South Florida Free Beaches
E-NEWSLETTER March 2009
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"Love the Skin You're In"
  
ClaudiaB.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation would like to thank its co-sponsors and vendors at this February event, the first of five planned by the Foundation for 2009.  We regret that the skin cancer screening had to be postponed to a later date.
 
 
(Additional photos will post later.)
 
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Naturists Splash into Palm Beach Post 
Sunsport
The February 2009 21st annual Midwinter Naturist Festival at Sunsport Gardens was profiled in the Palm Beach Post.
 
 

 
 
Nothing to HIde...or maybe, Naked Politics?  Sunsport Gardens will host its second Loxahatchee Groves Township candidate's forum on March 5th, 2009.
 
Morley Schloss moderates 2008 candidate's forum at Sunsport.
 
sunsport forum
SFFB Gov't & Public Affairs Program
  
Group at Foley's office
SFFB members waiting in legislator's office.
 
from left: 
 
Richard Mason, SFFB President & Chair of Gov't Affairs Committee
 
Doug Mitchell
 
Bruce Frendahl
 
Michael Kush 
 
  
 
In our Feb. newsletter, we noted Richard Mason of SFFB spoke before the Broward County State Legislative Delegation Public Hearing on Jan 29th.
 
Here is a report that appeared in the Sun Sentinel (including an online poll).
 
On February 20, mailings were sent to the 25 members of the Miami-Dade FL legislative delegation, ahead of the Regular Legislative Session opening in March.  These mailings include such items as letters of support on Haulover's naturist beach from S. FL. government and business leaders, a copy of the NEF Roper poll on public attitudes to nude recreation, and a copy of Paul LeValley's "Naturists:  Upholders of Strong Family Values"--besides much other information.
 
Basically, it's an introduction to naturist values for the uninformed and the misinformed.  Each year, we present this information either in person or by mail to the members of the Florida legislature.
 
Shirley with press
 
Shirley Mason of SFFB, Executive Director of B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation, and "Mother of Haulover Beach", interviewed by CNN in 2003.
 
Bare to Breakers? 
Bay to BreakersThis year, the organizers of San Francisco's Bay to Breakers 12K run have announced a zero tollerance policy banning wheeled objects, alcohol...and nudity.  Perhaps half the runners each year never bother to register, and the organizers bewail that the event has become less a run than a street celebration.  Groups often wheel floats along the route.  Many runners dress in costume, and some in bare skin.
 
For years, nude participants have run in the event, and it's known as Bare to Breakers among naturists, and those who just prefer to run clothes-free.
 
Interviewed on local TV, Bay to Breakers spokesperson Danielle Clark noted they are only asking for adherence to existing city ordinances.  Clark admitted that alcohol was the principle concern, that "no nudity" has always been the official policy of the organizers, but suggested that the nudity ban might not be that closely enforced.  We'll see on May 19th when the event is held.
 
Bay to Breakers website  official web site
 
Bare to Breakers website  info for the nude runner
 
Story link with videos  CBS 2 San Francisco
 
Good advice:  In the 1977 best-seller The Complete Book of Running, which helped to start the jogging craze, author Jim Fixx noted that the most comfortable running clothes when the temperature was above 50 degrees was...nothing at all. 
 
World's Favorite Nude Beaches & Resorts 

A November 2008 online survey from The Naturist Society asked the questions:

"What's the best beach for the first-time nude beach user?"
 
Haulover Beach came in first, with Gunnison Beach in New Jersey second.
 
"What's your favorite nude beach?"
 
Gunnison was first, with Haulover second.
 
Tug of War
 
"What's your favorite nudist resort?"
 
Three Florida resorts from nudist resorts throughout the world made the top ten:
 
Cypress Cove  (Kissimmee) - number 3
 
Lake Como  (Land O' Lakes) - number 5
 
Paradise Lakes  (Land O' Lakes) - number 9
 
Naturist Event Calendar 
We post & update events of interest on our website on a regular basis, including special events at Haulover Beach and at nudist resorts in Florida.  View calendar page online
 
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Established in 1980, South Florida Free Beaches is committed to actively representing Naturism and nude recreation to government, business and civic leaders; to preserving public beaches and park lands for all citizens; and to lobbying for the position that a portion of such public lands should be designated for clothing-optional use - just as other portions of public lands are designated for the use of golfers, boaters, tennis players and the like.
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