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.nz/film_speaker/...
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/national/progra...
There was also a nice article in the Lakes Weekly Bulletin, which can be found here: issuu.com/lakesweeklybulletin...

[@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 !

[@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? 😊

[@olivernutt5834]

Great work 🤩

[@marinator1990]

Thanks man 😊

[@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 .