Over 700 participants (men and women) stripped naked to protest against the new body image conformity and enjoy a good swim at the beach.
The event is used to raise money for Australis’s national parks.
Daily Mail reports:
Proud: One reveller strides out of the water after a 900m swim to grab his towel and head to the live music
Starting at 8am, the revellers deposited their clothes on the beach before swimming 900 metres around the diamond-shaped Middle Head island by Sydney’s coast.
Some took to the waves excitedly with messages painted on their behinds, while some slipped out of their towels at the very last minute.
Three competitors with ‘Skinny’ written on the bottoms enter the water at the start of the event
It is the second annual Sydney Skinny event, raising money for Australia’s National Parks
The crowds handed their clothes to people on the beach before standing nude in the summer sun
Speaking ahead of the event, one skinny dipper said: ‘We are born naked. who cares who sees your body – be naked with nature for a great cause. The more the merrier…’
Another wrote on the online event page: ‘I’m quite shy and I have never swam naked before. But there is no embarrassment – it will be great fun.’
After the event, the bathers donned their clothes and headed to a festival arena, where there was 
Three competitors wait for the start of the swim clad in nothing but swimming caps
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