ArticlesFebruary 12, 2008 9:59 am
Skinny dipping is stripping off to swim naked at a remote river, lake, or swimming pool. Ernest Thompson Seton describes skinny dipping as one of the first activities of his Woodcraft Indians, a forerunner of the scouts in 1902. Swimming was done nude at the YMCA until the 1960s in single sex groups. In some English schools, Manchester Grammar School for example, nude swimming was compulsory until the 1970s. This was also the case for some US junior high schools. A Gallup poll in 2000 showed that 25% of all American adults had been skinny dipping at least once.
- Canuding is the practice of nude canoeing. This is popular in Canada.
- Free hiking, naked hiking or naked rambling is the practice of hiking in the remote countryside as a social activity while nude. The French term is ‘Randonnue‘. It happens worldwide even in densely populated areas like South East England.
- Free riding is the practice of riding in the remote countryside while nude. The German term is ‘Nacktreiten‘. The term can also be used to refer to naked cycle riding.
