Chun Kong MAK - Hong Kong Ice Flyer

13/03/2026

Attempted my 7th ice mile as my annual meditation. It was a great chance to process things happened over a year. Gained sights and energy from ice cold water. The meditation reflected my current status of mind. I accepted the fear I had in life and didn’t want to risk further after 1200m. The attempted mile became an nICE swim. I swam 27minute in 4degree water. Sometimes, fear in life is acceptable and it protects myself from further damage. Sometimes, it creates new opportunities. Now, I keep training and wait for next meditational ice mile again.
Thank you Stano, Mirka, Jozef and more and more people for helping. My achievement was to observe ’s 2nd successful ice mile.

18/02/2026

My physical conditions determine how much fun I can have in my life.
This beach is crowded in a hot summer day. I can enjoy it when the lake has been fully unfrozen. Water temp 0degree and air temp -2deg.
Haven’t trained much this season. I could enjoy the beach only for 5 minute in ice water now. Feel like my whole body was deep fried by oil. The better I get trained, the more time I can enjoy this beach in winter. ❄️🧘🏻

25/01/2026

星期日晚常規訓練。Sunday routine training.

25/01/2026

21min at 0deg water tonight. 1deg air. Main aim is to relax and reduce shivering in ice water.
今晚就浸喺攝氏0度水溫21分鐘。氣溫1度。主要目標係喺冰水下放鬆同埋減少打冷震。

21/01/2026

❄️❄️one week ago, 15min at 0deg water. -8deg air. 1.5 weeks from coming back from tropical countries. I think it is important to put the neck under ice water. This practice pushes the body to warm up. First is to get over 2-3 minutes. Then getting over 10min is another level. And then more and more.

19/01/2026

Adapt from 25deg air to -10deg in a week. From Hong Kong to Europe. The ‘fear’ brain told me that it was hard and scary. My rational brain says it is my 9th ice swimming winter and I have done 6 ice miles with butterfly, extreme, medley. After two weeks training, I was last night at 0 deg water for 17minute under -11deg air. Back to my ice routine. Ice swimming for me seems to be a superpower that I am not willing to give up yet.

31/10/2025

Smart watch? Decided to step back to the previous technology - a non-smart watch. 10 times cheaper. 10 years battery without recharging. Time screen is always on with positive digital display. i just need to look at the time with seconds during training.

Felt a bit sick from smartwatch before. When I need to see the time, I needed to turn the wrist in order to switch on the screen. Battery life is not reliable. My previous apple watch shut down many times during swim.
Got sold by marketing and capitalism. They feed us and tell us what we need. The product life and battery life are so bad on smartwatch. All the old smartwatches just went to land-field as waste.
Instead, this casio can last for decades. Businessmen wont be happy when the products last so long.

26/10/2025

My 9th winter doing this. Weather starts to get cold. 10deg water. Why am I still doing this? My motivation changed a bit. Honestly, my passion towards ice water dropped a bit. I am doing it coz I don’t want to let go my ice cold superpower yet. It becomes my daily life and routine every winter no matter I race or not. A lot of things changed in life. Ice cold is constant.🙏🏿🥶❄️🌬️💦🌊

03/09/2025

5 year channelversary. 2025 is a beautiful year. My tear came when we took our son to touch English Channel water first time in his life. I believe the ocean kicked my ass to visualize spiritually what I should do in life. I followed the ocean’s advice. Now, bring our kid to thank the channel water. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🥲🥲My boy shouted and laughed instantly when he arrived the channel.

03/07/2025

My wife and I took our son for his first-time sea experience in life. Feel grateful 🙏🏿 I feel like I want to have more time on this earth to finish some more duties. Swimming and water might give me better longevity and enjoy more time in life. Hope to pass this spirit to the next generation!

02/02/2025

Hong Kong is here ! Thank you Lars Hamer
https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3296752/ice-swimmer-intends-keep-attending-international-meets-show-hong-kong-here
        #冰水游泳

30/01/2025

🙏🏿 Acknowledgement to my wife and family to take good care of our son. Without them, I couldnt go to the game.

Mak Chun-kong, who left his baby behind to compete at the World Championships in Italy, says representing Hong Kong is ‘sentimental’ to him.