PNW events
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- See also PNW calendar.
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[edit] Listings
- Seattle Swims See also the official website at http://SeattleSwims.org
- SLUGS Activity Calendar Find a link to their calendar on the main page.
[edit] Major Public events
- Solstice Cyclists (official site) and Wikipedia article Painted naked cyclists of the Summer Solstice Parade 2007 had over 200 participants in the Parade (unofficially participating)
- World Naked Bike Ride and Wikipedia article World Naked Bike Ride
- WNBR Seattle and Seattle Wiki site - Route usually starts at Gas Works Park and goes downtown.
- WNBR Portland, OR
- WNBR Victoria BC
- WNBR Vancouver BC
- Body Pride Ride (BPR = "beeper") (last Sunday in June) Seattle
- Hemp Ride (in Development) Seattle
- Jaybird Run
- Bare Buns Fun Runs (These events all welcome public participation)
- 'Original' Bare Buns Fun Run (5K) Kaniksu Ranch Family Nudist Park - Loon Lake, Washington July 29th, 2006 at 9AM
- Bare Buns Fun Run West (5K) Fraternity Snoqualmie - Issaquah, Washington July 16th, 2006 at 11AM
- Wreck Beach Bare Buns Fun Run (5K) Wreck Beach usually scheduled on the third Sunday of August. The Wreck Beach Run caps off the Bare Buns Tri-event with a medallion awarded for those registered and running all three.
- Rooster Rock Bare Buns 5K Run & Walk local and popular regional bare bun runs are scheduled for: July 16th, Aug 6th and Sep 10th of 2006
- The Oregon Clothing Optional Alliance has a Sauvie Island Bare Buns Fun Run (2K because of lack of beach space) in the planning stages hopefully for this year
- Bay to Breakers San Francisco, CA. The clothing-free contingent is known as Bare to Breakers. Third sunday of May.
[edit] Smaller Public events
- The Seattle Figure Drawing Meetup Group They often have events that provide an opportunity to draw a nude model.
- SLUGS Costume in Fremont Fair Solstice Day Parade
- Polar Bare Dips
- BFC's Annual Polar Bare Dip - mid January in Greater Seattle area
- Crescent Rock Beach annual New Year's Day Polar Bare Dip - Co-sponsored by Skinnydipper Recreation Club and Surrey United Naturists
- ORCOBA's Annual Collins Beach (Sauvie Island, OR) Polar Bare Dip
- Annual Rooster Rock Polar Bare Dip (Sponsored by AANR-NW-GAT)
- Mermaid Crossing - BFC's open water swim in Seattle. FKKayakers — a Seattle-based open water kayak group that loves skinny-dipping — provides full kayak support across the lake. If you have been involved with BFC events before, are an experienced open water swimmer who can easily swim 1.3 miles in water dipping into the 60s, AND you think doing so au naturel is fun, then contact Kathy Blanchard or Mark Storey directly for details. We're at storey98 at aol dot com.
- World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD)
- Naked Freedom Film Festival (NFFF) This event has not happened since May 15 and 16, 2004
- Naked Bungee Jumping (Once a year usually in February) near Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island. February 24-25, 2007.
- The NW Herbal Faire - Skinny-dipping has been reported along the water.
[edit] Environmental Stewardship
- ODFW/SOLV-IT's "Down by the Riverside" event at Collins Beach
- SOLV Rooster Rock Nude Beach Cleanup
- ORCOBA Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up!
- LARC Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up!
- NAC Disco Beach Project (with City of Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation)
[edit] Non-public events
- BFC Swim Nights NEW! (formerly NAC Seattle Swims) NEW!
- SLUGS Nude Swims (SLUGS Members and SLUGS one-time Guests Only)
Co-Ed Naturist night at Banya 5
- Banya 5 used to offer clothing-optional Wednesdays (for women) and Thursdays (for men), as well as co-ed naturist evenings on the third Monday of each month. However, the clothing-optional time on Wednesdays and Thursdays has been cut back to 10am-4pm, after which swimsuits are required, and the co-ed naturist evenings were canceled after January 2007.
- June 2008 Update: All hours are co-ed, and never clothing-optional. [1]
- Wreck Beach nude swim nights at Lord Byng Pool in Vancouver, BC.
- NIFTY clothing optional swim nights at Templeton Pool in Vancouver, BC.
- Skinnydipper Recreation Club nude swim nights at Renfrew Pool in Vancouver, BC.
- Skinnydipper Recreation Club nude swim nights at Newton Wave Pool in Vancouver, BC.
- Van Tan Club nude swim nights at William Griffin Pool in North Vancouver, BC.
- UNCLAD Art Show The fine art of the figure, there is usually a special clothing-optional viewing scheduled as well.
- TNS - Western Naturist Gathering to be held at Laguna del Sol in Wilton, California July 20-23rd, 2006
- Sauna Night (FS & SLUGS Members Only)
- Bare Buns Fun Run at FS, Kaniksu, Wreck Beach (the original Bare Buns and the Bare Bun Fun Run West are held, respectively, at Kaniski and Fraternity Snoqualmie; landed nudist clubs. Members of the public are welcome to register to run these events. The remaining Bare Buns Fun Runs are held on public venues and all are welcome to attend and participate.
- Nudestock at Fraternity Snoqualmie on Aug 26th, 2006
- LARC Music Festival on July 29th, 2006
- Squaw Mountain Ranch Music Festival on Aug 18-20th, 2006
- FKKayakers (Wiki page) is a loosely-knit Seattle-area group of beginner and experienced open water kayakers who like to paddle naked when the location permits, and venture out to remote skinny-dipping locations. We enjoy half-day, all-day, overnight, and extended trips in Washington State and beyond. If you enjoy being naked out in the natural environment, if you love swimming clothes-free, if you understand that kayaking nude is the world's best form of transportation, then FKKayakers invites you to paddle with them.
- Nude Movie Nights at Castle Cinema in Seattle.
