June 2018

• Editor's Message
• Haulover Beach news
• Beach Ambassador training
• Florida free beach news roundup
• Sunsport Gardens June update
• Eastern Naturist Gathering
• SFFB June Board meeting
• Key eligibility deadline this month
for 2019 nudist scholarship
• Cypress Cove expands lake beach
• Reminder: GNI men's nude
Gathering registration is open
• GNI men's Naked Beach week
in Australia, February 2019
• VISITFLORIDA® recognizes
Nudist Florida online magazine

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Join South Florida Free Beaches

Beach Education Advocates for
Culture, Health, Environment
& Safety (B.E.A.C.H.E.S.)

501(c)(3) nonprofit educational and charitable adjunct to SFFB

Find a nude beach group to join!

Grand Lido™ Negril
Au Naturel All-Suite Resort
Negril, Jamaica
An upscale and elegant naturist resort
Represented by Fox Travel American Express

daddy O hotel miami
Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Textile, but close to Haulover Beach
Mention SFFB for 10% discount.

Lake Como Family Nudist Resort
Lutz, FL
The place to be ... naturally!

Sunsport Gardens
Family Naturist Resort
Loxahatchee Groves, FL
Clothes-free recreation in a
natural, tropical paradise!

The Naturist Society
Body acceptance is the idea.
Nude recreation is the way.

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Learn all about Haulover Beach! Click on above image to download this informative, 20-page booklet.

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Bringing Together the Largest Nudist Community in the World
nusasun.com
Pick up a free copy at a newspaper dispenser box on Haulover Beach.

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Gay Naturists International, Inc.
Life is Great; Live it Nude! ©

Find a men's naturist club or naked yoga group to join!

Read GNI BuffBuzz, GNI's official blog.

Register to attend GNI's annual nude Gathering for men, August 17-26, 2018 (shorter options available). Prices increase after July 15!

Register to attend GNI's first Naked Beach Australia retreat for men, February 21-28, 2019.

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Nudist Florida, an online magazine by AANR-Florida (Florida region of American Association for Nude Recreation), helps you find places to enjoy nude recreation.

June 1, 2018 update: VISITFLORIDA®, the state's official tourism promotion agency, has recognized this magazine by adding a link to it on its website under Resorts – AANR-Florida in an article titled, Top Nude Beaches in Florida.

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Looking for additional naturist places in Florida?

Click on above image to search for naturist clubs, resorts, yoga classes, and other businesses statewide. See alphabetical and geographical listings and an interactive map. Also includes a list of beaches.

by Seth Paronick

Haulover Beach news

Based on professional reviews in several of more than 85 leading travel publications that it tracks, TripExpert has selected Haulover Beach Park as one of the recipients of its 2018 Experts' Choice and Best of Miami awards, ranking it among the world's most distinguished attractions.

Kudos to Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department, especially, the staff of Haulover Service Area, South Florida Free Beaches, B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation Institute, Beach Ambassadors (see related article below), Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Ocean Rescue (lifeguards) and Police, Boucher Brothers and Haulover patrons, all of whose contributions have made these honors possible.

South Florida Free Beaches had the pleasure of connecting with Naturaleza y Nudismo Guadalajara (NNG), a naturist club in the Mexican state of Jalisco, when its founder and several members visited Haulover Beach in April 2018. The club got its start in September 2016. NNG published a video (at left, 4:24) of its visit to Haulover Beach. The brief narration is in Spanish, but anyone can understand the positive vibes that its members felt.

Beach Ambassador training

Do you spend a lot of time on Miami's nude beach? If so, you have a chance to give back by volunteering as a Beach Ambassador (BA) to help maintain naturist standards on Haulover Beach and keep it safely nude for all to enjoy. Sign up for and attend a training to become part of a wonderful corps of volunteers.

BAs serve as beach monitors and greeters, a combination of block watch and welcome wagon. For their service, BAs at Haulover Beach get a cool hat, ID badge, and free parking on their duty days. Seasonal residents are welcome to participate.

The next Beach Ambassador training is scheduled for Haulover Beach in Miami on Saturday, September 15. If you have any questions or wish to sign up for a training session, contact Ken.

Florida free beach news roundup

Sign petitions for clothing-optional beaches in Florida: • Tampa Bay Area • Palm Beach County • Caspersen Beach (Venice, FL)

Treasure Coast Naturists (TCN), the group that mentors Blind Creek Beach in Fort Pierce, FL, plans an after-beach pool party on Saturday, June 16 in Jupiter, FL for TCN members. New members may join at the party with their application filled out and $20 dues. Get details and RSVP instructions.

Reminder: TCN's 4th Annual Blind Creek Beach Skinny-Dip takes place on Sunday afternoon, July 15 in conjunction with the annual Nude Recreation Week.

Last month, St. Lucie County was working on expanding the Blind Creek Beach Southside parking area by clearing tangled foliage (for improved visibility and security), leveling the surface, and laying more gravel. TCN also brought in three new portable toilets, which it expects to be serviced more frequently and reliably than the old ones. The port-a-potties are not provided by the County; TCN pays for them with private donations, which are always welcome. "Like" TCN's Facebook page at facebook.com/TreasureCoast
Naturists to be kept informed regularly.

Also last month, Thrillist, the online magazine of food and drink, travel, and entertainment, published an article titled, The Best Nude Beaches in Florida (for Naked and Topless Tanning). Of course, Haulover and Blind Creek Beaches are prominently featured, along with several others.

Sunsport Gardens hosts women's and youth events

Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort in Loxahatchee Groves, FL (near West Palm Beach) supports Women in Nude Recreation Weekend, June 1-3, 2018, with activities and big discounts for women.

It's time to enroll your children or grandchildren in Sunsport Gardens' Naturist Family Youth Camp, July 14-22, which is part of the 2018 Naturist Tour. (See related article below.) Children aged 4-17 and their families experience a fun week of growth and community, emphasizing interpersonal relations skills, learning, and creativity in a natural environment. Enrollment forms are on the resort's website via the above link. If your child is attending, please contact Morley Schloss at (561) 791-1361 or by e-mail.

Rate change: Starting July 6, 2018, there is a $5 ground fee for monthly first Friday nude drum circle admissions except for residents, registered guests, and patrons dining the same evening at the café. A government-issued photo ID is still required. The drum circle on June 1 is the final one to which admission is complimentary to all.

SFFB Board meeting on Haulover Beach, June 9

The Board of Directors of South Florida Free Beaches usually meets on the second Saturday of every month at 2:00 p.m. under the North Chickee (thatch-roofed shade structure) near lifeguard tower 15 on Haulover Beach unless another date and time or location is announced. See below for the long-term schedule. Any planned exception to the second Saturday pattern is noted with an asterisk.

The meetings are open to SFFB sponsors / members, supporters, and invited guests. Prior to setting out, check the upper left-hand corner of SFFB's home page at sffb.com (under Today's Beach Reports) for any change in date, time, or location due to unavailability of Board members or in case of bad weather, when the meeting may take place indoors.

Don't miss an SFFB Board meeting — add the schedule to your calendar now!

Eastern Naturist Gathering, June 27 - July 1, 2018

Final reminder: The next event on the 2018 Naturist Tour (themed, "Have a Nude Attitude") of nude gatherings and festivals that The Naturist Society (TNS) organizes or sanctions, respectively, is the Eastern Naturist Gathering, June 27 – July 1, at Camp Timber Trails in Tolland, MA. It features a variety of lodging options on more than 400 acres (162 hectares) with a lake, hiking trails, outdoor amphitheater, woodlands, and fields.

TNS encourages volunteers to lead a workshop or other fun activity. For the Eastern or Western Naturist Gathering, e-mail Nicky with a brief description, which day(s) and date(s) you will be attending, and your preference for morning, afternoon, or evening. To help organize your submission, you may use the Naturist Gathering Activity Signup Form. For the other events on the tour, volunteer through the venues organizing them.

Key eligibility deadline for 2019 nudist scholarship

Among the eligibility requirements to apply for a $1,500 AANR-Florida Young Adult Nudist Scholarship is a minimum of one year's membership in AANR-Florida as of June 2019, when it would be awarded. Any college or university student considering applying for the 2019 scholarship and not currently a member of AANR-Florida must join this month.

Cypress Cove Nudist Resort opens expanded beach

As part of its Memorial Weekend observance, Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee, FL inaugurated on May 25 its expanded beach, which took nearly 400 tons of sand, along with new amenities such as a covered pavilion at the end of the docks, a separate sun deck extending over the water, new landscaping, lighting, a sitting wall, two large fire pits, and more lakefront camping. Details in the press release.

Reminder: Registration open for GNI annual men's nude Gathering; key deadline July 15*

Reminder: Registration continues for Gay Naturists International (GNI)'s 33rd Annual International Gathering of Male Naturists. The Gathering, also known as "Naked Camp," takes place August 17-26, 2018 in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Shorter attendance options are available. The location is about an hour-and-a-half's drive west of New York City, and GNI provides optional bus transportation from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Midtown Manhattan.

Hundreds of men come together at The Gathering for up to ten days of naked fun, camaraderie, education, and relaxation in a beautiful, rustic but comfortable setting with a lake; two heated pools; gym and courts for tennis, volleyball, and other sports; wooded trails; and rolling, manicured grounds.
* After July 15, a price increase of up to $64 kicks in, depending on the length of stay selected. Registration remains open, however, into August.

The registration fee covers housing in dormitory-style cabins (camping optional; RVs welcome, but utility hookups are not available), all meals, snacks, and beverages (including beer and wine), and events, activities, and entertainment (except optional Body Electric massage weekend workshop, Yoga Foundations weekend retreat, and add-on excursions, which require additional fees). Regular programming includes seminars and workshops, sports instruction and tournaments, massage and yoga practice, contests, shows, parties, bonfires, a nightly, naked Dance Club with live DJs and fantastic sound and lights, and much more! The Gathering is open to men aged 21 or over, regardless of orientation. Get info and register.