Young Naked Naturism

Young Naked Naturism
Sat., June 30, 2007 timer 4 min. read
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There is a strawberry social at the club on the weekend, but the last thing 18-year-old Ayesha Mitchell is worried about is what to wear.
That's because the dress code in effect for the party is absolutely nothing.
"We're just going to sit around and eat strawberries and have a great time," Mitchell says.
"And, yes, we will all be pretty much naked."
Going to parties in the nude is nothing new for this young naturist.
She lives and spends much of her time on Bare Oaks, a family oriented nudist park in Sharon, Ont., north of Newmarket, where, in addition to partying, people are encouraged to let everything hang out as they camp, play sports and socialize.
Mitchell, who moved to the 20-hectare park with her family three years ago, says being comfortable with yourself and everyone around you is exactly what she enjoys about the naturist philosophy.
"Everyone loves the fact that you can just be yourself and be comfortable in your skin," she says about the park which boasts high-tech wireless cabins, pristine lakes and saltwater pools (which are known to be softer on bare skin).
"It's so different than high school, college and the regular world that people my age usually live in," says Mitchell, who attends George Brown College.
"In the real world, there is a lot of politics. It's all about what you wear, how you dress and how you look.
"But in the park, no one cares about that at all."
Recent media reports about the sale of a number of aging naturist camps across the country have spurred rumours that the nudist heyday is history and that younger Canadians are just not into baring it all in clubs where the vast majority of patrons are the same age as their parents.
But a number of teens who choose to spend their days and nights in the buff say that while the interest from their end is still there, naturist clubs need to do more to cater to a younger demographic.
"The owners of many of these clubs are in need of a revival," says Stéphane Deschenes, 41, president of the Federation of Canadian Naturists.
"They got very big or very full in the '70s and generally stopped growing or evolving," says Deschenes, who recently bought Bare Oaks and is working to make it more youth-oriented.
It's a problem that hasn't gone unnoticed by Christine, 16, who officially joined the naturist lifestyle three years ago, after having grown up in a home where nudity was the norm.
"There is a definite lack of options for teenagers at the clubs," says Christine, who lives near Edmonton but often attends clubs in Ontario during the summer.
"So, if there's nothing for us to do, why would we come?"
She suggests the awkwardness of being a teenager is another reason why there are few young naturists.
"It's hard for many teens, because you're sensitive and you are getting used to your body as you change into an adult."
Christine says, in many naturists groups, kids usually drop out when they hit about 10 or 11 but then reappear when they are in their 20s.
"I get frustrated when I hear people say teens have no interest, because my feeling is that we are changing and exploring.... It may just be that, at the moment, we are going through a phase where that's not something we're comfortable doing," she said.
Another problem, these young naturists say, is that societal stigmas surrounding nudist camps still exist.
"People who have never been to any nudist parks feel like it's one big sex party, but it's not like that at all," Mitchell says.
"People associate nudity with sex, but that's not the case. It's a chosen lifestyle of relaxation and it works for most people."
But, she says, the negative stereotypes usually change when people actually open their minds and doff their clothes to give naturism a try.
"If they have a chance to experience it, most of them like it," Mitchell says.
"A lot of young people are not coming because they are worried what their parents will think, how they are going to appear to their friends, and they don't want anybody to judge them on it."
Christine says naturism is on solid ground.
"I can't see some of the kids that I have met all of a sudden converting back to a `textile' sort of life," she says. "So I am not worried about naturism dying out. I don't see how it could happen, because, for so many people it's just a way of life."
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Pamela Fraser says she has "never been worried about what I look like"
People enjoy an earlier swimming event organised by British Naturism
"At my first event, I slung a towel over my shoulder and went down for breakfast - naked."
Events organiser Pamela Fraser, 27, went to her first naturism event 14 months ago. She's been to 20 since.
Spa days, archery, yoga, cider-tasting and even a Fawlty Towers-themed night with actors playing Basil, Sybil and Manuel - all without an item of clothing in sight.
She describes the first time she got naked at a large gathering as a "non-event', adding "you soon realise people aren't interested in what you look like."
On Saturday, she'll join around 300 others of all ages, paying up to £21 for a skinny dip at Blackpool's Sandcastle Water Park.
"It's no different to going swimming with your costume on," Pamela believes. "A lot of female costumes don't hide much anyway."
"The whole idea is you're stepping back from the stress of life and the feeling that you have to fit into a certain mould."
"You wouldn't take your work clothes with you when you go on holiday and when you go home you probably get changed.
"Sometimes I get in from work and take all my clothes off - that's me saying this is now my free time."
Pamela is one of 9,000 people who pay about £44 a year to be members of the British Naturism (BN) organisation.
It offers advice and support and organises days out and festivals - including NudeFest, NKD and Nudestock - across the UK.
Pamela had always found it "more comfortable" to be nude at home but began going to events after spotting a BN magazine while at work.
"Everyone looked so happy - it was really inviting and it looked like there was so much going on. I thought, 'How have I got to 25 and not heard about this?'"
"There are some people who think nudity and bottoms are really funny. But I think laughing at someone who has nothing on is rude."
Upcoming trips include two more swimming days in Stoke-on-Trent and Poole, naked-dining near Stevenage, a pétanque tournament in Norwich and a two-hour boat trip in Scotland.
But Saturday's swim has caused concern for some.
About 50 people signed a petition calling for Saturday's swim to be cancelled or to be made over-18s only. Children, it said, would be "at risk of being subject to abuse by sex offenders who may slip into the organisation unnoticed".
One self-employed woman who plans to go to the event says she has no concerns about taking her children.
The 38-year-old - who asked not to be named - said: "I do understand where people are coming from in asking 'how can it be safe?'. It's just like any area of life, you always want to protect your children.
"But some don't have an understanding of the community. I've never once been worried about anything. When you're in something, it can often be very different to what others might perceive from the outside."
Her family found naturism about eight years ago, she says, when they accidentally ended up on a nudist beach on holiday. After enjoying the "relaxed atmosphere" they were keen to find similar experiences elsewhere abroad and, finally, in the UK.
"The girls love the swimming events - the queues are much better than if you go on another day, " she said, speaking ahead of Saturday's swim.
"There are some times when my daughter might say she wants to wear her bikini bottoms - and that's fine of course. Then she gets there and they decide she doesn't need them. It's their choice to go naked if they want to but, if not, that's also fine."
And she thinks there might be an even greater benefit than queue-jumping.
"My eldest daughter's friends are becoming more concerned about what they look like but she says she doesn't. That really touches me as a parent: that she hasn't really taken on that societal body-conscious stuff.
"How can naturism not have influenced that?"
BN event organiser Mark Walsh says many new members are introduced to the group through other events aimed at "free and earthy" vegans, yoga fans and camping enthusiasts.
"Some of our events are open to non-members, which brings in new people," he said. "Otherwise we just do marketing the same as any other organisation - but mainly in nudist circles."
On Saturday the group will also attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people on a rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The record was set in Southend in August 2010.
People can join on the day but are asked to sign-up via the website in advance.
"Our members are our life-blood," says Mr Walsh. "And when they get a crazy new idea, it's my job to make it happen."
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Published: 21:10 BST, 22 April 2018 | Updated: 14:50 BST, 23 April 2018
A nudist club who offer naked sessions to children has been branded a 'paedophile's paradise' by enraged parents on social media.
Ryedale Naturists Club, decided to offer under-18's the chance to swim alongside adults in the Derwent Pool in Malton, North Yorkshire.
But worried parents took to Facebook to voice their concern at the offer - with some labelling the idea 'plain sick and wrong'.
'Don't agree with kids going...paedophile paradise,' Louise Heminsley wrote on the social media site.
Nicola O'Connor added: 'Surely this can't be right paedos would love it n why would u want kids to see naked ppl anyway.
'I wouldn't wanna see its sick what is this world coming too its just plain sick and wrong on so many scales whom ever is hosting this needs reporting.'
The club offers the sessions fortnightly in the Derwent swimming pool in Malton, North Yorkshire (pictured)
The swimming sessions take place fortnightly as the pool closes to the public - and children require a parent or guardian to be in attendance.
But parents voiced their displeasure at the idea - saying the sessions 'need closing down'.
'I wouldn't wanna see, it's sick. What is this world coming to? It's just plain sick and wrong on so many scales. Whoever is hosting this needs reporting,' Nicola O'Connor added.
Toni Roe said: 'Big paedos' day out! Anyone who takes a child wants reporting to social services, dirty.'
Georgia Yawson added: 'Paedos paradise absolutely shocking needs closing down immediately.'
But the club say that there is absolutely nothing sexual about the naturist event, claiming that it is simply a good way to make new friends and try something new.
The club's website advertises the swims as open to both adults and children under the age of 18
The website also explains that children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
On their website, they claim they are always looking for people of all ages to join in and say the only thing to lose is 'your wet sticky cozzie'.
It states that visitors must always bring a form of ID with them on every session.
The website states: 'Under 18s are allowed at our swims without swim-wear and they get free entry (max 2 per adult) but they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
'Our swims are just like going to any council run swimming pool except we don't use swim-wear.
'There is no sexual activity of any type at all as this is not what naturism or the club is about.
'If you are looking for anything more than a swim then you will be very disappointed and need to look elsewhere.
'This is a safe and friendly environment where you can swim with the whole family without any concerns or worries.'
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