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Date: June 2009?
Time: 2pm
Location: Rose Street Artists Co-op, Burlington, Vermont
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2009 RIDE STARTS AT 2PM - But come early and bring tips for the body painters if you want your body painted!
The 2008 Ride was awesome. The weather was perfect and although the cops had us tailed by a cruiser, the town was supportive. The new ride start area of the Rode Street Artist Coop (78 Rose Street) made it possible to support these awesome body painters who came at like 10am and painted people straight through until the ride start, which started 10 minutes late because we were waiting for Adrian to finish getting painted!
About 110 riders! A couple of folks joined in halfway through the ride. I thought the ride could have gone on a little longer, so thats what will happen next year. It was so nice outside that stopping and putting clothes back on felt weird.
History
2008
Sat 7 June 2008, 2pm, Rose Street Artists Coop. - About 110 riders. The cops were tailing us the whole time - so I went and talked to them about the ridiculousness of them spending energy to "protect" us from the cheering waving people, and I don't think they'll be so closely involved in 09. There was another ride started in Montpelier this year and we coordinated ride times to start together - the had about 40 to 50 riders with no incident. That's a good 100% growth for our state from what little I remember about 2007.
2007
I forget what happened in 2007 - but I do know we get more riders every year, and that the only bad weather year was 2006.
2006
The 2006 World Naked Bike Ride was Burlngton's second annual event and the most excellent so far. It was a rainy and unseasonably cold day in Burlington – 49 degrees – but still we had about 60 riders: more than double the number on the first ride in 2005. We are hoping June 2007 will be more June-like! With the amount of buzz and promotion, I think we could have filled the streets! We were the lead story on the local news both Friday night and on Saturday, ensuring the message was spread beyond the umbrellaed spectators! Photos of the ride can be seen in our Yahoo! group and also on our website (see links below).
2004-2005
The concept of a World Naked Bike Ride through the college town of Burlington, Vermont was introduced in the autumn of 2004 by John, the owner of the Naked In Vermont website. A Yahoo! group (link removed) was created for the purpose of allowing people interested in such a ride to gather and plan the very first ride through Burlington.
With the help of a few local people who walked around and talked to people and put up posters, the first ride took place on 11 June 2005. The ride commenced on North Winooski Avenue and proceeded to downtown and wound through the streets of Burlington down Bank Street and over to College Street, Main Street and around several other high traffic streets. Crowds cheered and applauded the naked riders as they made their way through town.
The first World Naked Bike Ride was featured in the weekly newspaper, and included a nice photo of the riders stopping on College Street for free refreshments provided by the local Stone Soup café.
Links
Camping - *Enjoy Burlington Site - look for NORTH BEACH CAMPGROUND There is a Hilton and a Sheraton in town too. Or Google bed and breakfasts. There is a nice one on Willard Street.
Note: There is a history of conflict/controversy about recent rides. At one time two different groups were organizing for Burlington. But, with the success of the 2006 ride it is safe to say everyone is working together.
Website
- WNBR Burlington, Vermont (official site)
- WNBR Vermont state (official site)
Discussion group
- WNBR Burlington Yahoo! group (includes pictures)
- WNBR Vermont Yahoo! group (no pictures, inactive)
