The latest Nudes in the News, August 28, 2015

 

The ’Streaking’ Streak

It’s still swimsuit season, there’s still time to lace up those sneakers and get moving. Which is exactly what some folks are doing as they seek out classic jogging sensations: the steady bounce, the adrenaline build, the burning quads, the wind against their … genitals? These days, a certain group of people are running around, only they’re doing it buck naked, sporting just sneakers for flair. Here in the industrial town of Porto Alegre, Brazil...More...

Hundreds of naked runners streak through London Zoo
Some 200 people streaked naked through London zoo on Thursday to raise awareness for tiger conversation. The jog aimed to raise money in support of the Zoological Society of London, who help protect tigers through global conservation projects. Runners Clare Sweeten and Amy Wellings, zookeepers at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, were among those to take part in the charity run...More...

The naked truth about Germany: Clothing is optional
The beaches of the German resort town of Boltenhagen on the Baltic Sea on August 5, 2015, were a reflection of a lingering cultural divide between those who until unification 25 years ago were East and West Germans. Formerly communist easterners like bathing nude, while westerners find the practice a bit disturbing. Claudia Himmelreich McClatchy...More...

Anchorage naked bike ride canceled after warning from police

Even after organizers canceled the event, the Anchorage Police Department has a warning for anyone planning on participating in a mass naked bike ride Aug. 21 in downtown Anchorage: Don't do it. Riding your bicycle sans clothing in Anchorage is illegal, APD says -- a violation of public decency laws or worse. The event hit Facebook in late July. It was supposed to start at the parking lot on Third Avenue where the Anchorage Market and Festival...More...

Nude runners bare all for polar bear cause at South Yorkshire attraction

Nude runners braved the elements and bared all for a good cause at a South Yorkshire visitor attraction last night. The half-mile naked dash around Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster aimed to boost the park’s innovative Project Polar campaign. A group of 43 hardy fundraisers were sponsored to get starkers and complete a short streak around the park, which has two polar bears called Victor and Pixel...More...

Odd Jobs: Nudist resort owners
It's not every day you see a man riding his tractor in the nude, but at Coventry Club and Resort, this is business as usual. "It runs just like any other campground, except we don't have clothes," Bill Perreault said. Bill Perreault and his wife, Susan Lembcke, are nudists. They're baring it all to give us a rare glimpse beyond the gates of Vermont's only nudist...More...

Swiss City Grooms for First Nude Public Performance Art Festival
On August 21, the world’s first official, naked public performance art festival will occur in the streets of Biel, Switzerland, featuring projects from 18 international artists. Local artist Thomas Zollinger conceived of the two-day Body and Freedom Festival (link NSFW) to increase beyond gallery walls the presence of the naked body as an artistic medium. While nakedness...More...

Installing "Skinny Dipping" Disable Switch for Swimming Pool Camera
With video surveillance cameras being so ubiquitous, privacy is still a concern among some clients. That’s certainly the case for ABE Alarm Service in Allentown, Pa., which was recently asked to install an exterior home video surveillance system, but with a twist: The homeowners asked that a disable switch be installed for one particular camera that...More...

Book review | "Naked at Lunch" gives funny, sometimes profane, look at losing the clothes
There’s never enough space in your closet. So maybe it’s time to purge, to donate things that don’t fit anymore. That’d make a lot of room, although there’s one suit you’ll never be able to throw out. You’ve had it so long you can’t even remember where you got it. No matter how much weight you lose or gain, it always fits – though it’s rumpled now, and impossible to...More...

Man skydives naked for ambulances in Uganda
A British man raised almost $9,000 to buy ambulances in Uganda by skydiving naked. Howard Smith, a 50-year-old electrical engineer, took the challenge from POND, a charity organization in partnership between Wales and Uganda. The father-of-two raised more than $3,000 last year doing his first tandem skydive. This year, he decided to take it a step further...More...

The 10 Best Nudist Spots In The World
Want to let it all hang out? Remove the clothing that confines you? By the sea, by lakes, wild or in luxury—here are the best places to go bare. 1. Berlin: Lido Wannsee Berlin has long been the best place for naturists in Europe, and those wanting to wear the bare minimum for the summer are really spoilt for choice. One of the most popular spots is...More...

100 Fully Naked People Get Bodies Painted, Then Head Over To The U.N.
"All Bodies Are Works of Art" said the banner at the front of the modest, three-block march some 100 fully naked, fully painted people embarked upon yesterday afternoon, walking from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to an NYPD holding pen (thanks, Obama!) across from the United Nations. The occasion was NYC Bodypainting Day 2015, organized by....More...

Voyeur uses drone to spy on nudists
Naturists on one of Britain's most popular nudist beaches fear they are being spied on by a voyeur flying a drone. A number of naked sunbathers were left angry when they were buzzed by a radio-controlled drone that flew up and down the famous Studland nudist beach in Dorset. They feared a camera was attached to the device and that...More...

Skinny dipping exhibition held at Barnabas Arts House
An exhibition featuring women skinny dipping in the sea is being held at a Newport arts house. Barnabas Arts House, based on New Ruperra Street, has been hosting the 'THIS IS ME / happy in my skin!' exhibition since earlier this month. The exhibition aims to empower women and celebrate the concept of positive body-activism A spokesman from...More...

In Berkeley, protesters get naked to try to save trees
An estimated 50-75 people took part in a staged protest today at a eucalyptus grove on the UC Berkeley campus, many of them stripping naked in doing so, to make clear their opposition to a proposed FEMA-funded tree-clearing program in the East Bay hills. The event was orchestrated by the Tree Spirit Project whose mission is...More...