Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip. Basking in the glow of a warm summer's day down-under, the 745 nude swimmers swarmed into the water on the coast of Gisborne in northeastern New Zealand. The intrepid participants from across the country gathered as nature intended in the waves for what organisers hope will be a new Guinness World Record. 745 bathers in New Zealand took to the sea in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest skinny dip
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A total of 745 bold skinny dippers took to the sea in Gisborne
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They hope to outdo the current record of 729 set by Spanish swimmers
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Image is something organiser 'won't forget for a while'
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