Out of the Pool, Into the Wild

Follow the adventures of a group of swimmers as they venture beyond the pool and into open water, or ‘wild’ swimming. In a summer swim challenge called ‘Lake Attack’, hosted by the Southern Lakes Swimming Club in Queenstown, the group attempts to swim all of the named lakes in New Zealand’s South Island - with a little help from newfound swimming connections across the country.
Join them as they clamber into less-than-sanitary bogs, tackle multi-day hikes to remote lakes and even charter a float plane to one of New Zealand’s most remote areas.
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UPDATE: we have just been selected for screening in the Kendal Film Festival in the UK!
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This film premiered on the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka on the 25th of July, 2023. It has been amazing to see it on the big screen! mountainfilm.n...
We were very excited to do a radio interview with National NZ radio as well. Follow this link to listen to it: www.rnz.co.nz/...
There was also a nice article in the Lakes Weekly Bulletin, which can be found here: issuu.com/lake...

[@MalikRabichon]

no comment! except PERFECT

[@marinator1990]

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

[@geebutteree4755]

Aw this is amazing, I’m a regular cold swimmer all year, in the uk -Yorkshire dales, which is beautiful but that plane adventure is on another level ,,, awesome, I need to come to NZ ❤

[@marinator1990]

Thanks so much, always love to hear from swimmers from around the world! If you're ever in Queenstown, come and join us 😊

[@breizizel3256]

A l heure du réchauffement climatique est-il raisonnable de brûler des tonnes de kérosène pour aller nager 🏊‍♀️ en NZ ?
Pour son petit plaisir égocentrique ?
Posez - vous la question !

[@olivernutt5834]

Great work 🤩

[@marinator1990]

Thanks man 😊

[@MrCallumClark1]

So epic!! Great film Marijn, and what a fun idea - Lake Attack! The whole video was really engaging, good job with the pacing, humour and inspiring message. Awesome to see your progress, levelling up each video!

[@marinator1990]

Thanks man!! Really appreciate the feedback, and I feel like I learned loads in this video! Maybe we can do a project together some time? 😊

[@leedalton9179]

awesome video man, I'm so gutted i missed the float plane adventure, would have loved to have been on that one, I left Queenstown too soon ha

[@marinator1990]

Thanks man!! And thanks for participating in the challenge! We can do another float plane adventure if you're down here 😊😊

[@breizizel3256]

Hum ..... je fais de la nage libre aussi l hiver , et c'est sûrement génial de nager dans ces lacs inaccessibles à pied .
Et c'est là que ça me gêne :
Prendre un avion pour aller nager et " violer " ainsi ces
beautés vierges ! C'est comme Prendre l hélicoptère pour juste descendre le Mont blanc en France ! C'est paradoxal pour des gens qui aiment la nature vierge . Autrement très beaux paysages ( sans l hommes ! ) keep swimming to you !
De FRANCE .