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This page contains press coverage of previous SF WNBR rides along with ride reports from some of the participants in these events.

2004

First SF World Naked Bike Ride

• SF rides the first WNBR in 2004 with about 40 mostly male riders. We gathered at noon in the Embarcadero near the North end of Justin Herman Plaza (just North of the huge fountain with all of the cubic shapes) and head out at 1 PM along Market St to the Castro district. Did we ever stop for pictures? I dont think so. Who knew we were so beautiful?
• SF Bay Area Indymedia, SF Naked Bike Ride Against Oil Dependency article by Eric Wagner, 12 June 2004
• Basetree Photography, June 12, 2004 - Naked Bike Ride San Francisco photos by Eric, 12 June 2004

Bike ride to celebrate National Naked Awareness Day

• Then in July we did it again! But this time, in celebration of Nat'l Naked Awareness Day, we were protected by a new group of the WNBR angels.
• A few weeks later we got to teach the SF City District Attorney, and SFPD cop John Velasquez, about respect for the law when the SFPD cited 5 of the July riders group.

2005 SF WNBR

• Area body painters ask to work on us, gratis.

2008 SF WNBR

• 2008- SFPD begin shadowing our Ride. "In case we need it".
• San Francisco Weekly, World Naked Bike Ride on 6/7 (NSFW) slideshow by Edward Paik, 6 June 2008
• San Francisco Weekly, Saturday: World Naked Bike Ride article by Janine Kahn, Mon., Jun. 9 2008

2009 SF WNBR

• At the 2009 event there were around 120 riders. We head out at 1 PM when the body painters have done their work.

We keep a steady pace heading almost to Golden Gate Park. We stop, rest and then turn around in SF's (Panhandle) to return to Embarcadero. We also stop and rest (and pose for photos) on the Polk St. steps of City Hall (there is usually some Saturday event going on in the Civic Center Park).

• San Francisco Weekly, World Naked Bike Ride 2009 slideshow, 15 June 2009
• San Francisco Weekly, Critical Ass: SF's World Naked Bike Ride 2009 article by Ashley Harrel, 15 June 2009
• San Francisco Weekly, June: SF Weekly's Month in Photos, slideshows, 26 June 2009

2010

Southern Hemisphere SF WNBR

• March 2010 we had our first "Winter WNBR", in solidarity with the Southern Hemisphere WNBR.
• San Francisco Weekly, SF's Southern Hemisphere World Naked Bike Ride (NSFW), slideshow 16 Mar, 2010

Northern Hemisphere SF WNBR

• San Francisco Weekly, Naked Bike Ride, Sonny & The Sunsets, 'I Get What I Want And Always Get It Again!' article by Emily Savage, 11 June 2010
• San Francisco Weekly, Tomorrow is World Naked Bike Ride Day. Yes, Again. article by Chris Roberts, 11 June 2010
• San Francisco Weekly, World Naked Bike Ride: San Francisco (NSFW) slideshow, 13 June 2010
• Ride Report by James A. Zaun, 19 June 2010. A detailed report on the ride with photos.

2011

Southern Hemisphere SF WNBR

• San Francisco Weekly, Get Off Your (Bare) Butt, event by Keith Bowers, 3 March 2011