QUOTES 3/6/2020

“Guess which beaches have the most cases of inappropriate behavior.  Nude beaches?  Nope.  Hands down, it’s the textile ones where women wear ridiculous ‘dental floss and 3-Bandaid’ micro-bikinis.” – Tom Pine, Newdsletter, vol. 17, #5, May 2016.

“World Naked Bike Ride thru Kensington Market, Toronto - 2012” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YPV7yW7GM

“It’s fantastic to feel the water over all of your skin – and after all, what is the point of putting on a piece of clothing just to get it wet!” – Andrew Welch, https://reprobatemagazine.uk/2016/08/24/news-the-great-british-skinnydip/

“Being naked is fun and addicting in a good way.  Once we try nudism . . . we don’t ever want to go back to clothes.  Everything is better when we’re naked.” – https://rfgjga1992.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/why-the-world-needs-more-nudists/

“When you hear the words ‘clothing-optional resort’, one of two things come to mind: A sun-soaked orgy that makes your Spring Break memories feel like a Young Life summer camp, or a pool surrounded by lumpy, weathered blobs that resemble the scrap room floor of a leather tannery.  But truth be told, neither portrayal is all that accurate.  And while the world has a lot of beautiful beach resorts where sunscreen's more important than pants, they - like their naked guests - come in all shapes and sizes.” – Matt Meltzer, https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-clothing-optional-resorts-in-the-world

“In 1962, the American Public Health Association dropped the nude swimming recommendation because it was no longer needed to preserve public health.  This insight is important because it underscores why male nude swimming was recommended and required for more than 50 years.  The Y and schools continued nude swimming into the 70s, and in a few schools, into the 80s.  So many people today do not know about the era of nude swimming.  After mentioning swimming naked in High School to people in ‘you won’t believe me… but’ conversations, people thought it was creepy or that the instructors were pedophiles.  Records shows a few were but the vast majority of the thousands who worked with boys as swimming teachers, coaches, or life guards were good decent men.  Naked swimming was just the way it was; it was seldom sprung on the class as a surprise.  Typically, the students knew from a year or two before that when they reached that point they would swim naked.  It wasn't urban legend; just a normal part of life in a different and much more self-confident time.” - http://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-origins-of-nude-swimming-in.html