Nudist naturist News - Nudes in the News

Kids unharmed by nude ‘pro-age’ ad
What on Earth can possibly be offensive about that beautiful and tasteful picture that Chris Beeton was complaining about? More...

Penélope Cruz’s nudist beach discovery
Penélope Cruz has revealed she didn’t realise she and sister Monica had stumbled onto a nudist beach while on holiday in the Caribbean recently until they looked at the photos afterwards. More...

Nude resorts bare all for new customers
THE PHOTO OF THE attractive brunette is strategically cropped, but the ad makes it clear she's wearing nothing but a smile. The pitch: She swims nude at Paradise Lakes Resort in Land O' Lakes, Fla., and so can you. More...

Naked Rambler challenges court system over three contempt rulings
NAKED rambler Stephen Gough is challenging the right of Scotland's judges to be the master of their own courts. The former Marine has been convicted of contempt by sheriffs three times for appearing nude in court in front of them. More...

Nude jogger to miss 'liberating feeling'
"I'll go back, but I'll be wearing clothes," the San Jose man said. "I don't want people to have the wrong impression." More...

Naked bungy event raises funds for the BC Schizophrenia Society
This pre-season annual event raises funds for the BC Schizophrenia Society (BCSS). With a maximum of 100 jumpers per day. More...

Nude cyclists urged to wear a sock
Male cyclists taking part in a nude environmental protest ride in Brisbane next month will be urged to equip themselves with one vital item - a sock. More...

Naked butt not alone
Having spent almost a decade of my life living on the West Coast, I’ve come to appreciate its many eccentricities. Namely, I’ve learned to love its inhabitants’ predilection for nudity. Hippies like to be naked, I get that. Aside from being the only place in Canada one would even want to get and stay nude, BC has such a tolerant air. More...

Nudists break record on nude cruise
The nude cruise report series continues as Mike explains how the nudists aboard the Maasdam broke Holland America Line's participation record for "On Deck for the Cure", a walk raising money for the fight against breast cancer. More...

New Stats for Nudists
24% of the population have gone "skinny dipping" or nude sunbathing. For the under 35 group, the number is 32%. More...

Mainstream nakedness
This is a shame. Not (just) because humans in their natural state are reliably interesting at worst, but because public nudity could be a free and easy solution, if only in part, to some of the big issues we face. More...

Ad uses naked models in everyday settings
The fact that these women go unnoticed provokes the questions; Has society become immune to nudity? Would a woman rather go undressed than poorly dressed? I would ask the question "is society maturing and starting to accept nudity. Would a woman rather go undressed instead of uncomfortably dressed?" More...

Take in St. Martin a glorious beach at a time
ORIENT BEACH, St. Martin - There are beaches. And then there are beaches. Welcome to Orient Beach, a 2-mile strip of soft white coral sand and perfect blue water that seems to be in a league of its own in the Caribbean. More...

Nude beach here to stay
NUDISTS have won their battle to bare all on Torquay's Point Impossible beach. The Surf Coast Shire yesterday said it would not pursue a plan to prohibit nude bathing at the beach. The decision was made at a meeting of stakeholders last month on the condition signage is improved, an informal car park and walking track is closed and the dune areas are protected. More...

World's Biggest Nudist Cruise Ship Superbowl Party Ever
What do you get when you put 1,200 nudists on a cruise ship in the Caribbean during the SuperBowl? Simple. The World's biggest nudist SuperBowl party More...

Hair-raising day at Nude Olympics
"We accept people the way they are,'' said Ken, a regular nudist who attended with his partner Jenny. "If people are different shapes and sizes you just accept that - no one's perfect.'' More...

Nude Olympian urged to use sunscreen
Participants in the annual Nude Olympics are being urged to use plenty of sunscreen on Sunday as the mercury in Adelaide heads for 40 degrees. More...

Richter Scale's inventor Charles Richter an avid nudist
Richter was also known to be a nudist — and nudists say that nudism is more about acceptance of oneself and oneness with nature than about sex or exhibitionism. Being a nudist for Richter also meant that he was a civil libertarian. It was with nudists — mostly highly educated iconoclasts — that he established his only real friendships. More..

Natura Resort Plans Unravel
Bill Martin arrived with deep pockets and dreams of building a modern-day Eden. More...

'I love topless sunbathing but new flats will ruin my privacy'
AN 85-YEAR-OLD woman campaigned to stop homes overlooking her garden – as it would put an end to her topless sunbathing. More...

Getting buff in the buff
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Self-conscious about what you wear while working out? A Dutch gym plans to introduce “Naked Sunday” for people who like to huff and puff in the buff. More...

ClothesFreeForums.com affects poll in Australia
An international nudist chat-room has urged its members to vote in support of nude beaches in a Geelong Advertiser online poll. Hundreds of votes have flooded into the poll since a Bendigo member of the chatroom clothesfreeforums.com, posted the call to action on the website on Australia Day. More...

Police officer to pay damages to nudist he forced to cover up
A police officer in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia reportedly faces a fine and having to pay damages to a nudist he forced to cover up. More...

Nude bowlers breaking no laws in Old Town
OLD TOWN - They wore bowling shoes, but nothing else. Some nudists who have been renting the Old Town Bowling Center for private parties don’t appear to be breaking any laws or ordinances, but they are having fun candlepin bowling and playing pool. More...

Daniel Radcliffe "Harry Potter" gets naked on stage for play
Divested of his clothes, not to mention the lightning scar on his forehead, this is Harry Potter a million miles from Hogwarts. Between filming the fifth and sixth Potter movies, 17-year-old Daniel Radcliffe is appearing on the West End stage in a revival of Peter Shaffer's controversial play Equus. More...

Sharon And Kelly Osborne Kicked Off Nudist Beach
SHARON and KELLY OSBOURNE were thrown off a nudist beach on a Spanish vacation - because they wouldn't strip. The pair were stunned to be asked to leave the stretch of sand on the island of Mallorca. More...

How to Practice Nudity in your Family
Despite the good intentions of many parents, prohibiting household nakedness can have negative consequences for children. In our media saturated urbanized world, children like this are primed with an appetite for nudity related subject matter (of which most is unhealthy.) It takes a bit of work for the affected parent, but you can get over this and help your children to avoid some of these pitfalls of modern living. More...

Who is the Naked Trucker?
The Naked Trucker and his sidekick T-Bones, (Dave Allen and David Koechner) sat down with The Battalion to talk about their new Comedy Central show, character development and, of course, nakedness. More...

Nude sadhus take holy baths
ALLAHABAD, India (AFP) - Hundreds of ash-smeared Hindu holy men rushed naked into the frigid Ganges river before dawn marking the start of the holiest bathing day of an Indian festival, organisers said. More...

Nudist Parties of Yale
This just in: well-lit nudity not only makes almost everyone less attractive, it also makes conversation just so much more profound, as the organizers of a Yale nudist party discovered. More...

Drew Barrymore reveal passion for nude romps
Former Hollywood wild child Drew Barrymore likes nothing more than ripping off her clothes and running naked through the fields -- although apparently only in Ireland, according to a recent interview. More...

Seal's nude family portrait
Heidi Klum and Seal have naked family pictures displayed in their Los Angeles home. More...

Artists use bodies as canvases
As every struggling painter knows, art demands sacrifices. And the first sacrifice at an East End event Sunday afternoon will be participants' clothing. More...

Nude Jogger Sighted And Cited In South Bay
There is an area in the Cupertino-Saratoga foothills where folks stroll with their dogs, ride horses and apparently jog naked. More...

Author of Optimize Your Life! to seek exposure at nudist gatherings in 2007
Bernie Dahl, M.D., a lifelong naturist (rumor has it that he was born naked!) and author of the International bestseller, Optimize Your Life! is currently scheduling a series of appearances at nudist gatherings through out the USA in 2007. Dr. Dahl is a longtime member of The Naturist Society, publishers of the magazine, Nude and Natural More...

Naked Band Eddie and the Streakers is Born!
No sooner had we reported on the demise of the Nekkid Monday Band, did we discover via Shane Gentry himself that another band was revving to fill its sandals! “Eddie and the Streakers” is a trio from central Missouri that plays country music (among others) in the buff. More...

Dame Helen tells Morley Safer he'd love nudity
"You should try it. Yes, I think we should do this interview, both of us, in the nude. You'd love it!" More...

Nude not lewd, say naturists
A war of words has erupted over Little Congwong beach with some Randwick councillors accusing nudists of “stacking” a recent Courier poll to assist their campaign to have the beach declared clothing optional. More...

Nudists' policing beach
Free Beaches Australia president Anita Grigg said instead of removing the beach’s status, nudists should be policing it for illegal activity in sand dunes adjacent to the beach. More...

Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart defends her nude photos
The soldier says she believes the photos and the nude body is artistic. In her mind, the Air Force's point of view is old-fashioned. "I think it's old-fashioned to think that a woman can't pose without looking at it as a form of art," she said. More...

Probation given for Little Beach attack
WAILUKU, HI – A judge asked two brothers to put themselves in the shoes of their victims, as the men were placed on probation Thursday for participating in an attack on a tourist at a nudist beach last year. More...

15 naked people pose for 2007 calendar
I was uncomfortable at first, but once we started to shoot, I didn't even notice that they were in the buff. More...
Nude cop gets job back
An Edison police officer who ran naked from his sleek BMW when it slammed into a box truck can have his old job back, a judge in Middlesex County ruled yesterday. More...

Swimmers bare all at Crescent Rock
"I think our societal values regarding nudity should be changed," says Pitcairn. "I find there's a lot of body shame and I think there' something wrong with our values in society." More...

AANR seeks exemption for nude recreation
“No person shall be in violation of this section in or at a club event sanctioned under legal association with the American Association for Nude Recreation,” a representative for the club wrote out by hand and sent to Dalton. More...

Fury over nude celebration
A FURORE has erupted over a plan to host nude games on "clothes optional" beaches to celebrate Australia Day. More...

Fly With Only A Smile
If the bad guys know what parts of their bodies are going to be obscured, won't they just hide their contraband in those areas? More...

Austrian skis nude after losing bet
WENGEN, Switzerland - Rainer Schoenfelder lost a bet Wednesday, and paid for it by skiing nude down the Lauberhorn. More...

Fire destroys cabins at former nudist colony
An early morning fire Monday destroyed two abandoned cabins inside Sunshine Park, once the site of a popular nudist colony in the 1970s. More...

Naked Rambler bonds over PlayStation with Killer in Prison
Stephen is kept there because he won't put on clothes. Jamie thinks it's quite funny but they get on well. ... He's a nice man. Jamie says he's a very intelligent guy and they talk and play on the PlayStation. More...