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Nude-Friendly Information and Referral
Calendar(NFIRC)
Rated G—for everyone. No illustrations. Continually revised; lastly 2012 May 18. Includes events from now and throughout the next month or later. Respecting First Nations. Canada> British Columbia. Our calendar listings (Sections 3 & 4 below) change often. The rest of this publication remains mostly the same, except for the items in red in the Table of Contents (green Section 2 below). "Sections 6 to 20" are now on the next page (please click on that phrase above: in the top horizontal black bar). NFIR since 1970. NFIR Calendar since 2006 November ~1. Publisher, editor: see Section 20, on the next page, at end. Request your free monthly reminder by e-mail from our publisher-editor: korkyday at yahoo dot com Also known as Nwd-Friendly Information and Referral Calendar.
Section 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS of this NFIR Calendar; 2 e-pages For the index of groups and abbreviations, see thebluesection after this (mostly) green section. For Leap 4 Love Part 3: Nude-peace, and other parts of L4L that aren't back here yet, please contact the editor. In this (otherwise green) Table of Contents, red type is for parts that are new or recently heavily revised.
SectionDescription 1. Title, rating, revision, location, e-reminders. 2. Table of Contents. 2.5. Index of groups and abbreviations (blue section). 3. Nude-friendly events--Lower Mainland, British Columbia. (Starts 1/3 way down this page.) 4. Nude-friendly events — British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland (Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island, the Interior, etc.). 5. Introduction: 1. Changes: cancellations, corrections, irregularities, strikes, lock-outs, late notices, re-scheduling, warnings, etc. 1.5. Definition of nude-friendly. 2. E-mailing. 3. a. Before you attend—important: Behaviour. b. Personal names & anonymity. c. Confirm before attending. d. How to find details about calendar events. e. We're counting on you to bring others. 4. Everyone can participate! 4.3. Sex segregated or focused on one sex. 4.5. Are you proud of tolerating nudes while you hide in your swim-suit? 4.6. Cowardly, sexist men keep their pants on! 5. Nude-friendly & affiliated events. 5.8 Geographic index. 5.9 Activity index.
"Sections 6 to 20" (below) are now on the next page. Please click on that phrase in the horizontal black bar at the top of this page.
6.1. Indoor swim-spa details—Lower Mainland (Vancouver area), including "temperature comparison chart" & "fee comparison chart". 6.2. VT. 3. SD. 4. WBSC. 5. NIFTY. 7. Indoor swim-spa details—British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland (including the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island, & the BC Interior): SD, APC, OSNS, & CNS. (More about those 4 groups in Sections 9.2, below.) 8. Landed groups: VT (see Section 6.2, below), HCH, STC, BCBB, SS, DL, AL. 9. Non-landed groups: 9.1. The Lower Mainland of BC: SF, SD (see Section 6.3), NIFTY (see Section 6.5), FVNC, SUN, P-CAN, KD, ESD, PBY, NdS, SCY, PCB, SB, HP, EG, G14, RM, BMV, BC, CU, VIFF, VQFF, LNFF, Nfff, Yaf, Nip. 9.2. BC outside the Lower Mainland: SD (see Section 6.3), APC, OSNS, CNS, P-CAN, KD, NdS, SCY, COC, CU, NPS, Nn, Nfff, Yaf, Nip. 10. Nude beaches & hot springs: WBPS (see also Section 6.4, above), AB, MV, NBB, CRB, PL, LTB, BBB, 3BT, CB, RS, 3M, NP, NWHS, COBC. 11. Freedom among textiles (& miscellaneous groups): TERA, Ts, DB, TBN, VFMF, CFOX, VPS, WNBR, CM, NSB, V V, PeTA, WP, Other freedoms. 12. Political parties: GP, NGP, WLP (=? DG), SP. 13. E-groups: VN, NIFTY, CNG, NC, Others. (For Single Nudist [on-line], see AANR in Sect. 14 below.) 14. Affiliations plus groups outside of BC: FCN, NS, AANR (includese-dating), AANR-WC, INF, FNI, GNI, Outside of BC: BM, HE, SC, CD, SLUGS. 15. News & letters: • Lifeguards told to watch swimmers. • [religion & culture article moved down to Section 17, top.] • Who's been flying nude? • Fore-Skin For-Her (upcoming seminar). • Topfree Occupy Wall Street (listing will be in Sect. 9). • You'll learn to live with the smoking ban (Wreck Beach). • RCMP vs. Wreck Beach boozers. • Desert Flower (movie) opposes genital excision. • Vancouver Fuel Delivery Project opposed by SUN. • Airport X-rays fatal; possible nude option. • Yahoo e-mail loses NFIR Calendar records. • Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Nude-In, 2010. • Yahoo hides "nude" e-mail: shocking test results & 2010 September update. • Review of the movie Babies. • Place needed on Hornby Island for week-end. (archives) • Fun new e-poll on body exposure. • 5 new nude groups need organisers. • 2 new groups "launched"! (boat-pool & film fest). • Letter from the Mother of Topfree in BC. • Vegetarian restaurant socials after NIFTY swims. • Costs, rides, or other problems? • Nude-friendly goes cyber. • Lend nudist movies, recording, literature, etc. 16. Nude-friendly humour. (archives; contact editor.) 17. Nude-friendly articles: • Religion rights vs. human rights. • A plea for unity among nudists. • Most popular answer about crying child on Yahoo Questions is crazy: They failed to mention breastfeeding or topfree! • Clothing generally is offencive; nudity is not. • Where to recruit nudists. • Emotional bind over women's bindings. • Women's tough questions. • Free tooth floss. • Are your pants too tight? • Afraid of being pigeon-holed? • Exceptions to nudity in nudism. • Proposals to promote nudism, etc. 18. About the archives of NFIR Calendar. 19. Possible upcoming articles. Ideas for articles, books, movies, Web publications, songs, etc. 20. Conclusion: Inclusion. Spoilers. E-precautions. Submissions. Subscriptions. Publisher-editor-writer. End of Table of contents.
Section 2.5.
Index of groups &
abbreviations
As used in our calendar listings, etc. Red type in this otherwise blue index is for parts that are new or recently heavily revised. The abbreviations are below, alphabetically, followed by the numerals of their sections (where a full description of each group is). Almost all the references in this index are to Sections 6 to 20, which are now on the 2nd page, for which click on the top of this page. (We will add links later.)
AbbreviationGroup nameSection AA Alcoholics Anonymous 11-end. AANR American Association for Nude Recreation (now including Single Nudist on-line dating) 14. AANR-WC American Association for Nude Recreation- Western Canada 14. AB Acadia Beach (nude) 10. (in WBPS entry). ADDEASN Association du droit égal aux seins nus 11. AL The Art of Loving 8. APC Arbutus Park Club (& Friends of Arbutus Park) (non-landed nudist club) 7 & 9.2. ASA American Sunbathing Association: former name of AANR (above) 14. BBB Barnston Bare Beach 10. BBC Burn BC (associated with Burning Man Festival-- BM) 10. BCBB Bare Creek Bed & Breakfast 8. BM Burning Man Festival 14-Outside. BMV Burning Man Vancouver 10. BN Back to Nurture 11-end. CB Chesterman Beach (nude) 10. CD Club Desnudo (nude men) was 9.1, moved to 14. CFAP Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project 11-end. CFOX-FM Radio 11. CJMP see CU below. CM Critical Mass 11. CNG Canadian Nudist Group 13. CNS Cariboo Naturist Society in Kamloops 7 & 9.2. CNY see NudeState 9.1 & 9.2. COBC Clothing Optional BC 10. COC Clothing Optional Courtenay 9.2. CRB Crescent Rock Beach (nudist) 10. (see also SUN in 9.1). CU Captain Under Pants radio CJMP 9.2. DB Dykes on Bikes (women) 11. DG De-Growth Party see Work-Less. DL Deer Leap yoga retreat (nudist) 8. EG Exposure Gallery 9.1. ESD Espirito Santo Dance 9.1. FCN Federation of Canadian Naturists 14. FNI La Fédération Naturiste Internationale 14. FVNC Fraser Valley Naturist Club 9.1. G14 Gallery 14 Section 9.1. GNI Gay Naturists International (men) 14. GP The Green Party 12. GVRD re-named Metro Vancouver (MV): in WBPS listing in 10. HCH Happy Campers Hideaway (nudist) 8. HE Helios Edmonton (nudist) 14. Outside BC. HP Harbour Publishing (books) 9.1. ICGI International Coalition for Genital Integrity 11-end. INF International Naturist Federation 14. KD Kokoro Dance 9.1, 9.2. LFNI see FNI (above) 14. LLL La Leche League (women) 11-end. LNFF Look Nude Film Festival 9.1. LR LifeRing, Canada 11-end. LTB Little Tribune Bay (nude beach) 10. MV Metro Vancouver: in WBPS listing in 10. NA Narcotics Anonymous 11, end. NC Nudist Clubhouse 13. (or also FVNC clubhouse 9.1). NBB Nude Beach Boat-Pool re-named NBC, immediately below. NBC Nudist Boat-Pool & Car-Pool 10. NdS NudeState (formerly Threadbare Adventures & Co-ed Naked Yoga) 9.1 & 9.2. Nfff Nude-friendly female federation 9.1 & 9.2. NFIR Nude-Friendly Information & Referral (also spelled Nwd-Friendly), publisher of this calendar 1., 20. NFIRC Nude-Friendly Information & Referral Calendar (this calendar) 1., 20. NGP Nude Garden Party (political) 12. NIFTY Naked Iconoclasts Fighting The Yoke 6.5 & 13. Nip Nudism in performance 9.1 & 9.2 (end). Nn Nanaimo nudes 9.2. NOCIRC National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers 11-end. NP Nipple Point Beach (nudist; near Salmon Arm) 10. NPS Naked Poetry Slam 9.2. NS The Naturist Society 14. (for NudeState instead: NdS above). NSB New Star Books (publisher) 11. NWHS North-West Hot Springs (nude) 10. OA Overeaters Anonymous 11, end. OM Occupy Movement will be in Sect. 9. OSNS Okanagan Shuswap Nudist Society (in Kelowna) 7 & 9.2. PBY Pacific Bliss Yoga (nude) 9.1. P-CAN Pacific-Canadian Association of Nudists (men) 9.1 & 9.2. PCB People's Co-op Books (bookstore) 9.1. PeTA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 11. PL Prior Lake Club (nudist) 10. RM Raelian Movement (religion) 9.1. RR Rational Recovery 11, end. RS Red Sands Beach (nudist; near Nelson) 10. SB Spartacus Books (bookstore) 9.1. SC Sunny Chinooks Club (nudist) 14-Outside. SCY Skyclad Yoga (men) 9.1 & 9.2. SD Skinnydipper Nude Recreation 6.3, (9.1, & 9.2). SF Surfrider Foundation 9.1 (see also 10). SLUGS Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies (nudist) 14-Outside. SN Single Nudist (on-line) -- see AANR in 14. SOS Secular Organization for Sobriety 11, end. SP The Sex Party (political party) 12. SS Sol Sante Club (nudist) 8. STC Sunny Trails Club (nudist) 8. SUN Surrey's United Naturists 9.1, (see also CRB in 10). TA Threadbare Adventures now = NudeState (above) 9.1 & 9.2. TBN Take Back the Night (women) 11. 3BT Third Beach Topfree 10. 3M 3 Mile Beach (nudist; near Penticton) 10. TERA Topfree Equal Rights Association 11. TNS see NS (above) 14. TPV Trans Pride Vancouver. 11. Ts Topfree swims 11. VFMF Vancouver Folk Music Festival 11. VIFF Vancouver International Fringe Festival 9.1. VN Vancouver Nudists 13. VPS Vancouver Pride Society 11. VQFF Vancouver Queer Film Festival 9.1. VT Van Tan Nudist Club 6.2 (& 8). VT Van Tan Swim Club (nudist) 6.2. V V Vegan Voices 11. WB Wreck Beach (nude): see WBPS 10. WBM Wreck Beach Memories (defunct) 13. WBPS Wreck Beach Preservation Society (includes AB) (nude) 10. WBSC Wreck Beach Swim Club (nudist) 6.4. WCANR Western Canadian . . . (now named AANR-WC) 14. WCSA same as above. WLP Work Less Party 12. WNBR World Naked Bike Ride 11. WP WildPlay Element Parks 11. Yaf Young adult faction (nudist) 9.1 & 9.2.
End of 2.5. Index.
3. NUDE-FRIENDLY EVENTS --
in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia
Some events require reservations, membership, advance permission, etc., especially if the address is not in the calendar listing. For more about each event, see the listing for the sponsoring group on the second nude events page in Section 9.1, or as noted. Zone definition: The "Lower Mainland", for our purposes, is the city of Vancouver & the surrounding district, from the Georgia Strait (in the Salish Sea), as far east as Mission, Lake Errock, & Chilliwack, BC. In this Section 3, below, are events in the Lower Mainland. For "Outside Lower Mainland" events instead, see Section 4, below. Organisations (groups) & sections are under-lined. The index of group abbreviations is the blue section, above. Events in black & red colours = nude-friendly events, as far as we know (nude-friendly, bare as you dare, topfree-optional, etc.). If labelled "topfree", then it is friendly to bare-chested people, but not nude-friendly, as far as we know, for mainly legal reasons. *This fuchsia colour is for clothed events. They are worthy events for pro-nude people to attend clothed, for one reason or another. Such listings end with an asterisk: *.
2012 May; Lower Mainland BC
—TENTATIVE May 17, Thu 1-4:30 pm. Wreck Beach Preservation Society, Water Conversations, Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Davie & Pacific), Yaletown, Vancouver, BC; Sect. 10.* —May 17, Thu, 6-7 or 7:30 pm. Wreck Beach Preservation Society AGM & Metro Vancouver meet; free; #130-1200 West 73rd Avenue (south foot of Hudson), Vancouver; Sect. 10.* —TENTATIVE Saturdays, 10:15-11:45 am. Skyclad Yoga, men only, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC; Sect. 9.1. — — -- —May 19, Sat, 7 pm. Fraser Valley Naturist Club movie night; Aldergrove, BC; Sect. 9.1. —May 19, Sat, 7:30-9:30 pm. Wreck Beach Swim Club, indoor swim-spa, 3990 W. 14th Ave., Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.4. —May 19, Sat, ~10 pm. Wreck Beach SC social; no cover $; West Side, Vancouver; Sect. 6.4.* —Sundays, 9:30-11 pm. Captain Under Pants, CJMP 90.1 FM radio, http://blog.cjmp.ca/listen/ ; Powell River, BC; Sect. 9.2.
—TENTATIVE, Mondays, 7-8:35 pm. Skyclad Yoga, men only, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC; Sect. 9.1. --TENTATIVE May 26, Sat, 6:30-7 pm. Nude Laughter Yoga; Vancouver; c/o NFIR. —May 26, Sat, 7:30-9:30 pm. NIFTY indoor swim-spa, 700 Templeton Dr., n.e. Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.5. —TENTATIVE May 26, Sat, ~10 pm. NIFTY social; no cover $; Sect. 6.5.*
2012 June; Lower Mainland BC
—TENTATIVE Saturdays, 10:15-11:45 am. Skyclad Yoga, men only, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC; Sect. 9.1. —Jun 2, Sat, 7:30-9:30 pm. Van Tan SC indoor swim-spa; Wm. Griffin Pool, 851 W. Queens Rd., North Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.2. —TENTATIVE Jun 2, Sat, ~10 pm. Van Tan social; no cover $; Boston Pizza, 1078 Marine Dr., North Vancouver, BC; &/or Knight & Day Restaurant, 3684 Lougheed Hwy., Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.2.* —Jun 3, Sun, 10 am-3~ pm. Van Tan NC open house; Sect. 6.2. —Sundays, 9:30-11 pm. Captain Under Pants, CJMP 90.1 FM radio, http://blog.cjmp.ca/listen/ ; Powell River, BC; Sect. 9.2. —TENTATIVE, Mondays, 7-8:35 pm. Skyclad Yoga, men only, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC; Sect. 9.1. —Jun 9, Sat, 7-9 pm. Skinnydipper RC pre-swim social; no cover $; ABC Country Rest., #600-7380 King George Blvd., Surrey, BC; Sect. 6.3.* —Jun 9, Sat, 9:30-11 pm. Skinnydipper RC indoor swim-spa; usually yoga 9:30-10:15 pm; dry gym games 9:30-10:30 pm; Newton Wave Pool, 13730-72 Ave., Surrey, BC; see 7 pm above & Sect. 6.3. —Jun 16, Sat, noon. Fraser Valley Naturist Club hot tub party; Abbotsford, BC; Sect. 9.1. —Jun 20, Wed, 4:09 pm. Summer begins. —Jun 20-27, Wed-Wed. NudeState bus trip from Vancouver to Deep Creek Hot Springs, Olive Dell Ranch, & Glen Eden Resort; California, USA; Sect. 9.1. —Jun 21, Thu, 6-7 or 7:30 pm. Wreck Beach Preservation Society & Metro Vancouver meet; free; #130-1200 West 73rd Avenue (south foot of Hudson), Vancouver; Sect. 10.* —Jun 23-24, Sat-Sun. Van Tan NC Summer Solstice camp-over; Sect. 6.2.
—Jun 23, Sat. Van Tan NC karaoke & cheese party; Sect. 6.2.--Jun 27 & Aug 15, Wed's, 7:30 pm. Fore-Skin For-Her class, anti-circumcision; pre-register; by donation, Art of Loving, 1819 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver, BC; Sect. 8. —Jun 29-Jul 2, Fri-Mon. Fraser Valley Naturist Club trip to Lake Bronson, Washington state; Sect. 9.1.
—Jun 30, Sat. Wreck Beach PS celebrates INF World Body-Acceptance Day; & World Naturist Day; Sect. 10. --Jun 30, Sat. Van Tan NC Brazilian Theme Party, pot luck dinner; Sect. 6.2. —Jun 30, Sat, 7:30-9:30 pm. NIFTY indoor swim-spa, 700 Templeton Dr., n.e. Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.5. —TENTATIVE Jun 30, Sat, ~10 pm. NIFTY social; no cover $; Sect. 6.5.*
4. NUDE-FRIENDLY EVENTS --
British Columbia outsidethe Lower Mainland (including Vancouver Island, the Interior, the Sunshine Coast, etc.)
Some events require reservations, membership, advance permission, etc., especially if the address is not in the calendar listing. For more about each event, see the listing for the sponsoring group on the second nude events page in Section 9.2, or as noted. Organisations (groups) & sections are usually underlined. The index of group abbreviations is the blue section, above. Below in this section are events outside of the "Lower Mainland". For Lower Mainland events instead, see Section 3, above. Zone definition: The "Lower Mainland", for our purposes, is the city of Vancouver & the surrounding district, from the Georgia Strait (in the Salish Sea), as far east as Mission, Lake Errock, & Chilliwack, BC. Events in black & red colours = nude-friendly events, as far as we know (nude-friendly, bare as you dare, topfree-optional, etc.). If labelled "topfree", then it is friendly to bare-chested people, but not nude-friendly, as far as we know, for mainly legal reasons. *This fuchsia colour is for clothed events. They are worthy events for pro-nude people to attend clothed, for one reason or another. Such listings end with an asterisk: *.
2012 May; BC outside the Lower Mainland
—Through May 20. Shirley Valentine comedy play by Willy Russell starring Nicola Cavendish might include the skinny dip scene from the movie, Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, McPherson Playhouse, Victoria, BC; 66$+; telephone 250-386-6121; www.rmts.bc.ca .* --TENTATIVE Mondays, 6:45-8:15 pm. Skyclad Yoga; men only; Studio K, buzz 27, 1322 Broad St. (between Johnson & Yates), Victoria, s.e. Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 9.2. —Sundays, 9:30-11 pm. Captain Under Pants, CJMP 90.1 FM radio or Shaw 89.1, Powell River, BC; Sect. 9.2; http://blog.cjmp.ca/listen/
—May 20, Sun, 9:45 am. Sol Sante Yacht Club (radio-control models); Cobble Hill, s. Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 8.
—May 20, Sun, 10 am. Sol Sante spring planting; Cobble Hill, s. Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 8.— — — —May 30, Wed, 7-8:30 pm. Skyclad Yoga; men only; 709 Pears Road, Metchosin, s. Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 9.2.
2012 June; BC outside the Lower Mainland
—Sundays, 9:30-11 pm. Captain Under Pants, CJMP 90.1 FM radio or Shaw 89.1, Powell River, BC; Sect. 9.2; http://blog.cjmp.ca/listen/ —Jun 16, Sat, 6 pm. Sol Sante crab fest (dinner); Cobble Hill, s. Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 8. —Jun 20, Wed, 4:09 pm. Summer begins. —Jun 30, Sat, 6 pm. Sol Sante Italian pasta dinner; Cobble Hill, s. Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 8.
5. INTRODUCTION
5.1. Changes: The latest cancellations, irregularities, big changes, strikes, lock-outs, late notices, schedule changes, warnings, etc.
All the variations (below) of future events are also in the main calendar in Sections 3 & 4, above. Some information is not confirmed, as noted. For new groups & sites, see in red letters in the Table of Contents (above).
Lower Mainland changes
—The WBPS-MV TEMPORARY LOCATION & VARYING TIMES, WBPS-MV meets 6-7 pm, possibly through 2013 January or until further notice. Times might vary with the seasons. They are joint meetings of the Wreck Beach Preservation Society & Metro Vancouver (the regional government, formerly GVRD). They are usually monthly on the 3rd Thursdays. LOCATION: until further notice, at the Metro Vancouver office, Airport Square building, #130 -1200 West 73rd Avenue (south foot of Hudson Street), Vancouver, BC. That is near the north foot of the Granville Street Bridge (which connects Vancouver & Richmond), facing west (toward Arthur Laing Bridge). Heavy traffic in area. We recommend you consult a map, such as the cycling map in Sect. 6.1 (next page); Sect. 10.* --Wreck Beach Swim Club will hold its last swim of the cool season 2012 May; Sect. 6.4. --ADDED ACTIVITIES, Skinnydipper Recreation Club, Newton Wave Pool; usually NudeState's yoga 9:30-10:15 pm, 2$ extra (1st time free). Also, for 1st hour, (9:30-10:30), dry volleyball, basketball, badminton, etc.; Sect. 6.3. —CANCELLED, Nudist comedian "Watermelon" at Kabaret Wednesdays, Biltmore Hotel, near Kingsway & 12th, Vancouver. If you notice that she is going to perform anywhere (besides the Internet), please tell us!
Changes outside the Lower Mainland, BC
—CANCELLED Wednesday Skyclad Yoga until 2012 May 30; men only; Metchosin, BC; Sect. 9.2. —SUSPENDED Sundays, noon-1:30 pm. Skyclad Yoga nude-optional for women & men, 709 Pears Road, Metchosin, southern Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 9.2; suspended even though it's still published on their Web pages as of 2012 Feb. 24. ---Clothing Optional Courtenay is a new nude group in Courtenay, BC, on Vancouver Island, but we are still waiting for their first event; Sect. 9.2. ---Sol Sante group aerobics in their heated outdoor pool resume around 2012 spring; Sect. 8. ---Arbutus Park Club and OSNS monthly indoor swim-spas have finished the 2011-2012 season; Sect. 7 & 9.2. ---No CNS swims are known for Kamloops, BC; Sect. 7 & 9.2. ---If you want more swim-spas in Gibsons, BC, contact Skinnydipper RC, Sect. 6.3, next page. ---If you want more golf tournaments, contact Sol Sante; southern Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 8.
Check this calendar as often as you like for new developments. Nevertheless, to avoid disappointment, we recommend you also get on the notification lists of the sponsoring groups themselves. You also can check their Web publications and telephone them. Especially before you travel far to attend an event, we recommend that you first confirm each separate event with the presenters. We at NFIRC check for new developments, usually daily or every few days. Within an hour of getting them, usually, we include them here. As far as we know, all other sources are slower, less accurate, and/or less comprehensive.
5.1.5. Definition of nude-friendly
Nude-friendly is a term coined by your editor around 1990. Also spelled "nwd-friendly" to elude spam filtres. It means friendly to nudists and pleased to include nude people. It is a broad term that includes events and sites which are nude-required, nude-optional, and/or bare as you dare! On the other hand, the term "clothing-optional" is a term preferred by governments which are trying to appease nudists, yet not upset the prudes so much. Unfortunately, "clothing-optional" is a term which psychologically erodes the nudist movement. It insinuates that to say the word "nude" is too embarrassing to use. The term "clothing-optional" also makes clothing compulsions sound less compulsive (Who could complain about options? They sound so innocuous!). A better,synonymous term which makes the concept of nudity sound better is "nude-optional". In fact, however, clothing harms the addicts and everyone else exposed to it. Nudity harms no one (barring cold or other physical and legal risks, etc.). "Bare as you dare" (BAYD) means that nudity is welcomed, but the hosts or organisers of the public events do not guarantee that you are safe from arrest and charges by the bullying public authorities. BAYD usually refers to events in public areas where public nudity is uncommon and more-or-less illegal, but we think that we can get away with it, and usually do. See also5.3.a. and 5.4.5 below, and topfree (bare chest) in Section 11, below. Similarly, "topfree-friendly" includes topfree-required, topfree-optional, and/or topfree-as-you-dare (all coined by your editor 2010 April 8). Somebody opposed (or a place it's banned) is "top-slave" (this meaning coined by your editor 2011 August 20).
5.2. E-mailing
Once a month, without charge and on request, we e-mail a link to this calendar to remind everyone to check this Web publication. Sometimes the link in the e-announcement doesn't work (as sometimes with Hotmail, we heard once). Yahoo has other problems. If clicking on the e-mailed link fails, please "paste" (or type) our Web address into your on-screen address box: www.korky.ca or http://nfirc.weebly.com . Please e-reply to intended people only, not necessarily "Reply all". (That is a good rule for you when replying to any e-mail.) To contribute information, advise, enquire, comment, subscribe, refer, cancel an e-subscription, etc., please e-write to korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com . (More in Section 20.) Please e-forward our link to your friends and groups. If they don't object, please send us their e-addresses and we'll send them a sample subscription. To elude e-mail spam filtres, spell "nude" as "nwd", etc. in the Subject box & in the body of your message.
5.3. Before you attend — important
Please honour all the following traditions and advice in a. and b. (below), including in public, such as at a nude beach or a nude bike ride.
5.3.a. BEHAVIOUR
The local-government lifeguards say that our indoor pool event attenders are some of the best behaved whom they guard. We intend to keep up our reputation. Generally unwelcome at these pool events, other events, and nude sites are unapproved photography, uninvited staring, uninvited following, uninvited hovering, uninvited touching, premature advances, prying or excessive questions, offencive talk, overly sexual talk, men's erections (see explanation 5 paragraphs below), overt sex, etc. To get an exception made for you, please ask the organisers first. If allowed at all, cameras, photography, and sound recording must be pre-authorised by the club or presenters, by all the subjects, and by the parents of minors. Please always ask politely first. That includes in public, too, such as at nude beaches, bike rides, and topfree events. Just because someone appears nude or topfree in public does not give you the right to photograph them, nor give you permission. If that were a right and if it were exercised, many fewer people would go nude. You don't want that, do you? Don't be selfish. This might sound uptight, but nevertheless, please avoid mentioning body appearance or attractiveness, even positive comments, including about persons not present or about people in general. Show that you can think of other things. Even if your comment is absolutely non-discriminatory and non-erotic, when others hear you, they might feel self-conscious, anyway. In other words, until you hear otherwise from them, assume that a person has just barely enough nerve to go nude. Assume that any little comment from you about anyone's appearance might scare them back to shame, fear, and textilism. You might think that someone with a tattoo is inviting comment, but consider that they might regret having a tattoo or might be very tired of comments. Adult and teen male erections are rare in mixed-sex nudism, contrary to some rumours, myths, fantasies, and expectations. Even if not a crime, and rightly or wrongly, such erections might frighten, annoy, or disgust some attenders. Therefore, we discourage such erections, even though some people are not offended. If such a thing occurs, most clubs will advise the male how to diminish them easily, such as by jumping into the water or by lying front down. Although nudism, sex, and erections are inherently good, we in the main nudist movement keep them separate so that we can attract the most people to nudism. Please report all violators to group leaders. That is not because we like to be punitive or authoritarian, but that it helps us to maintain an environment which is inviting and comfortable for all. When sitting on a bench, chair, chesterfield, log, etc., please sit on a towel, serviette, shirt, or similar barrier--for hygiene. Such a barrier is not necessary at the edge of a pool or on the bare ground. Do not urinate into the ocean, lake, river, creek, pool, etc. or near the edge, nor add anything to the water which you would not apply directly to your skin. It is hypocritical to let a child see a woman's breast and then to offer the child a sucking bottle or dummy. (The latter also is called, misleadingly, a "pacifier" or "soother".) Such an offer would be cruel even if the child has never seen a breast. Instead, always let the child have a real breast. The artificial substitutes are always unhealthy and unnecessary. (See LLL in Section 11-end below.) Smoking, even outdoors, harms and offends many. Where smoking is allowed, we recommend that you refrain anyway, or at least move away from others while you smoke. If there is any wind, moving down-wind of others is more important than how far away you are. If the air is still, please move well away from others. If being nude socially doesn't make you happy enough, without you wanting to drink or toke (etc.) also, then maybe you have treatable emotional and social problems. However, prescription psycho-active drugs are some of the worst drugs, though they have an official seal of approval! They are not good treatment. Any resort, club, group, etc., may refuse you admission, membership, association, etc., without explanation. Be very nice or risk being banned by all the groups. They communicate with each other about problem people. We publish in the group descriptions, their restrictions (if any and when known). Nudism is good for all ages, but for a club's legal protection, they generally require a parent or legal guardian to accompany a minor. One club is for adults only. A few groups have quotas to keep a good balance of men and women. An imbalance could lead to lower attendance and dissatisfaction. If you notice an annoying male-female imbalance, please help recruit attenders to fix it. Rest assured that these groups will not bar anyone because of alleged attractiveness or lack thereof, or because of size, race, nationality, sexual preference, religion, social class, occupation, etc. The rare restrictions on disabled people are only because of a regrettable lack of facilities, etc. Before entering a pool, hot tub, sauna, etc., please rinse your whole body, including your head.
5.3.b. PERSONAL NAMES and ANONYMITY.
Traditionally, in the nudist movement, attenders and members refer to each other by first name only. That is to keep membership more private. While it might be declining now, discrimination against nudists still continues in society at large. The trend could get worse or better, we don't know. Therefore, with private nudist groups, and even at public nude beaches and nude bike rides, etc., please follow that privacy tradition, except concerning someone who tells you that they don't mind otherwise. Furthermore, when communicating with non-attenders, please reveal even less: not even first names, without permission. Please do not reveal to non-attenders who attends or who does not attend; who is a nudist or not; etc. You can answer such questions something like this: "The nudist movement honours privacy. That's for our protection against discrimination. If you want to know people's personal information, ask them yourself."
5.3.c. CONFIRM BEFORE ATTENDING
Because of possible errors, unavoidable cancellations, etc., please confirm an event before attending, especially if you would be travelling far. Admittance and eligibility vary. Reservations and permission occasionally are required. An event might sell out. Memberships are sold at most events, though they might take several days to process your application. Joining by Internet or mail, when available, is appreciated.
5.3.d. HOW TO FIND DETAILS ABOUT CALENDAR EVENTS
For each event in the calendar listings, see also further details and the group's general description farther below (p. 2, Sections 6-20). The index of the groups' initials is in the blue section just below the Table of Contents (Section 2, near top of this page).
5.3.e. WE COUNT ON YOU TO BRING OTHERS!
We encourage you to bring friends, relatives, acquaintances, a date, etc. to nude-friendly events and sites. You will enjoy it more. You will share an uplifting experience—and help our movement! Please bring the kinds of people you like into our movement. Don't gripe or whine or expect others to recruit them for you, or expect them to appear by magic! (However, you could contribute money to pay for recruiting!) As far as we know, no groups in BC have paid recruiters now. So we are counting on you to help recruit new people. Also, if you don't, event costs might have to rise to compensate for attrition.
5.4. Everyone can participate!
Welcome to these events, you practicing or potential nudists, naturists (not to be confused with naturalists), nudes, bares, nakeds, nakedists, skinny-dippers, free beachers, nude sunbathers, nude sun-tanners, nude sun-worshipers, nude-optionists, clothing-optionists, clothes-free people, clothesfreers, clothes-freeists, nudies, jaybirds, starkers, streakers, mooners, nude protesters, naked savages, half-naked savages, sweat-lodgers, naked pagans, naked animists, naked witches, naked wiccans, gymnosophists, nude cyclists, nude artists, Burning Man nudes, nude art models, nude body painters, nude artists, nude art appreciators, cottontails (once misstated as "bucktails"), home nudists, solo outdoor nudists, recovering textiles, recovering clothists, nude curiousers, sky-clads, nude Digambara Jains, other nude Jains, nude Freedomite Doukhobors, other nude Doukhobors, Leapists, agnostic nudists, inoffencive flashers, nude-peacers, topfrees, bra-burners, bra-recyclers, bold breastfeeders, shy breastfeeders, and even all of you sympathetic people who avoid or dislike such "labels", "boxes", and "pigeon-holes"! Remain naked, forgo dressing, get naked, be bare, eschew clothes, disrobe, undress, undrape, uncover, doff your clothes, strip, streak, go topfree, be shirtless, go bare-chested, bare your chest, and breastfeed. Never use baby bottles or dummies (pacifiers). Never condone or actively sexually mutilate (circumcision, etc.) anyone except adults who have given their unpressured permission! Support nude rights by being nude—and by your other actions, attendance, speech, writing, votes, purchases, and donations. Defend nudes against our detractors. Your rights—use them or lose them! Most nude-friendly events are for all sexes and ages, conditionally. (See Section 5.4.3 below.) Most event hosts and some site hosts admit you without prior arrangement. If you lack money, transportation, supplies, etc., ask the organisers (or ask us at NFIR) for options or assistance. Events and sites which require nudity sometimes grant exceptions to that standard, but don't count on it, especially not without prior permission. See below in Section 17, "Exceptions in nudism". Genuine nudists accept, welcome, and appreciate everyone, regardless of ability, health, fitness, genetics, attractiveness, etc. Social nudity (nudism) should not be a "beauty contest", formally or informally, although such contests were common decades ago at less-enlightened nudist clubs. Our tolerance and acceptance does not mean that we want you to let your body go, but that nevertheless we welcome you into our movement, whatever your condition. About refused admission, see Section 5.3.a, Behaviour, above.
5.4.3. Sex-segregated groups and topfree groups
With references to sections below (on the next e-page).
Male-only groups: Deer Leep Retreat (Section 8). P-CAN (Section 9). Skyclad Yoga (men-only classes in Vancouver; some men-only and some mixed classes in Victoria; Section 9). Gay Naturists International (Section 14). Club Desnudo (Section 14). Female-only groups: Dykes on Bikes (Section 11). Take Back the Night (Section 11). La Leche League (in Section 11, end). Nude-friendly female federation (Section 9.1). Females (sometimes with males) working for female topfreedom (topfree equal rights): 3BT (Section 10). TERA (Section 11). Ts (Section 11).
5.4.5. Are you proud of tolerating nudes while you hide in your swim-suit?
Perhaps you think you are quite enlightened to be so tolerant like that. However, please consider the possibility that you are being anti-social by wearing clothes where others are trying to establish a liberated zone. Public nude beaches are an example. For instance, the invader government will not declare Wreck Beach (Vancouver, BC) a "nude beach" because it is not to their political advantage, even though it would be better for everyone if they did. Instead, they call it "clothing-optional". (See definitions in Section 1.5, above) At Wreck Beach it is not good enough for you merely to tolerate nudes around you while you wear a swimsuit. Even though the beach was declared "clothing-optional" by the invader government (Metro Vancouver, formerly the GVRD), it really should be called a nude beach, one of the few places that nudists are welcomed and can go safely and comfortably. Please don't spoil it by unnecessarily wearing clothes there. That's like eating at a potluck dinner--but bringing no food. Or wearing plain clothes to a costume ball. Do you see how you would spoil it for others? That's really inconsiderate and selfish! Wearing clothes unnecessarily is the shame, not being nude. You'll get no respect that way! You make others naturally suspect you are a gawker, the same as going to a potluck empty-handed makes others suspect you are a moocher. Just what do you want others to conclude about you when they see you always covering up? You seem to have some emotional or social problem! Why not get help for it? Try asking us. If you really believe that the people at a nude beach would be too unpleasant to you if you were nude, then why do you want to be with such people as us, anyway? If you can't build up your courage to go nude, please just go to one of the many, many textile beaches. Leave our few nude havens for those of us who are not so uptight as you. Of course, if you are a newcomer to nudism and you go to a nude beach, we'll forgive you if you are a little slow to try it. Many of us were, too. However, too many oblivious, inconsiderate people attend time after time, enjoy the "good vibes" we create with our nudity, but then spoil the mood with their selfish clothed presence. You might ask, "But what about freedom? Can't you nudists tolerate textiles like I tolerate you nudists?" Sounds like you don't understand human nature. Humans are social animals. If I am among many people who are wearing clothes, those people automatically put a natural, social peer pressure (based in our genetics) on me to get dressed, too. If nudes are not in the great majority of a crowd, they usually feel vulnerable and isolated. That's natural because, biologically, humans are not a solitary or selfish species. We are a social species. Human see; human do! We like to do things as a group. Even when wearing clothes, we like them to be similarly formal or casual, etc. Of course, some people are brave and bold enough to undress without regard to how many others are dressed around them. Or to dress very differently from others around them. Those people are rare, though. Most of us, even hard-core nudists and hard-core anti-nudists, feel some social pressure in the other direction in "hostile" territory. The peer-pressure situation is good at the NIFTY nude-optional indoor swim-spas (see the calendar above [except summer] and Section 6, near the end of that section). Few people wear swimsuits at them: usually 0 to 4%. Therefore, peer pressure at NIFTY swims favours nudity, not swimsuits. The occasional person in a swimsuit usually will either (a) not care, (b) learn to screw up their courage to go nude after attending once or twice, or (c) not return. However, no one is pressured to dress, other than by silent, subtle, unavoidable peer pressure. For a potential nudist, then, attending a NIFTY swim-spa can be empowering, joyful, and therapeutic. The smaller, closer-knit crowd at the pool (compared to Wreck Beach) also makes it easier for some newcomers to feel comfortable nude. So if you're reluctant to go nude at a public beach, please attend a NIFTY swim instead, or other private nude-optional events. (2009~ essay, revised 2011 July 21.)
5.4.6. Cowardly, sexist men keep their pants on!
Hey, man! Yes, you with your pants on at the nude beach! This is for you and all the similar men infecting our beach! Do you know that there is a difference between men and women at a nude beach? I mean more than you can see! In the essay above ("Are you proud . . .?") I describe how dressed people spoil others' attempts at liberation. Now I'll explain how this works differently for men than for women in a sexist, patriarchal society, such as almost all of Western Culture, of Islamic culture, and of most other cultures today. In a patriarchy, compared to an egalitarian society or matriarchy, the main difference in the role of women is that they are expected to be powerless sex toys for men, much more than the other way around. The average man has more worldly power--including politics, wealth, weapons, connections, and body strength. So he has more power than the average woman to choose desirable spouses or sex partners. Many of them also choose women in order to show off to other men what a prestigious woman (or harem) they have. Women, on the other hand, are confronted with the reality of being coerced, much more than men are, into using their bodies' attractiveness to get by in the world and to be happy. So you dudes come to a nude beach like Wreck Beach and what do you see? Many nudists and many prudists and rudists (I just made those up!). Everyone likes to see nude people. That's natural. No harm there. By the way, I'm analysing here the situation for heterosexuals, but similar dynamics apply to gays, lesbians, etc. Even if you are poor and not consciously feeling sexist, you men still have a socially-privileged sex role which gives you the advantage over women. Men who, consciously or not, are exercising their sexist, superior role, see no obligation to expose their own bodies. If they don't feel like it, why should they? Their job is to judge the beauty of the women, right? They don't see their role as being judged themselves! After all, if those men were nude, they might be mistaken for men who believe in equality and who respect women! Are men nude while watching a strip show? No, because they are the judges, not the judged! Women wouldn't be performing there but for the pay, and men wouldn't like to pay if they, too, had to be nude. Unfortunately, some men think they can come to a nude beach and treat it like a free strip show just for them. No, the world does not revolve around just you, buddy! Others count, too. For a man to exercise his power over women is cowardly and bullying. The more cowardly and sexist they are, the more likely they are to wear pants. Bullies are, underneath, very insecure. Unfortunately, they seldom think it through, so they don't understand all this. Now when I tell that to men, they usually act all innocent and full of excuses: "Oh, no! You don't know me! I'm not like that! I'm just an innocent bloke who's not rich or powerful or bullying. I don't gawk or judge. I'm just a nice guy sitting here in my jeans minding my own business--where there just happen to be nude women. Why do I have to drop my drawers just because some old hippie man like you tells me that I should? You could be gay!" All right, it's true: you don't HAVE to strip. However, you don't fool me or the women or many other people. Anyway, I have no power over you because I'm just a relatively-little-empowered man in the patriarchy. I'm appealing to your logic. The patriarchy hurts men, too. If you could see that, you'd want to replace the patriarchy, as we are trying to do. What you're doing, though, is not helping anybody. It's hurting. You're part of the problem, not part of the solution. Look at the results. You sit there nude and what does a woman think? Do you suppose she's thinking, "Oh, goodie! There's a man with his pants on. He doesn't look too much like a woman-beater. Maybe he's a rich guy who I can marry--or get money from for sex! I think I'll prance around in front of him and catch his eye!"? Does that sound good to you? Maybe if a woman is feeling desperate, she might think that. Is that how you want women to relate to you? If so, keep your pants on--at some other beach, please, not one with nudity. Most women at a nude beach, though, think more like this when they notice you: "Damn! There's another perv with his trousers on, ashamed of his prick, but enjoying my bod. How can I feel fully free and safe and joyous with all of them lurking around, gawking at women, especially the nudes--or trying to sneak a peek? Maybe I should just quit coming to this beach." So you see, you men hiding behind your pants are deterring many women from coming to the beach. That includes all kinds of women, but especially the more liberated ones, the ones more likely to go nude. If all the men at the beach were nude, many more women would be encouraged to attend and go nude, too, feeling that you have more respect and consideration for them as equals. So, fella--take responsibility for your actions! Screw up your courage. Try showing us that you're a man: nude and natural. The nudity symbolises being unarmed and less threatening and vulnerable to each other as equals, as in any good relationship. What are you so afraid of? Sure, there are sometimes good reasons to cover up, such as a sunburn, but they don't apply to many men all the time. Your first time at a nude beach? All right, maybe you need a few minutes to get used to the idea. Don't want to fall on your delicate bare bum while skim-boarding? All right, but what's stopping you from disrobing afterward? (Aren't you like someone wearing your bicycle helmet to bed?) Many guys tell me they don't want to strip unless their accompanying friends do, too. All right, make it a game! Who's brave enough to go first? Don't say, "Oh, I wouldn't mind going nude, honest! I will--if I ever feel like it!" Nobody buys that pitiful line. You can see how much fun it is to go nude. You can imagine how good it feels. You want to try, but you're scared. Admit it. So just try it for 5 minutes! Nudity is not like a drug (such as alcohol) which can give you horrible side effects, like death. What bad could happen to you from nudity? If you are too timid for that, why don't you just go home and stew in your own pathetic weakness, and be lonely? You can get good and tired of that. Then come back when you have some balls--visible! -- by Korky Day, 2011 August 5 & September 27 (but Weebly lost some of my revisions in the the last month).
5.5. Nude-friendly and affiliated events
Events for pro-nude activists to attend clothed are shown in this fuchsia colour and with this asterisk: *. Such events support nude sites or groups or the movement, but, for one reason or another, those particular events are not nude or topfree. Events in black or red type are usually nude optional or nude only, sometimes topfree, instead, as noted. Occasionally, they are instead bare-as-you-dare, as noted. Throughout your daily lives, if and when you do dress, please consider wearing a garment or badge promoting nudity, topfree, breastfeeding, body pride, unmutilated genitals, health, peace, love, etc. You can buy such items from some of these groups. Or you can make them.
5.8 Geographic index
Groups active now (or in the past or future) in 27 municipalities, etc.
Location, sections:
Area A--see Barnston Is. (next below); and, in Vancouver, Acadia Beach & Wreck Beach (farther below) . Barnston Island (northeast of Surrey): Barnston Bare Beach 10. BC & "outside BC"--at bottom of this index. Clear Creek Hot Springs (near Harrison Hot Spr.): NudeState 9.1. Cobblie Hill (Vanc. Is.): Sol Sante Club 8. Courtenay (Vanc. Is.): Clothing Optional Courtenay 9.2. Crescent Beach--see Surrey. Fraser Valley: Sunny Trails 8; Fraser Valley Naturist Club 9.1; NudeState 9.1. Gibsons (Sunshine Coast): Skinnydipper Nude Recreation 9.2. Harrison Hot Springs--see Clear Creek. Kamloops (Interior): Cariboo Naturist Society 7 & 9.2. Kelowna (Interior): Okanagan Shuswap Nudist Society 7 & 9.2. Lake Errock (eastern Lower Mainland): Sunny Trails Club 8. Hornby Is.: Little Tribune Bay 10. Metchosin (Vanc. Is.): Deer Leap Yoga Retreat 8. Mission: Happy Campers Hideaway 8. Nanaimo: WildPlay (annual nude event) 11; Nanaimo nudes 9.2; in 9.1 & 9.2: Pacific-Canadian AssociationofNudists; Kokoro Dance; NudeState. Nelson (Interior): Red Sands Beach 10. New Westminster: "Gallery 14" 9.1; Naked Iconoclasts Fighting The Yoke 6.5 & 13; Take Back the Night 11. North Vancouver: NudeState 9.1; Van Tan Nudist Club 6.2, 8; Van Tan Swim Club 6.2; Pacific Rim National Park (Tofino-Ucluelet, Vanc. Is.): Chesterman Beach 10. Pacific Spirit Park--see Acadia Beach & Wreck Beach in Vancouver. Penticton (Interior): 3 Mile Beach 10. Powell River (Vanc. Is.): Captain Under Pants 9.1 & 9.2. Qualicum Beach (Vanc. Is.): Nudism in performance 9.1 & 9.2; Saanich (Vanc. Is.): Arbutus Park Club 7 & 9.2; Salmon Arm (Interior): Nipple Point Beach 10; Surrey: Bare Creek Bed & Breakfast 8; Crescent Rock Beach 10; Skinnydipper Nude Recreation 6.3, 9.1; Surrey's United Naturists 9.1; see also Barnston Island. Tower Beach --see Wreck Beach in Vancouver. "Trail" beaches--see Wreck Beach in Vancouver. University of BC & UEL--see Acadia Beach &Wreck Beach in Vancouver.
Vancouver: Acadia Beach 10; Art of Loving 8; WBPS 10; Burning Man Vancouver 13; CFOX-FM Radio 11; Critical Mass 11; De-Growth Party 12; Dykes on Bikes 11; Exposure Gallery 9.1; Espirito Santo Dance 9.1; Kokoro Dance 9.1, 9.2; Look Nude Film Festival 9.1; Metro Vancouver 10; NudeState 9.1; Naked Iconoclasts Fighting The Yoke 6.5 & 13; Pacific Bliss Yoga 9.1; Pacific-Canadian Association of Nudists 9.1; People's Co-op Books 9.1; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 11; Raelian Movement 9.1; Spartacus Books 9.1; Skyclad Yoga 9.1; Skinnydipper Nude Recreation 6.3, 9.1; Take Back the Night 11; Third Beach Topfree 10; Trans Pride Vancouver 11; Vancouver Folk Music Festival 11; Vancouver International Fringe Festival 9.1; Vancouver Nudists 13; Vancouver Pride Society 11; Vancouver Queer Film Festival 9.1; Work Less Party 12; Wreck Beach 10; Wreck Beach Memories 13; Wreck Beach Preservation Society 10; Wreck Beach Swim Club 6.4; World Naked Bike Ride 11.
Vancouver suburbs: see Barnston Is; Lake Errock; New Westminster; North Vancouver; Surrey; Victoria: Naked Poetry Slam 9.2; Skyclad Yoga 9.2; Victoria suburbs: Prior Lake Club 10; see Cobblie Hill; Metchosin; Saanich.
BC many nude locations throughout: Clothing Optional BC 10; North-West Hot Springs 10; Occupy Movement __.
BC many non-nude locations throughout: Alcoholics Anonymous 11-end; La Leche League 11-end; Narcotics Anonymous 11-end; Overeaters Anonymous 11-end; Rational Recovery 11-end; Secular Organization for Sobriety 11-end;
BC no regular nude venues but on-line: American Ass. for Nude Recreation 14; AANR-WC 14; Association du droit égal aux seins nus 11; Back to Nurture 11-end; Burn BC 13; Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project 11-end; Canadian Nudist Group 13; Captain Under Pants 9.1 & 9.2.; Federation of Canadian Naturists 14; La Fédération Naturiste Internationale 14; Gay Naturists International 14; The Green Party (generally not nude) 12; Harbour Publishing ?9.1; International Coalition for Genital Integrity 11-end; International Naturist Federation 14; LifeRing 11-end; Nudist Clubhouse 13; Nudist Boat-Pool & Car-Pool 10; Nude-friendly female federation 9.1 & 9.2; Nude-Friendly Information & Referral 1 & 20; Nude Garden Party 12; Nudism in performance 9.1 & 9.2; National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers 11-end; The Naturist Society 14; New Star Books 11; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 11; Raelian Movement 9.1; Surfrider Foundation 9.1, 10; The Sex Party 12; Single Nudist 14; Topfree Equal Rights Association 11; Topfree swims 11; Vegan Voices 11; Young adult faction 9.1 & 9.2.
Outside BC: NudeState trips 9.1; Burning Man Festival (NV) 14; Club Desnudo (WA) 14; Helios Edmonton (AB) 14; Sunny Chinooks Club (AB) 14; Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies (WA) 14-Outside.
5.9. Index of activities
All scheduled qualifying activities (of which we know) are in the calendar above (Sections 3 & 4), but this index (below) does not list the dates. Rather, this index connects the activity to the groups (and places) which offer, have offered, will offer, or might offer it. That way, you can contact them even if they do not have it scheduled now. If you don't see it on our calendar, it would help if you ask the groups to offer the activity. With your encouragement, the groups are likely to offer the activities you like sooner.
(Index by group name is above in blue Section 2.5. Table of contents is above in green Section 2. Sections 6-20 are on the next page.)
Activity (and facility), group abbreviation, & section number:
accomodation--see bed & breakfast, camp, rooms, RV, trailer. art (including body painting): SS 8, G14 9.1, WNBR 11, EG 9.1. badminton: VTNC 6.2, SD 6.3, and in "beach". badminton, balloon: NIFTY 6.5. basketball: SD 6.3. beach: WBPS, AB, MV, NBB, CRB, PL, LTB, BBB, CB, 3BT, COBC (all of those are in 10); SF 9.1. bed & breakfast: BCBB 8, STC 8; see also rooms, camp. bicycle--see cycle. bike--see cycle & (for women) motorcycle. boat--see cruise. body paint--see art. bowl: SD 6.3 (5-pin, maybe 10-pin). breastfeed: all these nude-friendly places, with extra encouragement at BN 11-end, LLL 11-end. bungy jump: WP 11., NdS 9.1 & 9.2. camp: VTNC 9.2, SS 8, HCH 8, DL 8, STC 8, FVNC 9.1, STC 8. climb--see wall-climb; hike. clubhouse SS 8, STC 8, FVNC 9.1, DL 8; see also computer. computer Web sites: 13. cruise: SD 6.3, FVNC 9.1 (see also raft). cycle: WNBR 11. dance (participatory)--see music. dance (performance): KD 9.1 & 9.2, CD 14. diving--see also bungy jump. diving board: most groups in 6 & some in 7. draw--see art. film: NIFTY 6.5, SD 6.3, FVNC 9.1, VIFF 9.1, VQFF 9.1, LNFF 9.1. food: most groups & places sometimes serve food or host pot-lucks; see also restaurant; picnic. games: VTNC 6.2, SS 8, NIFTY 6.5. gifts--see merchandise. golf: SS 8. heal: AL 8; also see therapy. hike: WB 10, CRB 10, (see also run). hot springs: NdS 9.1, NWHS 10, COBC 10. hot tub: VTNC 6.2, HCH 8, SS 8, STC 8, BCBB? 8; all indoor pools in 6 & 7. Jacuzzi--see hot tub. jump--see bungy jump. karaoke--see music. life drawing--see art. meal--see food. meet for self-help (besides nudism): several in 11-end. meet to organise for nudism: most groups herein. meet with officials: WBPS & MV 10. merchandise: many of the groups sell goods, many related to nudism, such as literature, comics, magazines, garments (sorry!), stickers, DVDs, etc. motorcycle (women): DB 11. movie--see film. music (for group dancing & parties): FVNC 9.1, SS 8, P-CAN 9.1, WBPS 10. See also "dance (performance)". music (sing): FVNC 9.1 (karaoke); VTNC 6.2; SS 8; all beaches 10. music (radio broadcast): CU 9.2 & 9.2. parade: VPS 11, DB 11, RM 9.1, P-CAN 9.1, WNBR 11, NIFTY 6.5. party--see social; music. performance: Nip 9.1 & 9.2 (end). (see also art, dance, film, karaoke, music, parade). picnic--see camping, food. playground: SS 8, STC 8; see also wave pool. poetry: CU 9.2 & 9.2; NPS 9.2. politics & protest: 12; Occupy Movement __. pool (water)--see swim. pot-luck--see food. raft: P-CAN 9.2 (see also cruise). restaurant social (before or after swim-spa, bowling, etc.): all groups in 6 & some groups in 7; see also food. rooms ?DL 8. run (& walk): WBPS 10; see also hike, streak. RV hook-ups SS? 8, STC 8. sauna: SS 8, STC 8; all groups in 6 & most groups in 7. self-help (besides nudism): 11-end; see also therapy. shuffleboard: VTNC 6.2. sing--see music. skim-board--see beach. slides--see wave pool, etc. social & party: almost all groups offer these; & socializing is part of almost all activities (see especially "restaurant" & "music-dance"). spa (such as sauna, hot tub, steam room, etc.): all groups in 6 & 7; or see under those specific facilities. sport--see specific sport in this index: badminton, basketball, beach, bowl, bungy jump, cycle, dance, dive, golf, hike, raft, run-walk, shuffleboard, skim-board, swim, streak, surf, volleyball,wall-climb, yacht (model), yoga. steam room: VTSC 6.2, SD 6.3, maybe groups in 7. streak: CU 9.1 & 9.2; see also cycle, parade, run, and sport. surf: SF 10 (see also beaches 10). sunbathe: VT 6.2, SS 8, beaches 10, & most outdoor activities & places. swim (indoor): all groups in 6 & 7. swim (outdoor pools, heated or not): VT 6.2, SS 8; see also beach. tan--see sunbathe. tent--see camp. therapy for physical health--see most activities in this index, especially sport & sunbathe, or below. therapy for shyness, clothes compulsiveness, sexism: read articles herein & contact NFIR 1 & 20. therapy (self-help for other problems): 11-end. topfree: 3BT 10, TERA 11, Ts 11, Occupy movement in calendar; see also breastfeed. trailer spaces with hook-ups: SS? 8, HCH 8, STC 8. trailer spaces without hook-ups: VTNC 6.2. transport in the nude or topfree--see cruise; cycle; raft; motorcycle. transport to & from nude events & places: NBC 10. tube--see raft. volleyball, dry, indoor: SD 6.3. volleyball, dry, outdoor: VTNC 6.2, WB 10, SS? 8, beaches 10. volleyball, pool, indoor: VTSC 6.1, WBSC 6.4, NIFTY 6.5, & maybe in 7. walk--see run. wall-climb, indoor: NdS 9.1. water slides--big at wave pool, small at most pools. wave pool, water slides, & water playground: SD 6.3. whirlpool--see hot tub. yacht (model): SS 8; see also raft & cruise (full-size). yoga: NdS 9.1, PBY 9.1, SD 6.3, SCY 9.1, 9.2.
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