Documentary will take closer look at Naked Bike Ride.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A local non-profit is looking for a few good subjects who aren’t bashful about participating in Portland’s annual Naked Bike Ride. Portland-based NW Documentary teaches classes on documentary filmmaking (including one on how to film by bike) and they also boast a respectable … Read more
Just a portion of the vast crowd just seconds after the start.(Photo © J. Maus)
June 18th.(Photos © J. Maus) Thanks to a group of devoted volunteers working on a shoestring budget so that 10,000 people can enjoy a naked bike ride through the streets (not to mention all the people who enjoy it without even being there or participating), the Portland edition of the 2011 World Naked Bike Ride … Read more
It’s a rare media outlet that can cover something like the World Naked Bike Ride with a good balance of professionalism and good-natured fun, but the crew at G4 TV seems to have done just that. Their coverage (watch it below) of Portland’s 2010 World Naked Bike Ride features some familiar faces including “Route Czar” … Read more
Naked Riders on West Burnside. – Photo by Jared Souney/JaredSouney.com.
Last year.(Photo © J. Maus) Just a few days left until Portland’s annual skin-only cycling soiree, the World Naked Bike Ride. Last year, an estimated 5,000 took part (more than doubling the 2008 total), making it the largest naked bike parade in North America (if not the world?). If recent growth trends continue (see graph … Read more
The flash of naked riders is an annual sight in Portland(Photo © J. Maus) The World Naked Bike Ride doesn’t roll around again til June, but Portlanders will have a chance next week to ride naked around Mt Tabor as part of an upcoming Flaming Lips music video. I spoke about the shoot, set for … Read more
As a follow-up to our story yesterday, about volunteer organizers of the epic Pedalpalooza Kickoff Naked Bike Ride and Party not making enough from the event to cover the bills, comes this update (emphasis mine): From the entire Pedalpalooza Kickoff Party organizing team, thank you for the monumental response in the way of thanks, offers … Read more
Imagine if each one of them donated $5.– Click here to donate –(Photo © J. Maus) Last Saturday night, 1% of Portland’s population reveled in the World Naked Bike Ride. 5,000 people enjoyed it by bike (or on roller skates, skateboards, etc…), and thousands of others did so either by seeing it live and/or by … Read more
The masses assemble in Northwest Portland prior to the World Naked Bike Ride. There were bikes and flesh as far as the eye could see in every direction when I took this photo (from the roof of a school bus).– View slideshow below –– More images –(Photo © J. Maus)
What more wholesome, charming sight to greet you bombing down Glisan on a warm, overcast day than 50 or so ebullient naked people on bikes? That’s what happened to me and a friend today. I threw my bike on the grass and pulled out my camera as people rode by cheering and urging us to … Read more
Riding naked. Oh what a feeling.(Photo © J. Maus) It’s less than one week from one of the most epic rides on Portland’s bike calendar (and with all the amazing rides we have, that’s really saying something). Yes, the annual World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) commences this Saturday night. In 2007 we had about 800 … Read more