World Naked Bike Ride

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World Naked Bike Ride
unicyclists
, as well as runners, are also welcome to participate.
Statusactive
Genremanifestation, bicycle ride
Frequencysemi-annually
InauguratedJune 2004; 19 years ago (2004-06)

The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport (the vast majority on bicycles, but some on skateboards and inline skates), to "deliver a vision of a cleaner, safer, body-positive world." The first ride happened in Zaragoza (Spain) in 2001.[1]

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History

A woman at World Naked Bike Ride, London, 2017
Zaragoza and Vancouver hosted the first NBR. Pictured are participants in the 2009 WNBR in the Spanish city.
Woman and a man riding at the Cardiff WNBR 2018

In 2003,

better source needed] Initially, the message of the WNBR was protesting against oil dependency and celebrating the power and individuality of the human body. In 2006, there was a shift towards simplifying the message and focusing on cycling advocacy.[citation needed
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The 2004 WNBR saw events in 28 cities, in ten countries on four continents.

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Two male riders were arrested during the 2005 WNBR in

public indecency during the 2005 WNBR Chicago ride and later prosecuted with sentences ranging from fines and non-expungeable conviction to three months of court supervision.[citation needed] In 2007, during the first World Naked Bike ride in Denver, Colorado police surrounded the bike riders and wrote several people tickets.[6] During the WNBR held on June 12, 2010, two males were arrested by campus police at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.[7]

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The largest WNBR event is held in Portland, Oregon, with over 10,000 participants.[9]

Films

  • "World Naked Bike Ride Thessaloniki Greece" (Βγήκαμε από τα Ρούχα Μας; 27' Greece, 2009) Greek language with English subtitles, won the Audience Award at 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2009[10]
  • "World Naked Bike Ride: The Documentary" (Toronto) 4 minute short
  • World Naked Bike Ride (31 minutes, UK, 2006) directed by Johnny Zapatos of High Altitude Films, narrated by Jon Snow
  • Indecent Exposure to Cars: The Story of the World Naked Bike Ride, produced by Conrad Schmidt[11]
  • Bare As You Dare: Portland's World Naked Bike Ride (Portland, OR) Directed by Ian McCluskey[12]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Naked cyclist demonstration in Spain - Manifestación ciclonudista en España
  2. ^ Artists for Peace/Artists Against War, a non-profit group in Vancouver popularized the motto "Bare as you Dare" and "Naked Bicycle people power" during their Naked Bike Rides Archived 2005-10-31 at the Wayback Machine in 2003 that led up to and became early models for WNBR.
  3. ^ Artists for Peace/Artists Against War's archived web page is currently hosted by The Work Less Party of British Columbia
  4. ^ a b Official WNBR global web site
  5. ^ More information about the case can be found at WNBR North Conway website Archived 2005-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Preston-Watson, Crystal (11 June 2007). "World Naked Bike Ride - Denver". westword.com.
  7. ^ "Whatcom County Jail Report". Bellingham Herald.[dead link]
  8. ^ Simon Oosterman printed this on a protest banner as documented on Enzyme's WNBR web site Archived 2005-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Portland's World Naked Bike Ride". Travel Portland. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  10. ^ Διεθνής Γυμνή Ποδηλατοδρομία (22 May 2012). "1st World Naked Bike Ride Thessaloniki Greece - Documentary Trailer". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 29 September 2016 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "The World Naked Bike Ride Movie". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  12. ^ McCluskey, Ian. "Bare As You Dare: Portland's World Naked Bike Ride"

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External links

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