The latest Nudes in the News, July 17th, 2015

Thousands attempt to break skinny-dipping record
On Saturday, many Arizonans jumped into pools to cool off in the triple-digit summer weather. Up north at the Shangri La Ranch in New River, many people did it minus the swimsuits. Over 200 people, ranging from kids to seniors, participated in the clothing-optional resort's skinny dipping record attempt at noon, part of the...More...

Why Is Everyone in New York Getting Naked for Andy Golub?
It's a Tuesday evening at the end of March, and Andy Golub is in his element. Clad in jeans and an intricately patterned blue shirt, he's onstage at the tiny Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan, painting. Seventies music, from Joni Mitchell to Rodriguez, floats from the stereo. There's a murmur of mostly male fans and photographers scattered...More...

Nude Baristas Take Over a Coffee Shop for Nestles New Creamer Campaign
For Nestles Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss all-digital campaign that launches today, the brand's marketers wanted to do something with a little shock value. So they took over an Irving Farm Coffee Roasters store in New York on April 24 with baristas wearing essentially nothing but body paint. "It was a one-day pop-up, and it was totally new for us," said...More...

Clothing-optional stretch of Haulover Beach celebrates 24 years
There were no shirts, no shoes and all smiles as members of South Florida Free Beaches and the B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation celebrated the 24th anniversary of the clothing-optional section of Haulover Beach with birthday cake and lemonade. Dozens of members and visitors gathered Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 2000-foot stretch of...More...

Norway artist's naked tree stunt goes awry
A Norwegian contemporary artist has confessed to being left hanging naked in a tree for three and a half hours after an video art installation she filmed in a Norwegian forest went wrong. Hilde Krohn Huse, who lives and works in London, ventured into the forest in her native Aukra in Norway to film a video featuring herself hanging naked from a...More...

University Student Naked Mile: Manchester students invited to strip off for fun run
Students are being invited to strip off for a wacky fun run coming to Manchester. Details of the University Student Naked Mile have been advertised on Facebook - and we’re sure that hundreds of Manchester students will need no further encouragement. The post says the event on September 20 will consist of a mile-long fun run to kick-off the start of the new academic year....More...

'Cheeky' TV advert features Warrington skinny dipper

Designed to make a splash in the youth travel industry, the campaign aims to celebrate the spontaneous adventures that result from meeting like-minded travelers in hostels. Ottokar Rosenberger, Hostelworld’s CMO, said: "Hostelworld isn’t about polished brochure holidays, it’s about real travelers in real places, who crave adventures, not souvenirs. "This is reflected in our new ‘Meet the World’ advertising campaign, which features genuine travelers...More...

Spain’s top 20 nudist beaches

They say our dreams are never cheap, yet one of the most inexpensive fantasies involves imagining ourselves lying in our bare skin, exulting in the luxury of a wild beach or a remote cove. The nudist beaches that dot Spain’s 8,000-km coastline have an innate ability to appeal to our physical senses as well as our inner dreams. The time has come to go out looking for them, as the waters of the Mediterranean will be warm enough for swimming by mid-June....More...

Week-long Doncaster nudist festival draws to a close

Scores of campers spent the week enjoying barbecues in the buff, disrobed darts and stripped-off singing as the annual Nudestock Festival brought naturists from all over the country to Wroot. Dairy farmer Colin Wood, along with wife Carol and daughter Angie Cox, hosted the eight-day gathering at their Candy Farm home. Said Colin: “We had about 80 people attending and we all enjoyed some good naked ...More...

World Naked Bike Ride 2015 cruises through New Orleans Saturday, June 13!!

The World Naked Bike Ride doesn't roll through New Orleans until next Saturday (June 13), despite some media reports. The annual event employs a little playful prurience to celebrate bicycling and the human body. Riders should arrive at Mickey Markey Park in Bywater at 4 p.m. to (un)dress, paint bodies, and prepare for the ride at 5 p.m. Nudity is not mandatory, and bicyclists can enjoy dressing as "bare as they dare."...More...

The naked truth at UCSD: Art professor explains exercise that caught international attention

Despite the snickers, innuendos and indignation that surrounded the sudden national attention on their class, a group of UC San Diego arts students performed in the nude before their also-nude professor this week. The performances in professor Ricardo Dominguez’ visual arts class, known in the UCSD catalog as VIS 104A, have gone on for 11 years without much notice and with no complaints. Things dramatically changed, however, when the mother...More...

Photo Gallery: 2015 Bay to Breakers was "bananas"

The 104th Bay to Breakers run — or frolic — from the downtown to Ocean Beach on Sunday lived up to its rich history of colorful costumes, nakedness and general eccentricity, all in the name of San Francisco-flavored fun. This year’s annual race course-long party brought the usual animal and banana onesies, Waldos and people wearing nothing but backpacks — but also the latest trends in The City. For example, one group of ladies came up with the idea to wear Uber signs around their necks and mini inflatable pools...More...

High Schooler Lauren Wiggins' Letter Nails Exactly What's Wrong With School Dress Codes

Canadian teenager whose outfit was called "a sexual distraction" at school is speaking out against what she calls an unjust "double-standard" that exists with school dress codes -- and the general policing of women and girls' bodies everywhere. Lauren Wiggins, a senior at Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, was given detention Monday for wearing a floor-length halter dress to school; she was later given a one-day suspension...More...

Balboa Park: Nudists haven in 1935-6

Zoro Garden was a top draw at the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935, attracting about 360,000 attendees to the 20-minute “Ceremony of the Sun God” show run five times daily (not counting people looking through peepholes in the wooden fence). It was the home of a nudist colony of about 20 “glorious healthy young men and women” who lolled about in the sun, played volleyball and celebrated “nudist living,”...More...

Doncaster nudist festival kicks-off

A long awaited week-long nudist festival will bare all in Doncaster today. The sleepy Doncaster village of Wroot will be inundated with crowds of people in the NUDE for a naturist festival which gets underway today. Nudists from across the country will be stripping off to enjoy barbecues in the buff, naked darts and nude yoga at the week-long event. Long-time naturist Angie Cox, 34, will be among those getting her kit off at the Nudestock Festival...More...