's Day. Pictured is Jason Becker participating in the 2010 plunge.
OK. So this is Alki Beach, not Waikiki, but the tradition continiues as the 11th Annual West Seattle/White Center Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day approaches. The swim takes place across the street from Dukes Chowder House on Alki at 10:00 a.m.
The event was established by Kip Kolodziejski and Jeanne DeBaets.
“It was the Y2K year and we wanted to do something big for the year 2000," DeBaets told the West Seattle Herald at the 2010 swim. “It started with just us. The next year more people came. Then more the next. It just feels good. It wakes you up.”
Hot chocolate will be served.
