The Community Answers "How would you pitch open water swimming to a friend?"

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We recently asked the open water swimming community, “How would you pitch open water swimming to a friend?” We received the following responses from the community.

Facebook 

  • “Well, I do swim, but still required a pitch, and it was just ‘YOLO’ - Oliver Z.” Garrett R.

  • “What’s the worst that could happen?” - Arin C. 

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  • Jeannine La Londe Araiza

Instagram 

  • “It’s only cold for a few mins. Stop being a big baby.” - @redzombie 

  • “There are no sharks 🦈.” - @sjdj3000 

  • “Contact sport 😎.” - @rich.saint669 

  • “Like a friend who doesn’t know how to swim? Take lessons in the shallow end first, and then you can swim with the big shar--errrh I mean fish 😂.” - @shakachica

  • “Tom Brady will be along tomorrow…” - @aidandow

  • “I’ve learned not to try and convince anyone to do anything I do. People are quitters or just have different interests and it hurts more if they quit something you convinced them to do. At this point, I might talk about it. I might even make it sound worse than it is. THEN, if they want to do it, they need to ask me to join and on my schedule. I’m also a grumpy old man.” - @creston87 

  • “It’s hard cuz a lot of my friends don’t know how to swim.” - @jayraydntplay 

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