Posted on 06/18/2006 7:35:28 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Dozens on Saturday were slathering sunscreen where the sun doesn't usually shine. Boulder residents participated in the third annual naked bike ride as part of World Naked Bike Ride, an international mass of cyclists who, each June, abandon their underwear to protest oil dependency while having some summertime fun.
“A guy (said) last night, ‘why protest if you don't get noticed,'” said Scot Colburn, 39, who moderates the group's email list.
Wearing nothing but a topaz bicycling helmet and New Balance shoes, Colburn said, “this is a good way to get noticed.”
The group - which “disorganizers” counted at 58 people, about three-quarters male - attracted applause, cheers, whistles and honks as they cruised down Pearl Street, through Eben G. Fine park and along the Boulder Creek path.
Locals lunching at outdoor cafes gaped, residents shopping in downtown stores ran outside to catch a glimpse, and groups of friends floating down Boulder Creek on inner tubes stopped dead in their tracks, standing up mid-water and craning their necks for a better glimpse.
Traffic slowed as drivers laughed, honked, and rolled down their windows to high-five the cyclists.
All across town bystanders captured the scene on their cell phone cameras.
One man in a red shirt, standing next to his sport utility vehicle on 18th and Pearl with a child in a stroller by his side, took a photo from his cell phone.
“Peace through naked cycling!” one cruiser yelled at the impromptu photographer.
“Right on!” the spectator responded.
Conspicuously missing from the mix were the police, who stopped the cyclists last year but did not issue any tickets.
No police officials stopped the nudists during the first two hours of their ride, which included a nude swim in Boulder Creek.
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Hippuhs !!!
ClothesFree hosted their website.
CFI: "Being nude is fun and good for the soul. It promotes body acceptance, age acceptance, family unity, freedom, and increased self confidence. Discover the stress-free adventure of nude recreation. Discover yourself! Say YES to naturist values. Say NO to the immoral disrespect of our bodies. Say NO to the media's twisted thinking that bodies are shameful, disgusting, hair in the wrong places, and need to be plucked, tucked, stretched, starved and draped in cloth at all costs, and it DOES cost. Say NO to fake images and say YES to yourself and the wholesome body God gave you.On public lands, cater to others by using reasonably secluded areas."
"Cover up when asked or ask other others if they mind that you or your family continues to skinnydip or sunbathe nude. Showing respect for others will increase their respect for you and your lifestyle. Remember, some people think nudity equals sex and we all need to help in the public educational process by our example. Sure, some people might believe they are offended by nude bathers, but, if you never encounter anything that offends you in your community, you are not living in a free society. "
"Set a good example! Until people see for themselves that nudism is wholesome, there will be misconceptions about nudism for a long time. Present yourself as an exemplary naturist citizen, by fully abiding by all the standards of naturist behavior, etiquette and courtesy, and further by not violating any laws, rules, or regulations in force at a particular location. Take back your bodies from the porn industry. Your body is yours, a gift from God, and it is decent and wholesome just like God intended with Adam and Eve. Yes, the Bible does have a body positive message. We need to respect our bodies by not declaring it dirty or shamefully hiding it. Censoring or pixilated innocent images of adults or children only sexualizes them. Children are safer at CFI events than at many churches or other clothed places. It is not the amount of cloth that protects children, it is the people in power. The notion that children somehow are adversely affected by nudity is just a myth made popular by misinformed, prudish adults. Children have to be taught and conditioned that nudity isn't acceptable. They are teaching them shame and disgust for other's and their own bodies."
Liberals don't carry wallets. They prefer to use yours.
GRRRRRR....
My eyes!
You're asking me????
Someone asked once..."Why is it that the people who shouldn't dare go naked in public always do?"
How did the children react?
Yes, some of those guys looked as though their parents should have consulted a doctor many years ago about why their little boys never got any bigger. We're talking real pathology here, folks. On the other hand there was at least one who looked good with his clothes off. I'm sure he was gay.
It also amazes me that fat lesbians think anyone wants to see them naked. Yuck. The photographer seemed quite taken with the only semi-attractive female and took several photos of her.
You Freepers should be ashamed..718 of you have viewed this Naked Bike Ride Story in under an hour! ;)
Is that fair, view????
So much absolute ignorance, shocking
Hilarious!!!!!
ZZZZZZZZ. What? Oh, we're supposed to care? No one else does. If it weren't for their sympathizers in the press, no one would even know they are out there.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
I'm getting confused here. Aren't there laws against indecent exposure? Or is it okay to flash kids, now?
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