The Rock Report - November 2007

 
The first storm of the season rolled onto the shores of Crescent Rock Beach bringing high winds, crashing waves, plus downed trees and power outages to the peninsula.  There was even some light snow a week later which dusted the beach in a month usually reserved for more fall-like weather.  Fortunately the precipitation was well below normal at a time of year that usually receives the highest rainfall rates.  Because of this there was no repeat of last year's autumn mudslides onto the nearby BNSF Railway tracks.
 

White caps and eel grass during fall windstorm.
Photo by Don Pitcairn

 

In early November the Skinnydippers Swim Club received word that Judge Williamson of the B.C. Supreme Court has sided with them in their court action against the City of Surrey.  He found that Surrey had overstepped their powers by trying to enforce moral authority on this group of nudists and that they were wrong in revoking their Newton Wave Pool rental contract cancelling the nude swim which had ran there for 9 months before ending in January of 2003.  Surrey now has 30 days to appeal this ruling or accept the judge's decision and once again allow the Skinnydippers access to the Newton Wave Pool for their monthly swims which are currently being held at Vancouver's Renfrew Pool the second Saturday of every month from September to June.
 
Nav Canada surprised no one when they decided not to attend a citizens forum called for by Delta Council on their contentious flight path now moved over the ecologically sensitive waters of Boundary Bay.  Instead they have offered to bring members of Delta Council and 12 resident representatives to their offices in Newton to try and explain the 'highly technical' nature of this decision.  SUN believes that Delta Council should simply cancel this dog and pony show which was already foisted on South Surrey M.P. Russ heibert and a handful of peninsula citizens.  Delta's lawyers should apply to the B.C. Supreme Court of Canada for a order of mandemus to force Transport Canada to do its job and revoke Nav Canada's illegal imposition of this service change which ignored the regulations in the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (CANSCA).
 
While there is no nude-recreational use of Crescent Rock Beach at this rather chilly time, remember that some wilderness hotsprings in B.C. are still accessible, there are nude swims every week of the month at Vancouver pools, and that if travelling out of Canada to find the sun, many resorts are offering a clothing-optional get-away so you won't have to come home with those dreaded tan lines.  SUN hopes that you will spend your tourist dollars on these nude-friendly resorts as a way of promoting naturism and the culture of positive body acceptance that we endorse.