Public Nude Events

Has anyone taken part in a public event such as the world naked bike ride or a Spencer Tunick photoshoot? What was it like ?

I never knew about the ones you mentioned, but here are a couple of links for the world naked bicycle ride in NYC 6/9/2012:

http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=New_York_City

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-40-best-pictures-from-the-world-naked-bike-rid

It has been a few years but in Key West Florida there was a nude or clothing optional boat parade. Let's just say everything was on display, from Skinny to Fluffy to DAMMMM..

And yea, "The Fox" was in the action. Now you can charter a boat or airplane at http://www.chartersofkeywest.com/key-west-nude-clothing-optional.htm

Contact me for the airplane, Mile high club endorsements available.

Skybear

World nude bike rides are quite popular in the Uk.

I have taken part in two.

One in Bristol, my home town and one in Brighton....They are very liberating

I have not, but would love to do the "Bare to the Breaker" run in San Francisco.

I would thourghly enjoy doing a Spencer Tunick photo shoot. I have signed up on their email list. I have a question - if any of you were to go to a Spencer Tunick photo shoot, would you ask friends, coworkers or family to participate also?

My wife and I once signed up to do a naked commercial shoot which was to be filmed on the streets of our city using several hundred participants. But since she is wheelchair bound we were not selected ... we were both a bit disappointed as it would probably have been great fun.

Never had another opportunity yet, though next time I will just sign up on my own I think.

If any of you were to go to a Spencer Tunick photo shoot, would you ask friends, coworkers or family to participate also?

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Some friends I would almost like to kidnap into coming along ... others I would try to keep away at gunpoint .... ha ha.

And in a situation like a ST photo shoot, family, outside of my wife, I could miss like a hole in the head. That would be reason enough not to show up should any of them attend.

That said, I´ve seen a few documentaries of his shoots and they seem to be a wonderful thing to experience. It all looked so warm and loving and comradely in an almost intimate way. Maybe they should get ST to organize the next Mid East Peace Conference in his own particular manner ... ha ha

Public nudity is a rush. I am 25 and was raised in a nudist family, so nudity to me is a wonderful expression of Gods work....last time I checked, God made the human body. I love to flash, just to get a ''high'' with the reaction.....huby loves me to be naughty and we do belong to a nudist club. I enjoy making love outside, and wish more people could let loose and expose themselves to the freedom of nudity.

Claudette

I haven't, but it sure would be fun!

I haven't and, while I'd like to do it, I know that when the opportunity will arise, I still won't do it 😢

I am going to a sulcluded fishing lodge and when booking I double checked asking outright if itopless / nudist is tolerated, much to my amazement the email back was yes totally sucluded but change of the occasional bailiff / dog worker!!!! Get in

My intension is to spent the week nude lets see if my cuts let me lol

It's always been my biggest fantasy, that and outdoor sex, so fingers crossed. And if I'm loud enought I might even be seen

We went to the Philly naked bike ride. It was great fun and to be honest whilst I have never had any problem with nudity in the outdoors, like many I think I have been programed to go naked only on designated beaches. I know it is a bike event, but you still have to wait around, and being naked on public streets felt so weird at first. I was expecting to get a tap on the shoulder by the long arm of the law.

I have never and doubt that I ever would. Seems to me that all it would be is for the gawkers. I do do nudest beaches where covered or not covered is standard.

It would be naive to image that there are not a load of gawkers at any nude event, but if it makes them happy, I have no problem with that.

It would be naive to image that there are not a load of gawkers at any nude event, but if it makes them happy, I have no problem with that.

My wife and I once applied, but were not accepted as participants for a naked photo shoot for a commercial, which was to be filmed on one of the main streets in our city, with some well known buildings in the background.

Anyway, the shoot was cordoned off, to discourage gawkers ... but then again the cordoning off was done by and watched over by municipal police and there was a whole gaggle of reporters present anyway ... all clothed and clicking away a mile a minute one presumes ... which sorta musta rendered the point of cordoning off the shoot somewhat pointless if you ask me ... And besides, parts of the shoot were shown on TV that night anyway ... ha ha

Not exactly a nude event, but lots of nudity at Burningman.

http://www.burningman.com

Quick question, does streaking on campus count.

Recently in Northern Ireland, police have been arresting people for nude swimming. This has caused a stir in the UK press. So... be careful where you do it!

No participation in a public nude event but would enjoy trying one sometime.

I was in Montreal on business. University students were protesting because the government was cutting back on the amount of tuition the government subsidized for the students. Some of the students protested naked. I was walking back from the office and a whole crowd of young students were marching, most of them nude. Whilst this might sound great. I didn't see anything attractive. Mostly out of shape hippy girls with big bushes. Some overweight guys with small penis'. I had to turn my head away. If they really wanted to make an impact, they needed to get the better looking girls to march naked.

Recently in Northern Ireland, police have been arresting people for nude swimming. This has caused a stir in the UK press.

It never takes much to cause a stir in the British press. British tabloids set the world standard for turning non-events and nothing into sensationalized muck-raking and hypocritical hysteria over anything to do with sex.

It never takes much to cause a stir in the British press. British tabloids set the world standard for turning non-events and nothing into sensationalized muck-raking and hypocritical hysteria over anything to do with sex.

Yeah. As if nude swimming has anything to do with sex anyway. I hate tabloids.

I agree with everything people say about the tabloids, but am a bit more concerned with legal action being taken.

According to my relatives in the UK, there is talk that these men will be put on the children's offenders register if found guilty. If this happens, it will totally screw up their lives.

According to my relatives in the UK, there is talk that these men will be put on the children's offenders register if found guilt. If this happens, it will totally screw up their lives.

Good grief ... where has common sense gone to? That is like I read of people in some states in the US who are caught urinating ´in public´ being put on a sex offenders list with all the attending humiliations, complications and mean-spirited restrictions.

@Agracier & Pammy32 --I cannot really comment about nude events that take place in Britain or the USA as media organizations the world over are past masters at exploiting such incidences for their own ends ....As many would know sensationalizing such events merely generates further publicity & as a result increases print (hard copy ) circulation as well as visual media exposure --They win out either way as it's about increasing capital, morality issues come a distant second where $'s are concerned...

Thankfully here in Australia we as a nation tend to be more liberal /open minded when it comes to "Public Nude Events" though not a common occurrence.....Being a tolerant society & generally accepting of the right to "Artistic" expression allows BY LAW these events to take place...One such event being the annual GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS which for those that may not know happens to be the largest such event on the entire planet ......Such events when they do take place are not only well publicised beforehand but policing these events ensure that they take place in an orderly manner --- It is believed to be the largest naked party on the planet, performance being neither smutty or perverted,simply just a celebration of cultural diversity & freedom to co-exist.....Moral crusaders simply ignore these outings as the majority accept them in the spirit of fun & not to be taken too seriously --- therein lay the difference !!....

We also have designated nude beaches as well as nude swimming /bathing pools in most States & Territories of mainland Australia...Tabloid & Broadcast Media reference to nudity rarely raises a blip as moreover the populace do not obsess about nudity per se nor worry what others may think -- A common sense approach !!

When I have been in the UK I have seen groups of naked men on public beaches, and no one seemed to mind, or no action taken. Perhaps it was an over zealous plod and now they are covering their backs.

Whilst I know nothing about law, here I think it becomes illegal if it offends, so you will always find someone who finds something offensive. I have been to nude rallies and the police have said nothing, I see there is even a nude streak at that esteemed body London Zoo. On another occasion my wife was hassled by the police for being topless at a protest. At the end of the day they will get you under any law they can find, some even dating back to the Magna Carta.

NurseKev said:-

Whilst I know nothing about law, here I think it becomes illegal if it offends, so you will always find someone who finds something offensive......

Correct Kev - the offence is charged as "Outraging public decency" or "Conduct likely to offend public decency" and several other similar statutes for which little or no evidence or corroboration is required. Usually, it is enough for the law officer to be 'outraged'.

Then we have the good old stand back - the Public Order Act, usually section 5 therof, covering such as 'insulting words and behaviour'.

Finally, if all else fails Officer Dibble, he has the Power of Arrest for conduct LIKELY to cause a Breach of the Peace.

Public nudity would be sufficient cause for arrest and charge in any of those.

As for the Magna Carta (the Great Charter) of 1215 AD, I assume that Kev is referring to the era of the Magna Carta and not the content of it, because it was held to be the 'cornerstone of liberty in the English speaking world'. Now most of the rights and liberties conveyed by the Magna Carta have been annulled or repealed. See http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/24/magna-carta-minor-carta-noam-chomsky - I guess that officialdom thought we had it too much our way!