Overhead from the media:
Consider yourself a radical protestor who will do almost anything to show your disdain for our dependency on oil? Want to make a statement about how we should reacquaint ourselves with our own bodies? Then join the World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday, June 12. Anyone can participate. All you need is a pair of wheels and, well, that's it. "Go as bare as you dare!"
- Jacob Wheeler, Utne
Unsuspecting downtown Toronto residents may wonder if night has come early when they look out their windows next Saturday afternoon and see a flash of multiple glowing moons.
Dozens of cyclists are expected to buck taboos when they ride naked in Toronto's first-ever World Naked Bike Ride on June 12 to protest against oil dependence.
Dave McKay, 40, is one of the cyclists expected to take part. The computer programme cum actor and clown has cycled in the buff at another festival in Nevada before -- he says it's fun and freeing.
A worldwide phenomenon, the annual naked ride has become successful in cities such as Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle.
This year's participating countries include Brazil, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Belgium.
The Toronto event has been jokingly billed Critical Ass, a play on the name Critical Mass -- a group of cyclists who take to Toronto streets every month to assert their right to use the road.
By Mary Nersessian
Saturday, June 5, 2004 - Page M6, Globeandmail.com
Cyclists are well-known for wearing skin-tight outfits that leave little to the imagination - but naked biking? That is what is proposed in Kensington and Edinburgh on Saturday, June 12, and more than 70 riders have already enrolled for the London leg of the World Naked Bike Ride.
The cyclists will be starkers bar helmets and footwear as they take to the streets on the same day in more than 20 cities in ten countries, including Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand.
Bare all: Or, if you're shy, wear body paint to remain incognito on the World Naked Bike Ride
Inspired by the monthly Critical Mass rides, the meeting is a protest against oil dependency, as well as a celebration of the power and individuality of the body, say organisers
Take the buff
By Chloe Scott, Metro
3 June 2004
Weltweiter Samstag des nackten Radelns - 12. Juni 2004 (Deutsch/German)
In French:
Voulez-vous quelque chose d'autre cet été? alors c'est maintenant votre jour de chance. Avec le moins d'habits possible sur le vélo. En Hollande à Apeldoorn le 12 juin est organisé une procession pareille, mais d'autres villes peuvent naturellement y participer.
Au USA cet événement est né de la masse critique. Le moment pensèrent-ils pour une procession du monde à vélo à poil. A ceux qui doutent : si vous venez en vélomobile vous n'aurez certainement pas froid!
Endorsements
About Asheville, Artists for Peace, Asheville Magazine, Asheville Pedal Queens, Baptists for Cheap Gas, Bare Witness: Naked Protest for Peace, Bio-Wheels, Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC), Car Busters (a project of the World Carfree Network), Critical Mass Bicycle Rides/CriticalMass.info, Critical Mass Ciclonudista, A Cup of Tea, International Naturists Association (INA) / ClothesFree.com, Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Manifestación Ciclonudista, Naked Freedom Film Festival (NFFF) May 15-16 Seattle, NakedFreedom.Org, Nacktradeln.de (Deutsch/German), Nepal Institute, The Nude Garden Party; Watermelon Girl Stand up Comic and Weed Diva (shows); The Work Less Party of British Columbia
Event listed at:
BikeForPeace.org, Berkeley Critical Mass (Events), Critical Mass London, Chicago Critical Mass (calendar), Edinburgh Critical Mass, Seattle Critical Mass, Seattle Biketivism Resources, Critical Mass Italia, Manifestación Ciclonudista, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, Velo Vision Magazine, Bike Sport News (Deutsch/German) [direct], BikeSummer 2004 [direct], Seattle Activism, Resist.ca (a project of The Resist! Collective), Anti-Capitalist Convergence, S H I F T to Bikes - Pedalpalooza Calendar, Canadian Cyclist, Free Radio Olympia, I Don't Care About the Air; New Zealand Mountain Bike Web (events calendar); French Broad Food Coop, Weekly SchNews (direct), Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN), FKK-Online (direct), The Newsletter of the Bay Area Naturists, SLUGS (Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies), BikeSexual.org, Free Jeff Luers, Red Pepper: Raising the Political Temperature (calendar), San Francisco Bicycle Coalition calendar and e-newsletter; Country Joe's Place (of Country Joe & the Fish band fame) (link of the month for June); ShakeChicago.org
Blogging/Journals/Newswire/Discussion Groups:
"Be the Media!" |
Independent Media Center (IMC) [Newswire article (Apr 1 2004)], Seattle IMC [Newswire article (Apr 1 2004)], Los Angeles IMC [Newswire article (Apr 5 2004) and May 5 2004], North Carolina IMC [direct], Indymedia NL (direct 27 May 2004), Portland Indymedia (Pedalpalooza promo 15 May 2004) |
Bike Forums [direct], Pinkbike.com (Apr 23 2004), Drop Bike (24 Apr 2004), Pelados o Site dos Naturistas (17 de abril de 2004), Culture Change (A project of the Sustainable Energy Institute); Car-Free Seattle; Ligfiets Plaza (French - 24 Apr 2004 direct), SynchroniCity (May 3 2004), Wald-FKK Diskussions-Forum (Deutsch/German), Stop Segregation, Bike Punx (5 Apr 2004), Overal Bloot (Dutch), Messiahbomb Journal (Mar 31, 2004), FreeRepublic.com "A Conservative News Forum" (direct), Dr. Menlo (Apr 30 2004), SynKRINGnicity (Mar 4 2004), Cheef.com, Bodyfreedom, gobare.com, RedBike (Russian, 5 Apr 2004), Ravnovesie.net (Russian, Apr 6 2004), Ciclistica (la città dalla bici) (Italy, April 6 2004), Cheef.com (many related links and announcements) Chari Otaku (April 5, 2004), Journal Olho nu (article); Media Island International (direct 18 May 2004), Smart Mobs 26 Apr 2004 13 June 2004; Dave Barry's Weblog "We don't see how this well-thought-out and very practical idea can possibly fail" (9 June 2004); SuicideGirls
Radio/Television/Webcast/Magazine/Ads
Earth First! Journal (Summer Action Guide), Nu.nl (23 Apr 2004 News - Nederland) [leads to]--> similar english version of story at Expatica.com (direct 27 Apr 2004) [leads to]--> Nerve.com News (29 Apr 2004 News summary of Expatica story); Novinky.cz (Direct); FOK! (Apr 23 2004 - Nederland); Utne: Short Takes (Apr 22, 2004); 107.7 The Bone - Steven Seaweed; Conrad on KROQ 106.7 FM Kevin & Bean Morning Show (Apr 8, 2004), Virato interviewed on WOXL, 96.5FM, Asheville, March 15, 2004 8:15 AM; Asheville Magazine (News 23 Apr 2004); Playboy Radio interview with Watermelon, Vinyasi, and Virato ( 5pm PDT 23 Apr 2004); Bicycle Paper (event listings); Car-Busters Magazine; ClothesFree TV Nudes in the News Show #44 January 8, 2004 (short announcement); Going Natural (upcoming issue); Nude & Natural (N) "An Idea Worth Pedaling" in 'N' Trends (23.4 Summer 2004); CSU Northridge Daily Sundial (article); WLOS-TV newspot (ABC affiliate in Asheville, NC) (4 May 2004); Virato interviewed on 24 May 2004 by the news on WWNC 570 AM, Asheville's talk radio station, part of the Clear Channel network; "Naked protesters on bikes dare to bare, make June weekend in Asheville interesting"; Asheville Citizen-Times; May 23, 2004; The Vancouver Courier "Activists bike in the buff for revealing June 12 ride" (Vol. 95 No. 43 May 30, 2004); The Stranger (Seattle) (Vol. 13, No. 38 June 3-9, 2004); Reuters: (Oddly Enough) 3 June 2004 (similar version shared with MSNBC (Peculiar Postings) and CNN.com (Offbeat News) "Church bikers versus nude cyclists" ); Metro Newspaper (UK) 03 june 2004 (poor quality scan); This is London: Life & Style "Take the Buff" 3 June 2004; Bikemag.com (4 June 2004); Globeandmail.com "Anybody got any duct tape?" (5 June 2004), Mountain Xpress: Independent Asheville News, Arts, Events & Information News Briefs vol 10 iss 44 (9 June 2004 direct); The Seattle Times (Article 1) "Bicyclists will shed clothes in protest ride" (11 June 2004 direct) -> leads to Associated Press distribution; King 5 TV News Seattle (11 June 2004 direct)
Post ride media coverage:
LA Times 13 June 2004 (direct); Chicago Sun-Times (14 June 2004 direct); Komo 4 News (Seattle) (13 June 2004 direct); The Seattle Times (Article 2) (12 June 2004 direct); The Seattle Times (Article 3) (13 June 2004 direct); The Daily Camera (Boulder) (13 June 2004 direct); Toronto Sun (13 June 2004 direct); BBC News (12 June 2004 direct); King 5 (Seattle) (12 June 2004 direct); Scotsman.com (12 June 2004 direct); Koin.com (Portland) (12 June 2004 direct); North Seattle Herald-Outlook (June 16, 2004 - small blurb with picture); San Francisco Indymedia; Santa Monica Daily Press (14 June 2004); Montreal Mirror; The Seattle Times (Article 4) (18 June 2004 direct); Citizen-Times (June 20 direct); MISCmedia (June 13 2004); Courrier International (France) - n° 712 - 24 juin 2004 "Nus face au trafic"; ClothesFree TV "Nudes in the News" (Show #63, 19 June 2004) USA. A production of International Naturist Association (INA). Contains coverage of Manifestación Ciclonudista/WNBR, including Seattle photos. http://www.clothesfree.com. Windows Media format video; ClothesFree TV "Nudes in the News" (Show #64, 1 July 2004) USA. A production of International Naturist Association (INA). Contains coverage of WNBR in Spain. http://www.clothesfree.com. Windows Media format video.
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