The American Association for Nude Recreation has helped set the Guinness world record for the number of people skinny dipping at once
Forget the bathing suit, this swim was all about the birthday suit.

The Guinness World Record created a category for the “largest number of people skinny dipping at once,” and the American Association for Nude Recreation set up simultaneous naked dips across the US and Canada.

All across the country, Americans stripped down en masse.

In New Jersey, 134 nudists jumped into a pool at Sky Farm in Basking Ridge. All the participants had to be fully naked at exactly 3 p.m. and have water up to their shoulders to fulfill the guidelines, the Asbury Park Press reports.

“Thank you, everybody, for being part of nudist history,” called out Cindy Thiboutout, who served as event coordinator the APP reports.

At the same time, 317 visitors at the White Tail nudist resort in Ivor, Va., crowded into the community pool.

“It was great,” Duane Ison told the Virginian-Pilot. “It’s really a lot of fun.”

Ison and his wife had been to the resort five times, but many of the swimmers were new to skinny dipping, and just wanted to be a part of the world record, the Virginian-Pilot reports.

“It was great for us,” said Carolyn Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the American Association for Nude Recreation. “We attracted new members, people came from all over just to help break the record.”

This is the first year for the giant skinny dip. The current count for the dippers is around 12,000 Hawkins told the Daily News, and they are still counting.

“Whatever the record is, we can’t wait to break it next year,” said Hawkins.

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