Nude island calendar aids charity

Photographer Ivan Hawick has been capturing nudes on camera

A calendar featuring mystery nudes in scenes of Shetland life is set to raise £20,000 for charity.

Island photographer Ivan Hawick has persuaded anonymous locals to strip off to help the Clan (Cancer Link Aberdeen and North) 123 appeal.

He is already selling black and white postcards of island nudes to raise money, and is taking a daring new selection of colour images to use.

Orders are now being taken for a 2010 charity calendar.

Mr Hawick told the BBC Scotland news website: “A lot of people are affected by cancer and I have always liked the idea of helping. I thought a bit of nudity would help.

It is a stealth mission getting some of the shots, early in the morning when daylight is just coming in, so the models are not seen

Ivan Hawick  Photographer

“I just asked local people and it was amazing how many people were willing to help.

“Part of the appeal of the calendar will be trying to guess who the people are, as they are in lovely scenery but without showing any faces.”

He explained: “It is a stealth mission getting some of the shots, early in the morning when daylight is just coming in, so the models are not seen.”

The overall fundraising aim is to raise £3m to build a new cancer support centre.

Further information on the CLAN 123 fundraising, and details of how to order the £10 calendar, can be found atwww.shetlandclanappeal.org.uk/

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Whispering Pines hopes to dip into a world record

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Whispering Pines may be the best kept secret in the Cape Fear region. It is off the beaten path, halfway between Ocean Isle Beach and Longwood. The folks there are excited about their attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest number of people simultaneously skinny dipping.

“The American Association for Nude Recreation has sanctioned this event for the 260+ clubs across the United States. It’s going to be July 11th at 3:00 p.m. Our gates will open at noon at Whispering Pines to register each participant,” said nudist Gloria Waryas.

Skinny-dipping is a wholesome tradition. It is as old as mankind and it is a common occurrence at Whispering Pines.

“It’s a lot of fun being a skinny dipper. It’s just freedom. Free of everything. You don’t have confinement of a bathing suit. Everyone is equal. You don’t have to worry about whose bathing suit looks better than yours,” said Carole Stogner Lawless.

Whispering Pines is a secluded resort. The swimming pool can only hold so many people – perhaps 150 or so. But there is a nearby pond, and those who skinny dip in it will be included in the record breaking attempt. Also, on that day, the public is welcome.

So consider yourself invited, but there are a few rules. If you choose to participate on July 11th, you can arrive fully clothed, but be prepared to bare all. After all, it is a nudist resort and you will get to be part of the Guinness Book of World Records.

The world record attempt on July 11th will mark the conclusion of Nude Recreation Week.

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Naked hikers make riding the aerial tramway a real experience

UNTERWASSER, Switzerland — An aerial tramway company in eastern Switzerland is advertising its Alpine rides with a new scenic attraction: there’s a chance you might see a naked hiker.

Toggenburger Bergbahnen AG says that, apart from the usual breathtaking panorama and mountain wildlife, tourists might catch sight of ramblers wearing only hiking boots and socks.

The company released a new advertising campaign Thursday claiming that “mountain goats, eagles and maybe even a few naked hikers make riding the aerial tramway a real experience.”

The company’s campaign would find little favor in the neighboring canton (state) of Appenzell. Voters there passed a law in April banning naked hiking after dozens of nudists, mostly German, started rambling through their picturesque region.

Usually Nude Lunar Cup cancelled

By REILLY CAPPS  Writer

Published:  Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:34 AM CDT

Bad weather and bad timing have conspired to cancel for this year an event that has become this community’s slightly loony pride and a local nudist’s dream.

The Lunar Cup has, for more than three decades on and off, been a mid-summer ski race held high in the San Juans near the top of Imogene Pass. But a warm spring and a layer of dust has made the high country snowpack virtually disappear.

Promoter Roby Peabody, a loud, fun-loving forester who revels in the Lunar Cup and who usually does at least one run in his birthday suit, said yesterday that the dust is wreaking havoc with the snow.

A month or so of precipitation brought snow to the high mountains, and Peabody thought it would refresh the snow and make it race ready.

The snow doesn’t have to be fresh pow. Ski nuts drive or hike up to Savage Basin and slush down a race course, often costumed and often mentally affected by the moon or other foreign objects.

But not this year.

“That’s just not gonna happen,” Peabody said. “I’m pretty sure that mud layer’s through.

“I’m not exactly a happy camper.”

It’s another bit of fallout from a relatively rare event in the San Juans, the dust storms that have blown in from northern Arizona and southern Utah. Scientists at the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies in Silverton recorded 12 dust storms this winter, the most since they started keeping records six years ago.

Corey R. Lawrence, a doctoral student at CU-Boulder, studied dust layers throughout history and found that, since the West was first settled by European Americans, we’ve kicked up as much as five times more dust. This year, a windy winter didn’t help.

While snow reflects light, dark dust absorbs it, melting the snow as much as a month faster than it used to.

Peabody noted that low snow years have, in the past, shut down the Lunar Cup. He hoped that next year we’ll get a big snow year and a lack of dust, at which point he plans to organize the event again.

“The event’s not dead, we’re not trying to kill it,” Peabody said. “The way all the cards have fallen, it’s made it almost impossible this year.”

In the past, the Lunar Cup was a low-budget and under the radar affair. “By the book, it should have had a permit all these years,” said the Forest Service’s Kathy Peckham. But Peabody was trying to do it with the full cooperation of the Forest Service, and the Forest Service said they’re ready to issue a permit for the event.

“We’re more than happy to issue a permit, and we’d be happy to do that next year,” said the Forest Service’s snow ranger Scott Spielman.

In 2010, snow and dust willing, Peabody will be again be naked on snow while male friends wear dresses — just like nature intended.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

I’m not sure if this is just a publicity stunt, or some deeper social statement…either way, it makes for a provocative photo.

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Embracing Imperfection

Columnist Heidi Davoren is sick and tired of how the female breast is depicted in media.

Much pressure is placed on women to bounce back after pregnancy, but the reality is there’s very little bounce left. Despite what celebrity mums might tout about how they achieved their amazing shape two weeks after delivery, the fact is it’s physically impossible.

It’s about time we put a stop to unrealistic expectations and just got real. This week I am embracing imperfection.

The constant parade in magazines, television programs and movies of pumped-up, gravity-defying, perfectly shaped female breasts has set a standard in the mind’s eye of some sort of unattainable ideal that has nothing to do with how people really look.

If you are not a nudist or naturist and have gotten your perception of female breasts from Playboy magazine and pornography films, click here to see a gallery of non-sexual normal breasts.

Whenever a woman practices topfreedom, someone always makes the argument that the sight will be somehow harmful to children. In fact, the opposite is true – children are being harmed by being denied access to the sight of normal, nude human bodies.

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Kate Moss Nude for Every Occasion

by Jared Paul Stern Jun 24th 2009 at 3:02PM

On July 1 Christie’s in London will auction off a stunning full frontal nude of Kate Moss by Chuck Close in itsPhotographs sale. Taken in 2003, theartwork is estimated at about $11,500 – $16,000 but could easily go much higher.

If that’s out of your range or you don’t want to risk being outbid, there’s another option for getting Kate naked at your place. ViaPhotographersLimitedEditions.com you can now purchase signed limited edition works from some of the world’s best known photographers.

The investment-quality pieces come in limited editions of 11-25. One of our favorites is this nude of Moss by British photographer Rankin, taken in 2000. Produced in a limited edition of 25, the photo is priced at about $4,500.

The site also offers several of Rankin’s other works including some celebrity portraits, as well as photos by the likes of Antoine Verglas, Arthur Elgort and Marc Baptiste, featuring many other gorgeous nudes.

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Pedalpalooza, week one: Rounding up the bike fun

Laughing Planet Cafe is the official sponsor of our 2009 Pedalpalooza Coverage

Streets filled with bikes: a common
sight during Pedalpalooza!
(Photo © J. Maus)

What an amazing week! Portland bike funnists have been outdoing themselves this year, with the biggest Pedalpaloozaever (over 200 events total!)

Team BikePortland has been scrambling trying to cover all the events we can (is this really our job or is it a dream?) — and reports and photos have been rolling in from the community, true to the DIY spirit of the event. Keep an eye on theShift list and the Pedalpalooza twitter account for live updates and discussion.

Below is a selection of reports, photos, rumors, and shout outs that we’ve come across in the past week, in rough chronological order. Share your own links and experiences in the comments.

Oh yeah, and be sure to check out our full Pedalpalooza 2009 coverage for more updates and stories, including a daily ride guide and all the ride reports we can get our hands on.

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Kickoff Parade!
(Photo © J. Maus)

- Before it all began, for the creative and impatient, there was the Pedalpalooza Preview Ride.

- The Kickoff Parade was a good-natured, high-spirited blast — I counted 200 riders, and more were reported later on. Check out our report (including a slideshow and a video), the Bike Temple’s video, andphotos by Carye Bye.

The weekend kicked off with a bang on Friday.

- Jonathan took a tour of the city.

- I tried out unicycling in the rain with a couple dozen other folks.

- Our intern Dan Liu took photos and wrote a report of the Jesus Ride and the Midnight Mystery Ride (over 300 people were rumored to attend the latter).

Saturday was off the handle!

On Parade at the Cirque du Cycling
(Photo © J. Maus)

- Cirque du Cycling was a huge success, with record numbers attending (including about 70 naked riders from the Daytime World Naked Bike Ride).Here’s our full report. There are tons of photos out there — check out some by Dan Liu. Event organizers have set up a Flickr group as well.

- Speaking of the Daytime Nekkid Ride, leader Allan Folz reports that 78 jubilant riders were counted at the halfway point — and several more spontaneously disrobed and joined the ride on the way to the Cirque. Here’s another, more detailed report (misleadingly titled — it’s about the daytime ride).

- The World Naked Bike Ride. So much has been said and written about this that it’s hard to know where to link to. Here’s our report. Someone made three neat time-lapse slideshows. Jim Parsons took some photosand also posted his GPS trace from the ride. Here are some shots from one of our commenters. Every single spectator seemed to have a phone, camera, or camcorder. Google is your oyster here folks.

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Sunday was a completely packed day.

- Organizers were thrilled by the turnout of 50 outer-eastside bike afficionados for the Lents Bike Boulevard Ride.

We learned about meditation
at the Dharma Rain Zen Center
on the Joy of Sects Ride.

- Around church-time, the Bike Temple’s Joy of Sects Ride toured various places of worship. Here’s their report, and here’s our slideshow.

- A small but hardy group met up in Beaverton for the Pirate Ride — a success, though “no one brought any rum, and in spite of all the left turns there wasn’t even any port.” Here’s the full report.

- 20 – 30 happy riders splashed around in public fountains while dancing to music from a mobile sound system. Carye Bye tells the story with photos.

- The CRC Protest Ride attracted 80 riders. Here’s our report, and here’s Chris Smith’s write-up on PortlandTransport.

- We’ve heard rumors that the I Heart Photobooths ride was well-attended and tons of fun, but awaiting confirmation and photo scans.

- The Grant Petersen ride seems best summed up thusly.

- The Hands-Free Derby was reportedly a blast.

Monday morning:

The Romance Redux Ride
with special guest Batman
(Photo © Elly Blue)

- The day was kicked off by the 9 intrepid sugar-loving hill-climbers who showed up for the Ridiculously Early Donut Ride.

- Romantics united in the rose gardens of Ladd’s for dramatic readings from paperback romance novels, accompanied by a roving trash trailer and a Batman mask.

- Anarchists and the anarcho-curious assembled briefly for a discussion of situationism before loosely scattering in various spontaneous directions to follow our emergent experiences on the Psychogeographical “Tour” of Portland.These photos tell the story of one of the several splinter groups. Rumor has it that another group turned up at a local bookstore to browse and buy Situationist texts. The rest may still be out there creating a new emotional map of the city.

- The Big Girls Ride was reported to be in trouble — the organizer had the flu. Any word on how/if that went?

- Apparently members of the Dandy Warhols joined in the Dandy Warhol ride on Monday night — who went on that?

We’ll unscientifically bring you the reports that roll in during the next few days. For now, here’s a quick one from this morning’s Slackers Ride.

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How Green Is a Nudist Vacation?

June 24, 2009,  8:20 AM

A naked surfer on San Onofre State Beach in California.

(Credit: Monica Almeida/The New York Times)

By JAMES KANTER

With summer upon us, how many green vacationers’ fancies will turn to thoughts of nudism?

Going without clothes on beaches and other vacation spots is commonly called naturism — a description that implies helping the planet, as some practitioners claim to be doing.

Spending more time with nothing on stems waste and pollution in all sorts of ways, according to an article by Kathy Blanchard on  The Naturist  Society’s Web site.

“Living more hours naked each day results in a dramatic drop in my laundry, which in turn reduces my water and energy use (along with my related bills),”Ms. Blanchard wrote. “It also reduces the amount of soap I release, in my case, into the Puget Sound.”

She also advocates naturist holidays — staying close to home wherever possible, to cut down on fuel usage — but sometimes traveling to places where it is possible to leave the car behind and backpack or paddle naked into the wild.

“For those few days, we use virtually no fuel, our diet is minimal with low ecological impact, and we return healthier,” she wrote, adding that the “trips are coolly green clothes-free vacations.”

Where to go? France is already a top destination for “textilists” (a term some naturists use to describe clothes-wearers) but also seems to be one of the most appealing spots for vacationing in the buff. According to

the tourist authority in the Aquitaine region on the French Atlantic coast, “‘green’ naturism is growing fast in popularity.”

Of the 1.5 million people who practice naturism in France, nearly a third come to Aquitaine while “foreign naturists” account for more than half of holidaymakers in the centers and campsites across the region. (Presumably their fossil fuel use in transportation could cancel any climate benefits of going clothes-free.)

In the Swiss Alps, nude hiking in winter seems to be a growing phenomenon — although some locals are trying to outlaw the practice, as my colleagueJohn Tagliabue wrote earlier this year.

The prospect of winter raises another issue: for people going without clothes, global warming may have a fringe benefit. Michael Hewitt notes in an article in the article in The Independent that a few nudists seem happy that the demise of winter may be in the offing. However, others may side with groups like EcoNudes, which believes that living in the buff has “a positive effect on global warming, climate change and society.”

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NC nudist resort joins try for skinny-dip record

By Janet Blackmon Morgan

The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News

John Frick (left) and Gloria Waryas run through a list of daily chores to be done at Whispering Pines near Ocean Isle Beach on Friday, June 19, 2009. Frick is the resort owner and Waryas is the secretary.

An area nudist resort is flinging open its gates and welcoming everyone to be part of a world record for the largest simultaneous skinny dip.

Whispering Pines resort near Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., is ready for the clothed to come in and undress for the dip on July 11.

The American Association for Nude Recreation is coordinating the event across the country at legally sanctioned nude beaches and resorts. The Guinness World Records Association is adding a category for the largest simultaneous skinny dip so any number of participants will set the record.

John Frick (left) and Gloria Waryas run through a list of daily chores to be done at Whispering Pines near Ocean Isle Beach on Friday, June 19, 2009. Frick is the resort owner and Waryas is the secretary.

The dip begins at 3 p.m., but Gloria Waryas, the resort’s secretary and liaison to the American Association for Nude Recreation, said the resort will open to the public at 2 p.m. so people can get into the pool and pond to be ready for the 3 p.m. start time.

The modest can get in the water wearing their bathing suits, kneel down to undress, then hold the suits over their heads to qualify as authentic skinny dippers without ever exposing themselves.

Everyone must be in their birthday suits to be counted for the official Guinness record, but “They just have to hold up a suit to show they are nude,” Waryas said. “At one time or other in people’s lives, most people have skinny dipped. We’re just saying come on out and skinny dip for the world record.”

Waryas has been a nudist for decades and a board member of the association representing the eastern district, which runs from Nova Scotia to Louisiana.

The resort has been operating since the mid-1970s off a dead-end dirt road west of U.S. 17 in Brunswick County. The scheduled dip marks the first time the resort will roll out the welcome mat for an event like this. The 33-acre resort has its pool and pond, plus a horseshoe pit, volleyball court, and a clubhouse for billiards and relaxing.

It even offers nude counseling when needed.

On Friday, Waryas sat at her desk flipping through brochures when Darrell Holder bounded into the small office with only a towel slung over his left shoulder.

He’d never visited a nudist resort until checking in a few hours earlier, even though he’d been living the natural lifestyle for years behind a tall fence surrounding his backyard at his home in Brevard, N.C.

Friday, he managed to drop his inhibitions and shorts to join a handful of others at the resort.

“When I first got here, I didn’t know what to think,” he said. “But it’s only been a few hours and here I am, naked.”

Holder said he jiggled off the jitters by putting on a pair of swim trunks, wandering around the rented trailer grounds and watching others on their way to the pool. After a few minutes, he tossed the shorts back in the trailer and joined in.

“But I’ve always been like this. As soon as I get home from work, I start stripping. I think I’m allergic to clothes,” Holder said with a laugh. “I love it here. I feel comfortable, and I’m thinking of buying a place here. It just feels right. It feels like home.”

But his girlfriend wasn’t as comfortable. Immediately after checking in at the office, she changed out of her summer clothes and into jeans, a sweatshirt and a pair of boots.

After Holder visited the pool, he went back to coax her outside. He found her in the trailer changed into her shorts and T-shirt.

“She’s back in the trailer and won’t come out,” he said, asking Waryas to drop by. “Maybe you can talk to her. Maybe you can have one of those woman talks, you know, make her feel better and more comfortable. I tried, but it might be different coming from a woman.”

Waryas hopped into her golf cart and headed for the trailer. She returned to the pool and a waiting Holder a little while later shaking her head.

“It’s harder for some women,” she said. “We sometimes have more issues than men. It’ll take time.”

While some people wanted to chime in on their decisions to go nude in front of others, they didn’t want to give their names.

“I’m not ashamed,” the first-timer Holder said as he struggled to jump on a plastic float in the pool, where a few men and women hung out.

“We always say, ‘nude where possible and clothed where practical,’” Waryas said. “Blue collar? White collar? It doesn’t matter because we don’t wear collars. It really is a great equalizer.”

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Hundreds to protest lack of gov’t support for urban biking – in thongs

By EHUD ZION WALDOKS

It’s summer time, and even the environmental protesters are stripping down. The Israel Bicycle Association and the Tel Aviv Rollers are staging a protest ride from the Tel Aviv cinematheque to the Russian Bear Club at 10 p.m. on Tuesday to oppose the lack of government support for urban bike riding. Since it’s Tel Aviv, the protest will have a unique twist – the riders will all be wearing thongs, and the final stop will be a thong party at the club.

Participants ride their bikes during the World Naked Bike Ride in Sao Paulo last year.

Photo: AP [file]

Two weeks ago, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided not to throw the government’s support behind the bill to encourage bike-riding as transportation. The bill would mandate the inclusion of bike trails in urban plans and would allow bikes to be taken on intercity public transportation like trains and buses. It would also smooth the way for specially designated parking areas for bikes, and incentives to employers and employees who made the bicycle a primary form of transportation to work. The bill suggested a budget of NIS 100 million to build bike lanes and parking areas.

If the ministerial committee does not support the bill, the coalition in the Knesset won’t support it. The bill was first proposed in the last Knesset, where it was approved for a first reading by 66 MKs. Not content to let the matter drop after the ministers declined to support it, the Israel Bicycle Association, which had a large part in crafting the proposal, has pushed for the bill to be considered by the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee on Tuesday morning.

Also up for discussion soon is a correction to the Helmet Law that would require helmets for all riders 16 and under and intercity riders, but would let adults decide for themselves whether to wear helmets for local riding.

Since the original law, which mandated the requirement for bicycle-riders to wear helmets, went into effect in 2007, there have been more traffic accidents involving cyclists, and fewer cyclists on the road, according to the Israel Bicycle Association and Beterem, the National Center for Child Safety and Health. The best way to keep bikers safe is not through requiring a helmet, but through making new separate bike lanes, the association contends.

The correction will be discussed by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday.

“In addition to the two bills currently being discussed, there is also the issue of the government decision from 2008. That decision put NIS 100m. behind bike paths, but since the Tourism Ministry was given charge of the task, the only thing that will be built is paths through the nature reserves and open spaces, rather than in the cities,” bicycle association head Yotam Avizohar toldThe Jerusalem Post

on Monday.

“The government doesn’t seem to really understand what biking is – a daily means of transportation for hundreds of people. It’s not just a hobby for a select few mountain bikers,” he continued.

“In the three countries which have a similar Helmet Law to ours – Australia, New Zealand and South Africa – there’s been a sharp dropoff in riders. Whereas there isn’t such a sweeping law in Denmark or Holland, yet they are serious biking countries,” Avizohar added.

While disgusted with the lack of support from the government, Avizohar said his organization was actively seeking to craft legislation that met all the parties’ requirements. For example, he said, clauses in the bill to encourage biking allow the transportation minister to limit when bikes can be brought onto trains and buses, in consideration of heavy usage times.

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