Ben

I began with private nudism around mid-1990's and then publicly in 2002. Was a member of the Southern California Naturist Association (SCNA) in Los Angeles in 2017-2025 and AANR in 2021-2025. Go to Black's Beach frequently (since 2005) and have done the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in LA twice (2012, 2018). Also was nude every day from sun up to sun down (too cold at night!) at Burning Man in 2015 and some in 2022. Went discreetly nude at a Joshua Tree campsite with understanding campmates (whom I'd just met when they couldn't find a place to stay) for Thanksgiving week in 2017. Have also been to Pirate's Cove (San Luis Obispo), Deep Creek Hot Springs, Vabali Spa-Berlin, Germany, the old Salomon Bay Beach in St. John's, USVI, and in March 2022 went to Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico. Used to attend Nude Art LA every six months or so before pandemic, and I did in-person and online coed nude yoga classes at least once a week from late-2015-2023. I go to Black's Beach, my favorite place, as often as I can. I'm straight, originally from the Midwest of the U.S., and graduated from one of those smart universities. Was a life model a handful of times way back when, and I enjoy nude hiking and camping on occasion, and, of course, am always nude at home (unless I have the rare guest). I used to cam on nudist sites fairly often, because I was striving for authenticity more than anything else. As for the subject of nudity and sex, I live my life with both. I am sex positive. I do not believe nudism has to necessarily have anything to do with sex. But I also do not believe it never has anything to do with it. There's a middle ground. It doesn't run my life, but it's also not something that's taboo. I believe in consent, boundaries, and defining and expressing one's desires within those concepts of consent and boundaries. I like to travel - been to London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Berlin, Cannes, Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns, Auckland, Zipolite, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Tijuana, Toronto, and all over the U.S. Looking forward to Vancouver, Greece, Japan, and Scotland, among others, some day. Also would love to tour the U.S. and Europe via motorcycle.

If it's for romance, I'm interested only in women. Otherwise, all friends are welcome.

Movies, theatre, art museums, riding my motorcycle, cars, Chicago Cubs baseball, beaches, yoga.

Like all kinds, except for country and rap. Rock, blues, jazz, classical, funk, soul. Some favorites are Rush, Eagles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Coltrane, Miles, Thelonious Monk, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin.

Lawrence of Arabia, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I & II, To Kill a Mockingbird, Raiders of the Lost Ark, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Casino Royale, The Sting, Chinatown, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and many, many, many, many others.

I'm not big on hero-worshipping. We're all a work in progress. Having said that, I do appreciate the ones who give of themselves in our toughest (and most underpaid!) jobs - firefighters, police officers, military, nurses, teachers. "Thank you" to them.