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Post any community related inquiries here – maybe you’re looking for swim buddies, perhaps you need help with a training plan. Please be respectful and helpful – and happy swimming!
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Jacob Manalac
Hi,
When will the open water swims start this year? Will it be Saturday/Sunday May 26th and 27th? Will this be the first weekend where the swims will be hosted?
Thanks in advance.
Jacob
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looks to me like June 2nd will be the first CLINIC, however, there is a fee attached to these this year? I don’t remember paying last year.
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Hi Karyn! You are correct in that clinics were included with membership fee last year. However, we have added a small admin fee to reserve a spot – mainly because we pay our clinic instructors and in the past there have been a lot of no-shows or repeat attendees. We feel that this nominal fee is still a great bargain compared to the hundreds of dollars other clubs charge for their clinics, and it allows us to keep top-notch instructors. Hope that explains it and we hope to see you at a clinic.
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Jacob – I believe we corresponded in email – my apologies for missing this post – YES, it’s Saturday May 26. Hope to see you then!
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Thanks Jacqueline! I’m gonna try my luck this Sunday, hoping to meet other swimmers there. I registered for a sprint distance tri event on June 3rd and I have not practiced on open water! As you said, I’ll start with a short swim, I won’t stay in too long. I want to at least have a feel of how it is to swim with my wetsuit on.
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This Saturday may 26
Will there be swimming this Saturday or sun or Monday ? If so, what time should we be at Grimaldos chair? There will be bag watching, right? Thank you. Maggie mschwarzny@aol.com
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Yes Maggie – the season starts on Saturday! We’ll be at Grimaldo’s Chair starting around 10am all three days.
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Klara
Hi! I know there’s a clinic for memebers next weekend, but I’m totally new to open water swimming and looking to get some practice in before a scheduled tri mid-June. I’m not adverse to joining as a member, but have to budget and probably can’t for another 2-3 weeks.
Two questions: first, can I come to the swims THIS weekend as a total newbie and non memeber? Second, can non-members pay the $40 to attend the beginner clinics?
Thanks.
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Hi Klara – Unfortunately we can only offer clinics to members right now – it’s due to insurance – but you are more than welcome to come, hang out, meet other swimmers, and swim with us in an informal capacity. If you talk to folks and find someone roughly your speed, I’m sure people would welcome you to swim with them. Our weekend hangouts are pretty loose. Just come by and join us! And if you end up joining as a member in another week or 2, you can probably get a clinic or two in before your Tri.
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Hi,
I am hoping to do my 4 hour qualifying swim for Ederle-Burke on Monday (Labor Day) and will need an observer. If anyone is already planning going to Coney Island that day, I could use some help.
Thanks,-David
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Hi all: let my membership lapse , so happy to be back! cheers
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Maddie
Hello! I would love to join up for the weekend swims, are the lockers on the boardwalk available during these times? Or is there another way to secure metro cards and keys? Thank you
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Hi, I am the blind swimmer and a new member and have signed up for the Jetty clinic on July 8. Need to get in contact with Pat for the Jetty drill on this Sunday to make an arrangement for a buddy or buddies to assist me. Please contact me to let me know if this can be worked out.
Thanks so much. Hope to hear from you soon.
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Pierre Santos
Hi!
I have severe deep water anxiety, and I had to defer my 2018 NYC triathlon because after 5 open water swim training I felt I was not mentally ready. One of the volunteers of NYC tri told me about CIBBOWS and advised me to look into your program. I don’t know if this is the right group for me to help me conquer my anxiety in deep water, but I am hoping you could be of help to me.
Thanks and all the best,
Pierre
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Pierre,
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Hello Pierre!
Have you connected with any of the CIBBOWS people yet?
I’ve also got open water swim “issues” and have participated in several triathlons (including NYC).CIBBOWS has been an amazing resource for me!
If you’d like to discuss further please feel free to email me!Constance
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Marit Boots
Hi,
I will be visiting New York on October 23rd and would love to have a short swim alongside Manhattan in the morning. Is this possible somewhere and maybe a swimbuddy who wants to meet up and have a fun swim?
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Elana
Is anyone swimming tomorrow morning? If so, what time?
Thanks
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Martine Hasenauer
Hi,
I’m new here and wondering about Cibbows. I swim in pool bi weekly but fascinated by ocean. Questions: do Cibbows groups also swim during the week, or is it only week ends? (I work most WE). Do you need to be a member to swim with the groups? Can you pay only when you swim? Looking forward, Martine -
Marie D
Hi, I assume most people use wetsuits through June, is that correct? And, I would like to swim t/o the summer. Does anyone have any recommendations on the best thickness for a wetsuit? Thanks in advance, Marie
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Hi Marie – no, not everyone wears one. It’s a very personal choice. If you’re sensitive to the cold or do triathlons you might want to wear one, but most of us don’t, really. If you do get one I’d go for the lighter weights as the water is going to warm up each weekend.
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Martine – we meet only on weekends as a formal group – but as you meet people, you may find some that have flexible schedules and would be willing to meet informally on the weekdays.
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I am looking forward to logging some open water swim time as a new member this summer (just joined) only to discover the intro swim this Saturday is full! Is the 12 person capacity strict? Unfortunately I can’t make another meet up until late June so would love to log some swim time Saturday if possible.
Thanks so much!
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Shana – we need to keep the group small as it is difficult for the coaches to keep everyone together when they are different speeds. However, we sometimes have no shows. I have opened up a waitlist – you can sign up for that and if someone lets us know that they can’t make it – we can let you know. We might not know till right before it starts so you can still come out to the beach just in case – you can swim on your own or find a partner till the next clinic you can make.
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Jessica Beecher
Hi!
I moved to Manhattan a few months ago, but originally from Long Island. I’m swimming in the Maggie Fischer Cross Bay swim (5.5 miles across the Great South Bay) in July and have been missing out on my open water swims. I’m thinking of joining the Cibbows membership so that I can still get some training in on the weekends. How can I go about doing this and come possibly this Saturday?
Thanks!
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Hi Jessica! Head to our site cibbows.org and click on the Membership tab. Once you’ve joined you can sign up for our clinics and group swims. Saturday is our beginner clinic – we have only one spot open if you’d like to join it – sign up quickly. If you aren’t a beginner to open water – we do have group swims on Sundays. You can also just come out and hang out and find a buddy to swim with.
EDIT – Our clinic this Sat. 6/22 just sold out. We can start a waitlist in case of cancellations. But we have more clinics upcoming.
- This reply was modified 2 minutes ago by Jacqueline Broner.
