Wreck Beach is a popular clothing-optional beach located Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which in turn part of the University Endowment Lands just west of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Every year, Wreck Beach Day celebrates the beach—and beach
bodies—with a range of wholesome, naked fun: naked volleyball, a naked
body-painting competition, naked Kite-Flying, a naked art show, and a
naked sandcastle event. (“Sandcastle” categories include “the Sea and
Sea Fantasy,” “Imaginary Animals,” and “Naked Glories”—all of which
sound like the best reason ever to go to Wreck Beach Day. Sand-made “Sea Fantasy?” Awesome.)
But this year has a special bonus: Wreck Beach Day coincides with Body Acceptance Day (BAD), the goal of which is to liberate beaches from bathing suits and help us all love our bodies.
To symbolize the freedom BAD offers, the Wreck Beach Day organizers
have created a Body Acceptance Machine (BAM): You enter the machine a
“textile” (i.e., clothed), emerge liberated (i.e., naked), and get
rewarded with a free Wreck Beach Passport 2010.
It was more than 15 years ago that I
first experienced Wreck Beach – a long recognised, well-established
nudist beach in Vancouver – there’s even a book chronically the beach’s
history.
A few months ago I returned for a second
time to discover a more sophisticated beach - while still retaining its
hippie heart - in it’s offerings of mixed drinks alongside a medieval
fair of tents selling food, sarongs, massages and impromptu music. (Not
too mention my swim with a seal!)
Nudism, I appreciate, is not for
everyone. But that’s one of the first things that struck me about this
inclusive beach on my first visit: that despite it being a nude beach
you didn’t have to go naked, if you didn’t want to. Those patronising
the beach were mix of ‘au natural’, half-dressed and fully-covered in
swimwear.
About the only thing that’s not excepted is to be fully dressed in street clothes. That’s just creepy.
All ages too were in attendance. I
distinctly remember sitting next to a grandmother who was there with her
granddaughter, and me thinking ‘how cool is that?!’ The range of ages
gave the place an unparalleled sense of community.
The other distinctive memory I had from
my first visit was how cool it was that the drink sellers wandering the
beach were also naked except for their bum bag/change purse clipped
around their waist. I don’t know why that struck me as odd. The
alternative, had they been dressed, would likely have been odder.
Last month’s return was no less
impressive. In fact, it seemed the beach had grown substantially in
popularity. Drink sellers were still there, still naked but for a change
purse, but their menu was far more sophisticated than the beer and
Cokes of yesteryear. Now it included mixed margaritas alongside gin
& tonics made with brand labels like Bombay Sapphire.
The place had a lively circus feel to
it. A medieval fair even. With lean-to tents sent up along the back of
the beach; their fabric walls billowing in the breeze. Here you could
shop for food, sarongs, even step into a private enclosure for a massage.
For the most part people were naked. And
I marveled how similar we all look without clothes. A revelation of
sorts. “Despite our different sizes,” I thought, “we all have the same
basic shape and it’s only clothes that draw attention to attributes – a
bigger bust, a narrower waist – and accentuate our differences.”
There were a few clothed people on the
beach – known locally as ‘textiles’ – and an even stranger addition:
uniformed police patrolling, looking oddly out of place as they
monitored alcohol consumption on the beach – which was illegal, and yet
so blatantly indulged in. I found it confusing. But perhaps some
questions are better not asked.
I played Frisbee with a friend, working
up a sweat in order to bravely enter the chilly waters. (Sorry
Vancouver, I’d love to say they were warm but bracing is the best I can
offer.) Despite my whinging and the torture of slowly sloping sandy
bottom, I did make it into the sea and was rewarded with a seal swimming
within 5 metres of me. (I thought it was a dog at first and when I
realised it was actually a seal I couldn’t contain my excitement!)
The
end to a perfect day? Almost! The cherry on the cake was the impromptu
music/jam session we got caught up in before leaving the beach.
Revellers were adding their instruments, their voices, or simply clapped
to an impromptu beat and melody that was collectively contributed to
and singularly enjoyed
Take a moment just for yourself in the naturist settlement situated in
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Enjoying an impressive cliff top setting, this luxurious hotel boasts
direct access down to the picturesque beach – gaze at breathtaking views
over the Mediterranean from the outdoor pool.…
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private enclosure for a massage.
The
end to a perfect day? Almost! The cherry on the cake was the impromptu
music/jam session we got caught up in before leaving the beach.
Revellers were adding their instruments, their voices, or simply clapped
to an impromptu beat and melody that was collectively contributed to
and singularly enjoyed
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