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Date: Saturday 16 June 2007
Time: 4pm MDT
Location: Hawthorne Community Gardens (aka North Boulder Community Gardens)

• Note that there will probably be a Denver ride on Saturday 9 June 2007!

Media coverage

2006

• YourHub.com (Boulder), 13 Jul 2006: 'World Naked Bike Day ends in arrests"

Photos

2006 photos

• Brett Amole Photography (required Flash plug-in)

2005 photos

• Brett Amole Photography (required Flash plug-in)

Videos

2004 videos

• Naked Cruizers (13.5MB Windows Media video) c/o B-J The DJS

History

WNBR 2004

Date: Saturday, June 12, 4:00 PM Location: Hawthorne Community Gardens (aka North Boulder Community Gardens), South Side

About 15 people, not much full nudity.

WNBR 2005

Date: Saturday, June 11, 4:00 PM Location: Hawthorne Community Gardens (aka North Boulder Community Gardens), South Side

Three generations of men and women, in various states of undress, on bikes, a skateboard and a Segway, converged at 4:00 PM to the designated rendez vous place: the Community Gardens. They were shocked to see tens of curious onlookers already there, tipped off by a well orchestrated publicity campaign. It was immediately a festive scene, with riders and onlookers alike checking out the costumes, signs, and get-ups, people snapping pictures with anything from cell-phones to broadcast TV cameras. A neighbor excitedly came by with a basked of candies to help the riders celebrate. (It was a far cry from the previous year, when barely a dozen of embarrassed, cold riders met and tried to encourage each other in the otherwise empty gardens.) So emboldened, the group headed into the residential streets. The plan was to head east on deserted paths to give people time to gain courage. That plan was spoiled by the Boulder Police. Within five minutes, a police cruiser arrived and stopped the group. They had received a complaint (such incredible fast responsiveness!) and wanted to check everyone's IDs. Half the group said the heck with it, turned around and was led by Robin (whose nipples doubled as the noses of two cute drawn mice). That group headed straight downtown (no further emboldening needed), screaming chants such as ("More Ass / Less Gas", "My ass is clean / How about your gasoline") to the great cheers of onlooker. Mostly. One onlooker was a young man holding a baby in his arm, covering the baby's eyes (!); when told that seeing a few naked bodies wouldn't harm the child, the man, stopped covering the child's eyes just long enough to flip the riders the bird. In the meanwhile, the police let the other group go after finishing the perfunctory action of taking some names, to allow them to tell the concerned citizens that they had taken action. This group headed east, according to the previous plan, and went by the local community station, KGNU, where an amused DJ interviewed a few of them. Through that radio interview, the first group found out where the second group was, and a plan was made to rendez vous along the Boulder Creek. By now the reunited group numbered around 50, a very heartening turnout, for a relatively small city such as Boulder! After one more lap through the downtown area, interrupting buskers and shocking out-of town visitors, the group headed back to the starting point, the home of one of the organizers, for cheering, marry making, group photos, and eventually revert to what by now felt like a very cumbersome custom: wearing clothes.

WNBR 2006

Date: Saturday, June 17, 4:00 PM Location: Hawthorne Community Gardens (aka North Boulder Community Gardens), South Side

The ride was postponed by a week to accommodate people who planned to attend other like-minded events on 10 June. Again, about 60 people took part. There was more nudity, as participants had become more comfortable with it. This year the Media were absent at the start, though a few reporters simply rode with us (clothed). The ride included a plunge in the Boulder Creek, which gave an excuse for the shyer ones to finally shed their clothes. Unfortunately, a few people quit the ride at the end, and went to a liquor store, where two of them were arrested. The circumstances are under dispute. Here are two sides of the story:

• Indirect report by WNBR Boulder Yahoo group member
• News report at YourHub.com (Boulder)

Links

Website/s

• WNBR Boulder (official site)
• Brett Amole, unofficial Boulder-WNBR photographer
• Keep Boulder Weird, compendium of WNBR and similar events in Boulder

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Boulder Yahoo! group

Location information

• Hawthorne Community Gardens
• ViaMichelin map of Boulder, Colorado
• Wikipedia: Boulder, Colorado
• Wikipedia: Colorado