Local Naked Bike Ride Scheduled for Tomorrow to Promote Body Positivity
Hundreds of cyclists participate during the XV World Naked Bike Ride.
Some of us like to do things that we would normally do with clothes on, do them naked. Going to the beach is the first thing that comes to mind, nude beaches are quite popular. The TV show “Naked and Afraid” has a high viewership. Sometimes we’ll go skinny dipping, dine or streak for fun or attention as well.
However, while I might consider doing some of those things, this thing is not something that sounds like most of us would agree to.
This year’s annual Philly Naked Bike Ride is happening this weekend. For this year’s clothing-optional event, naked cyclists will hit the streets on tomorrow, Saturday, August 26th at 2pm. It’s largest naked bike ride on the East Coast and the second largest in the country behind Portland, Oregon.
Bring the kids! No, actually you can’t do that. As usual, in an effort to prevent any undue, unwanted, or unacceptable attention other than the thousands of people venturing on the 10-mile trek through the City of Brotherly Love, the exact meeting place, route, and start time is being kept secret until 2 pm today.
The annual clothing-optional ride was formerly held in September, but that was found to be a bit too chilly for those not wearing pants. So in 2019, the organizers decided to move the ride to the warmer month of August.
The only year it was canceled was in 2020 when we were right in the middle of COVID, but bikers were back in the buff and on the road in 2021.
The event, in which birthday suit-clad bicyclists journey through the city, is meant to boost body positivity and green living.
The ride does have a code of conduct that states that they want to “desexualize nudity and to encourage everyone to embrace nudity as a normal, enjoyable way of life. Following this policy will help further this goal and teach all of us how to be better people in general.”
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Who Are The 4 NFL Quarterbacks Kids Like Best?
This past weekend, I spent many hours with youth football players that range from age 10 – 12 years old. My son is a youth player, and I noticed at least six different NFL jerseys being worn by him and his teammates. This led me to wonder, who are kids’ favorite NFL quarterbacks today?
I was reminiscing about which athletes kids looked up to when I was 10 years-old. It was simple. Your favorite player was typically one of the stars on your favorite (usually hometown) team. Occasionally, a universal big name like Joe Montana would jump into the mix. However, many of the big Montana fans I knew growing up in New Jersey were then San Francisco 49ers fans. This was usually due to their admiration of Montana. I don’t see that to frequently be the case today.
It is not uncommon for kids to gravitate more towards specific players now as opposed to an overall team. There are two main reasons why I find this to be the modern way of fandom for youth today.
First is fantasy football. In fantasy football, you cheer for individual players. The team winning or losing doesn’t matter, the player on your team putting up big numbers does. It’s great for the NFL to have kids intently invested with so many games per week.
Second, players are digitally accessible. Meaning, you can engage differently with a player much more in our social media universe. Players share a glimpse into their lives and who they are off the field. The NFL as a league leaned into this a partnered with TikTok back in 2019 to give fans even more content.
Why Do Kids Select A Favorite Player?
It’s a question with many answers. 30 years ago I would have said, “I love Phil Simms because he is the New York Giants’ fearless leader.” I asked 30 local youth athletes this as a follow-up question upon them naming their favorite NFL quarterback. Often the answer was related to the Quarterback’s persona. Their style of play, their personality, and even their jersey number was mentioned.
So tallying up the 30 youth football players I asked, here are the kids’ favorite NFL quarterbacks that are active today.
Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.
