From the people who brought you the Naked Bike Ride …

November 12, 2009 10:26 pm

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(September 2009 photo by Christopher Boffoli)
… two months later, it’s a clothing-optional swim at Southwest Pool, just announced on Twitter. Seems the folks behind the bike ride also sponsor a series of skinny-dipping evenings at city pools – usually at Ballard Pool, but a closure there has just been extended, so this Saturday night’s swim has moved to West Seattle’s only city-run indoor pool. It’s a private rental, 8-10 pm (hours the pool would otherwise be closed), raising money for the World Naked Bike Ride events (like the one in West Seattle two months ago) and the Gardens Everywhere Bike Parade – more info here (ticket prices and a whole long list of rules, regulations and prerequisites) if you’re inclined to join them.

31 Replies to "From the people who brought you the Naked Bike Ride ..."

mj November 12, 2009 (11:03 pm)

Sounds like a good time. Hope all enjoy!
mrm November 12, 2009 (11:10 pm)

How about clothing optional in Puget Sound instead…
Leroniusmonkfish November 12, 2009 (11:42 pm)

Oooh boy “a slide and the popular rope swing”…hope they drain the pool and acid-wash it afterwards.
MargL November 12, 2009 (11:57 pm)

How are naked people in a pool any dirtier than people wearing bathing suits that they may or may not have washed from previous wearings?
Leroniusmonkfish November 13, 2009 (12:54 am)

They aren’t MargL….a bit of sarcasm here. Hope they don’t inadvertently invite unwanted quests. It appears that someone could fall through the cracks…apparently some “guests” can attend without having gone through their so-called background checks?

6a) Bring a GUESTS (sponsored by you) for the first time and they pay only $11. If the guest returns they must go through Approval/Admissions process and buy a Seattle Swims Seasonal Registration Fee for $5

The “guests” can go through the approval process after the fact?

And so many folks complain about WS becoming Ballard?
Funk Berry November 13, 2009 (1:09 am)

I agree with Leronius. Get naked at home!!! Or at the proper place. California is close or a plane ticket to France is not to much! You can not pee in an alley without getting hassled. What is your problem
Funk Berry November 13, 2009 (1:41 am)

Again I don’t mind the nude population but it should be controlled. Please keep the naked butts out of my face!!!! Thank you. Yes I am in west seattle. And I like it here.
Meghan November 13, 2009 (7:07 am)

What a silly discussion. It’s a private event. And nudity is the most natural state of being. Only when you sexualize it does it become “dirty”. Grow up.
mark November 13, 2009 (7:24 am)

Funk Berry, have you had someone put their Butt in your face, clothed or otherwise? Please, I like it here too, if you know where that kind of thing happens please let us all know. (some of us will avoid that area, some will flock to it)
Bender November 13, 2009 (7:26 am)

Grow up? I’m telling my mom on you!
John November 13, 2009 (8:00 am)

As a male the last thing I want for my pride is to be naked in a pool……….didn’t anyone see that Seinfeld episode?
miws November 13, 2009 (8:17 am)

Good thing they corrected the issue with the drain, that could’ve caught body parts! :P

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Mike
Brian November 13, 2009 (8:45 am)

fuddy duddy people. STAY AT HOME AND BE CLOTHED IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT.

catch a rerun of the Price is Right for god sake.

That Bob Barker is a hoot.
not so far off November 13, 2009 (8:58 am)

There are signs on the kids wading pools that say ‘no bare butts’ do to hygiene concerns. This isn’t that far off. It’s not fuddy duddy stuff at all. Public pools are meant for people with clothes.
jon November 13, 2009 (9:04 am)

what next, a naked sleigh ride?
big gulps,eh? well, see ya later. November 13, 2009 (9:36 am)

Aren’t the “no bare butts” on kids wading pools intended to control the pre potty trained situations? A no baby ruth rule. I suspect the bulk of people attending this event will have control of their bodily functions.
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love the go back to france comment.
JEM November 13, 2009 (9:46 am)

It may be a public pool but this is a private event so since you were not invited it is really none of your concern. The bare butts rule for kids wading pools is due to the fact that they are poopy. And no, I am not a part of this event – I just don’t see how nudity in a private location that you won’t even see can offend you.
Chris November 13, 2009 (9:53 am)

Here we go again
The Hepcat November 13, 2009 (11:55 am)

Naked sleigh ride? Woo Hoo!
CMP November 13, 2009 (11:58 am)

I bet the lifeguards are fighting over who gets to work this special event…LOL!
Rick November 13, 2009 (12:41 pm)

Yeah, laws are meant for other people.
John November 13, 2009 (1:39 pm)

CMP….I doubt it. Have you seen the average American lately. The event will be gross.
cakeitseasy November 13, 2009 (1:47 pm)

“How are naked people in a pool any dirtier than people wearing bathing suits that they may or may not have washed from previous wearings?”

Bathing suit = downtown hair containment

Are bathing caps optional?
Brian November 13, 2009 (3:57 pm)

“Bathing suit = downtown hair containment” Your logic sucks
Paul November 13, 2009 (8:20 pm)

Not that it has anything to do with one’s choice to don a bathing suit, but did you know “swimming” is one of our most misspelled words? Most people leave out the silent pee.
Leroniusmonkfish November 13, 2009 (11:28 pm)

And the UTI’s…
gary November 13, 2009 (11:56 pm)

Sounds like this group is exploring their fetish of being “exposed” in public places. Just your common perves.
Leroniusmonkfish November 14, 2009 (1:09 am)

I’m sure Jiggers would agree that we could turn this pool into an “Oasis” of scantily clad strippers for private parties…
austin November 14, 2009 (12:21 pm)

The anti naked people are the true heroes. If the idea of other people being naked somewhere else at some point in time makes them cringe I can’t imagine the trauma they experience by having to actually be naked themselves for the purposes of personal hygiene and the like, and they have to do it with sickening regularity, not just once.
austin November 14, 2009 (12:23 pm)

Also only 1/10th of 1% of all the people who have ever been naked are naked at any given time. Think about it.
Carl November 17, 2009 (12:48 pm)

Wow, people had a private event at a public pool that affected no one else. (GOSH) It might just be surprising to other humans who have not been paying attention for a while, that clothing optional events and general nakedness occurs quite regularly all around you–all over the place, all the time. Nothing newsy there. If this is shocking, one can stomp about, grind your teeth, and be upset about this all you like, but none of that will change these long-standing local Northwest traditions. But, IF this nude thing is all news to you because you have only now seen it posted here, or saw someone biking this summer, then you have been sorely out of the loop. So here is the scoop just in case. One should be aware that anywhere you go, you might see nudity, or stumble upon it used as a part of public protest as is protected by the first amendment. (that right is also further reinforced by our own state laws) You will even see nudity on just a lark in nice weather. There are many examples of this as well. There are the local swimming holes where this tradition has continued unabated since people first settled here. And now a days you can see naked &/or painted people having a blast riding in several parades each summer. There are many more examples of the local “live-and-let-live” traditions. I am surprised it has taken this long to notice the fact that all of this nudity has been an integral part of the Seattle area for its entire history. I thought all of this was commonly known, but there you have it.

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