Sixty or so brave souls started the New Year with a daring Polar Bear Plunge into Puget Sound off the beach of Burien’s Three Tree Point at Noon on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

A new champ was crowned – Joey “Hollywood” Hodson – of Burien, who dressed up as an exuberant Lucha Libre.

Here are two videos of the event as shot by Scott Schaefer:

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Below are photos by BTB’s Michael Brunk:

And here are photos courtesy of Jana Kleitsch, who covered the view from the water via kayak:

And a few more photos courtesy of Ursula Haigh:

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