South Florida Free Beaches Florida Naturist Association GUIDEBOOK TO THE NATURIST BEACH FOURTH EDITION SOUTH FLORIDA FREE BEACHES www.SFFB.com Haulover Park Naturist Beach Miami Beach, Florida Specials for first-time visitors! We’re not for the clothes- minded! Florida’s Most Beautiful Clothes Free Resort! Play for the day or stay for the week! Organized activities year-round • Two heated pools • Tennis courts 9-hole chip & putt golf • Spa amenities • On-site dining & more! For complete list of activities & admission policies please visit: www.cypresscoveresort.com 4425 Pleasant Hill Road • Kissimmee, FL 34746 • (888) 683-3140 1 SOUTH FLORIDA FREE BEACHES AND THE BEACH AMBASSADORS WELCOME YOU TO HAULOVER BEACH WHAT IS NATURISM? • becoming one with Nature and nature’s God as the sun warms your body and the water caresses your skin • a feeling of liberation as you shed your status, pretensions and fears along with your clothes, and learn to ‘be at home in your own skin’ • nudity as freedom, not as exhibitionism, voyeurism or exploitation • a return to Eden in the company of family and friends Haulover’s naturist beach is clothing-optional. All are welcome so long as they respect others and our natural beach environment. You can take your own time to adjust. Of course it isn’t polite to stare, but if you look around you’ll see a wide range of shapes and ages. Whether you choose a naturist beach, a nudist resort affiliated with The Naturist Society, the American Association for Nude Recreation, the International Naturist Federation, or a nude cruise, experience the joy of what it’s like to.... Go Barefoot All Over! (The Naturist Society) Call Ocean Rrescue at 736-336-6990 to reserve a beach wheelchair ADA access ADA In cooperation with Miami Dade Ocean Rescue and B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation and its donors, visitors with disabilities may reserve the free use of one of several donated beach wheelchairs for their Haulover Beach Park visit. 2 Haulover Park Rules & Naturist Etiquette No sexual activity on the beach. Illegal behavior is not tolerated. Public lewd activity is a violation of Florida Statutes 800.03 and/or 800.04, and may result in up to 15 years imprisonment on conviction. Stay out of dunes and environmentally sensitive areas. Obey surf condition warnings and lifeguard instructions. Keep the area clean. Take out more trash than you brought in. Don’t use the beach as an ashtray. Follow park regulations. NO GLASS BOTTLES. No pets on the beach. Avoid offending others. Dress before leaving marked clothing-optional areas. Follow parking regulations, especially regarding handicapped spaces. Inform others of proper etiquette. A few simple rules keep the beach safe and fun for all visitors. Keep radios low, or use earphones. www.SFFB.com Ask permission before taking photos. Our Haulover Beach Ambassadors may be identified by their turquoise safari hats Our Beach Ambassadors ask that you HELP PROTECT YOUR BEACH! Do your part and report illegal or improper behavior to the SFFB For immediate police or medical emergencies: Beach Ambassadors or Dial 911 the Lifeguards. Haulover Beach Safety Headquarters lifeguards/water safety/EMTs Join our 786-336-6990 Beach Ambassadors Haulover Beach Park office 305-947-3525 contact us at: Miami-Dade Police [email protected] 305-476-5423 3 4 5 The founding of Haulover’s naturist beach – 1991 South Florida Free Beaches/Florida Naturist Association, Inc. is an advocate that a fair share of public lands be set aside for use by skinny-dippers and nude sun- bathers in Florida. SFFB established Haulover’s clothing-optional section in 1991, subsequently fighting for lifeguards, parking, and county recognition. SFFB has since 1994 maintained a Tallahassee lobbyist to represent our interests, and has opposed numerous bills that would have definitively criminalized social nudity in Florida and jeopardized Haulover’s clothing-optional status. SFFB is a member of The Naturist Society’s Naturist Network, and works coop- eratively with the Naturist Action Committee and Naturist Education Foundation in furtherance of activist and educational goals. SFFB also assists other naturist groups in their goals to protect existing naturist beaches and to establish new sites; it has also provided advice and legal support to scores of individuals wrongfully arrested for mere nudity while skinny-dipping at remote locations or even sunbathing in their own back yards. B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation, SFFB’s 501 (c) (3) adjunct, advocates for Haulover improvements and has implemented beachside showers, tiki huts, beach wheel- chairs and beach events. A current project is improved beach access for persons with disabilities. For more information: www.beachesfoundation.org If you share our goals, we need your support! Review our proven track record of naturist activism on pages 18 & 19. Consider becoming a sponsor or donor to further the ongoing mission. See page 7 for an application, or join online at our website. Subscribe to our free email newsletter. At www.SFFB.com © 2014: South Florida Free Beaches / Florida Naturist Association, Inc. PO Box 530306, Miami Shores, FL 33153-0306 Conception & text: Bruce Frendahl, Michael Kush, Richard Mason, Bob Morton, Norma Mitchell, Mark Storey Photo contributors: David Baum, Rob Boyte, Vittorio Buono, James Loewen, Albert Pantaleon, Friends of Gunnison, The Naturist Society 6 Join us! Become a South Florida Free Beaches new sponsor and receive the 30-minute Haulover Beach DVD featuring the 2010 Guinness World Record™ Skinny-dip as our gift. Become a Naturist Society new member and a South Florida Free Beaches new sponsor and receive in addition a free copy of the 300-page The World’s Best Nude Beaches and Resorts with hundreds of color photos of the best places to be clothes-free across the world. details at: www.sffb.com/sponsors Join the Quest for Clothing-optional Beaches • Free enewsletter subscription • SFFB & TNS membership online your portal to naturism • Clothing-optional social club Meetup group • Haulover facts, history, events and more www.SFFB.com 7 Member Application or online at www.sffb.com/sponsors & Naturism in Florida throughout the USA Beach Help support Haulover ___SFFB/FNA annual sponsorship: $35 (single/couple/family) $_______ ___Send Haulover DVD premium with new SFFB sponsorship* Additional donations in any amount: ___SFFB/FNA Legal Defense/ Political Action fund donation $_______ ___B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation donation $_______ SFFB 501 (c) (3) naturist educational adjunct The Naturist Society U.S. annual membership (single/couple/family) $_______ ___TNS standard membership (age 26 thru 64): $60 ___senior (65+), young adult (18-25), or Disabled American Vet: $50 ___ Send The World’s Best Nude Beaches and Resorts premium requires new SFFB sponsorship ($35) + TNS membership ($60 or $50)* *premium offers by SFFB for U.S. applicants: see www.sffb.com/sponsors Total check or credit card charge $_______ Name(s)_______________________________________________________________ Mailing Address________________________________________________________ City_____________________________________ State_______ Zip______________ Email______________________________________@__________________________ Phone_________________________________________________________________ Payment method: ___Check ___Visa ___MC ___Discover ___AMEX Card number ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ Expiration date ______ ______ Billing zip____________ (if not same as mailing zip code) Credit card 3 digit validation code ________ Signature_______________________________________ Make all checks payable SFFB/FNA and mail to: SFFB/FNA, PO Box 530306, Miami Shores, FL 33153-0306 8 THE NATURIST EDUCATION FOUNDATION Informing North America about Naturism The Naturist Education Foundation (NEF) is the nonprofit informational and educational adjunct to The Naturist Society, which grew and developed from the Free Beach movement in North America. Since 1995, the volunteer board mem•bers of NEF and their associates have been dedicated to improving the awareness of naturism, its history, and its values to: Late naturist • naturist beach users activist and • legislators ambassador • business leaders Toni Egbert • journalists • academic scholars Gunnison Beach • college communities New Jersey NEF offers a Speakers Bureau providing informed and articulate naturist pre- senters for use free of charge in college classrooms, legislative committees, and business luncheons. NEF has produced informative books, pamphlets, videos, and other materials to help individual naturists and beach groups explain who skinny-dippers are, what they believe in, and what they hope for in society. NEF provides the Toni Egbert Naturist Law Library, an online collection of legal references and documents pertaining to social nudity. Topics include public nu- dity, offense, community standards, and family law. NEF commissions national and statewide polls to verify empirically North America’s level of tolerance towards non-sexualized public nudity. national and statewide polls document American attitudes on nude recreation Question: “Do you be- lieve that people who enjoy nude sunbathing should be able to do so without interference from local officials as NEF members queue for NEF-funded long as they do so at a beach that is accepted performance of the Free Beach Trilogy for that purpose?” play at 2003 Seattle Fringe Festival. NEF national polls Your contributions allow NEF to further the understanding and acceptance of naturism. For more information,