CrescentRockBeach

While the usual events at Crescent Rock Beach (CRB) include sunbathing, skinny-dipping, communing with nature and just simply relaxing, there are some occasions organized by SUN and other naturist/nudist groups that you may wish to attend or observe during 2011. MAKE SURE YOU MARK THESE IMPORTANT DAYS ON YOUR CALENDAR! Events held at the naturist shores of CRB are highlighted in red.

Polar Bare Plunge - "Nude" Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2011
BRRR...ring in the "Nude" Year with SUN and Skinnydipper Services Inc. when we co-host the 5th annual Polar Bare Plunge charity swim at Crescent Rock Beach on Sat., Jan. 1st, 2009 at 1 p.m. in the icy waters directly in front of the giant Crescent Rock boulder just south of Crescent Beach in south Surrey. Entry is free but we ask supporters and spectators to bring cash donations benefiting the War Amps PLAYSAFE and CHAMPS childhood amputee programs. Prizes, including the new Crescent Rock Beach and Skinnydipper T-shirts, will be given out for the youngest and oldest competitors, longest swim, and of course, best costume. Your one-button bathing suit is the proper attire, but body paint and limited clothing are always appreciated. Please note that the start time for this swim allows you to also attend the textiled New Year's Day swims being held in White Rock at 12 noon and English Bay at 2:30 p.m. Registration for the Polar Bare Plunge starts at 11 a.m. and a change shelter along with piping hot Holy Smoke coffee provided for your comfort.

World Naked Gardening Day - Sat. May 14
The Naturist Society holds their 7th annual World Gardening Day this year, encouraging people from across the globe to tend their portion of the world's garden clothed as nature intended. Why garden naked? Next to swimming, gardening is at the top of the list of family-friendly activities people are most ready to consider doing nude. Moreover, our culture needs to move toward a healthy sense of both body acceptance and our relation to the natural environment. Gardening naked is not only a simple joy, it reminds us - even if only for those few sun-kissed minutes - that we can be honest with who we are as humans and as part of this planet.

World Oceans Day - Sun. June 5 (Non-nude)
Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society and the City of Surrey host WOD on Sunday, June 5 from 11am - 3pm at Blackie Spit, foot of McBride St., Crescent Beach, Surrey, B.C. While not connected to SUN or naturism, this free family festival held near CRB encourages individuals to think about what the ocean means to them and what it has to offer all of us with hopes of conserving it for present and the future generations. WOD features interactive environmental displays, fun family activities, crafts, face painting, marine creature touch tank, live music, kayaking, scuba, interpretive walks and Sammy the Seagull. For more information please visit either http://www.birdsonthebay.ca/wod.htm or http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/walk After visiting WOD, walk down the shoreline south of Crescent Beach to Crescent Rock Beach and spend some time au natural in the marine environment thinking about what the ocean means to you.

World Naked Bike Ride - Sat. June 18
Experience the exposed joy of Vancouver's largest naked protest against oil dependency and car culture on Sat., June 18, Sunset Beach, corner of Beach and Bute. This ride is meant to stop indecent exposure to automobile emissions and reduce green house gases causing global warming. Hundreds of cyclists will ride in various stages of undress, reclaiming the streets as sexy self-propelled citizens using raw naked bicycle people power. Festivities begin at 1 pm with body painting and performances before the ride. A clothing optional picnic following the ride will be hosted by NIFTY with the ride, pre and post-ride activities all being free. For the third nude event of the day check out the Skinnydipper's swim night at the Newton Wave pool in Surrey.

International Nude Recreation Week - July 4 to 10
Plan your summer holiday or "nakation" to coincide with the Naturist Society/AANR's International Nude Recreation Week and spend your time textile-free, enjoying yourself as naturally as can be. Visit the Naturist Society website at http://www.naturistsociety.com/index.htm for more details.

Wreck Beach Day - Sat. July 16 (Rain Date - Sat. July 23)
The 30th annual Wreck Beach Day will be held on Saturday, July 16 at Point Gray in Vancouver to coincide with FCN`s Body Acceptance Day across Canada. Folks will be able to win trophies and ribbons for sandcastles, kite flying, body painting and the annual nude art show. Team captains or single individuals for the sandcastle competition must be nude. Registration is free at the bottom of Trail #6 and starts at 9 a.m. Judging of castles, depending on winds and waves, will begin approximately at 3 p.m. Cold, cloudy, or rainy weather will see this event postponed to July 26. Visit the WBPS website at www.wreckbeach.org for more details on this event.

Body Acceptance Day - Sat. July 16
The 4th annual cross-Canada "Body Acceptance Day" sponsored by the Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN), to celebrate yourself as nature intended. Pack a special picnic to a nude beach, go camping without clothes, visit a wilderness hot spring, but just spend the day having naked fun! If you want to branch out to textile city beaches and liberate them for a day, go bare as you dare just like they do in Spain.

CRESCENT ROCK BEACH DAY
Sat. Aug. 13 (Rain Date - Sat. Aug. 20)
The 5th annual Crescent Rock Beach Day held by SUN on Sat., Aug. 13 to celebrate naturism in Surrey. SUN hopes to raise awareness of this nude recreation area and calls for it to be officially recognized as a clothing-optional shoreline for the Fraser Valley like Wreck is for the Lower Mainland. We also want to bring attention to the concept of moving this historically dangerous railway from the ocean and landslide prone bluff to a safer inland route with the planned Vancouver to Seattle high-speed rail, turning the existing rail bed into a waterfront nature trail.

Bring your kites, skim boards, musical instruments, body paint, sandcastle tools and a hearty lunch to enjoy this special day to its fullest starting . If the weather is not warm and sunny, CRB Day will be rescheduled for one week later. Aug. 13th is also a Skinnydipper swim night at Newton Wave Pool, so you can make a whole naked day of it in Surrey - from 11 in the morning to 11 at night.

Wreck Beach Bare Buns Run - Sun. Aug. 14
The 15th annual Wreck Beach Bare Buns Fun Run is part of the "Buns-across-the-Border" celebration of naturism, featuring sister runs at Fraternity Snoqualmie and Kaniksu Ranch in Washington State. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. at the bottom of Trail #6 and the run goes at 12:00 noon. sharp rain or shine. Register on-line at registrar@barebuns.ca or visit the WBPS website http://www.wreckbeach.org for additional information.

Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup - Sept 25 (Non-nude)
SUN will be taking part in this nationwide beach cleanup planned for across Canada from Sept. 17 - 25 by removing litter, debris and flotsam from the 6.5 km. long naturist shores of Crescent Rock beach on Sun., Sept. 25. If you wish to participate please meet at the Crescent Rock boulder just south of the 101 Steps pedestrian overpass at the west end of 24 Ave. Large orange garbage bags will be supplied but please bring your own work gloves, hiking boots, plus water and food. Because of the rugged terrain plus unknown garbage that we will be collecting, having a nude cleanup is not possible due to safety concerns. The BNSF Railway has offered to partner with SUN to assist our environmental efforts by removing the bagged refuse from beside the rail corridor making our participation in this event possible.

Polar "Bare" Plunge - "Nude" Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2012
BRRR...ring in the "Nude" Year with SUN and Skinnydipper Services Inc. when we co-host the 6th annual Polar "Bare" Plunge charity swim at Crescent Rock Beach on Sun., Jan. 1st, 2012 at 1 p.m. in the icy waters directly in front of the giant Crescent Rock boulder just south of Crescent Beach in south Surrey. Entry is free but we ask supporters and spectators to bring cash donations benefiting the War Amps PLAYSAFE and CHAMPS childhood amputee programs. Prizes, including the new Crescent Rock Beach and Skinnydipper T-shirts, will be given out for the youngest and oldest competitors, longest swim, and of course, best costume. Your one-button bathing suit is the proper attire, but body paint and limited clothing are always appreciated. Please note that the start time for this swim allows you to also attend the textiled New Year's Day swims being held in White Rock at 12 noon and English Bay at 2:30 p.m. Registration for the Polar Bare Plunge starts at 11 a.m. and a change shelter along with piping hot Holy Smoke coffee provided for your comfort.

SUN Days
For those sun worshippers out there who can't get enough of that bright ball of fire in the sky, the following calendar dates will be of importance to you. Spring equinox is on March 20, summer solstice is June 21, the autumn equinox is on Sept. 23, and the winter solstice is Dec. 22. If the weather co-operates, these might be good days to call in sick and visit a nude beach to celebrate these special celestial events by soaking up the sun's rays with other naturists, or by simply going to the ocean to note the change in the seasons.

Nude Swims
For a schedule of indoor nude swims held year-round throughout the lower mainland, visit nudeswims.bc.ca Simply click on the club names to be redirected to their websites for additional information and directions to the various aquatic facilities. For information on nude swimming in Surrey at the Newton Wave Pool with the Skinnydippers Recreation Club, visit http://club.skinnydipper.ca

Nude Cruises
The Skinnydipper Recreation Club frequently holds nude cruises at Stave Lake during the summer months. Join them aboard a large pontoon boat for a seven hour cruise on Stave Lake. Departing from the boat launch on Stave Lake you cruise up the lake with stops for skinnydipping and sunbathing. The scenary is spectacular in this remote area with mountains rising almost directly out of the water and glacier fed streams splashing down to the beaches. For more info visit http://club.skinnydipper.ca/cruises/cruise.php

Crescent Rock Beach patrols
SUN asks everyone who comes to Crescent Rock Beach to work together to keep the shoreline free of litter and debris, trusting when you leave the beach you'll take your own garbage plus any other discarded items you may find.

Please report any pollution (RAPP Line @ 1-877-952-7277), safety problems with the BNSF Railway (Transport Canada, New West. @ 604-666-0011), or harassment of wildlife (Surrey Conservation Office @ 604-582-5250) to SUN and the proper authorities. This includes low-flying ultra-light aircraft deliberately targeting eagles, herons and flocks of ducks on the shoreline. If you witness this activity try to record it with photos or video and note the registration numbers printed on the offending aircraft wings for identification.

Fisheries officers are concerned with the illegal harvesting of contaminated clams from the secluded shores of Crescent Rock Beach. SUN asks that if you see people digging clams please report them by calling the DFO 24-hour hotline locally at 604-666-3500 or toll-free at 1-800-465-4336. Eating these shellfish can cause serious injury or death, especially for those with a suppressed immune system.