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DESCRIPTION:It's that time to tune up those bikes and toss those riding duds in the 
 wash, you won't need them for the World Naked Bike Ride in San Francisco. 
 It's the second WNBR of the year, in conjunction with Earth Day and the 
 FIFTH anniversary of the British Petroleum Deep Horizon explosion and 
 Macondo Well oil spill disaster, the worst oil spill in history that 
 occurred on April 20, 2010. Ironically, environmentalist John Muir's 
 birthday.\n\nIt is time for the Fifth Annual Earth Day World Naked Bike 
 Ride - San Francisco chapter.\n\nThe BP oil spill left dead sea life and 
 birds as well as the environmental devastation of the gulf that will impact 
 sea life and the economy of the gulf's fishing industry for decades. With 
 the Japan quake & tsunami 4years ago all but forgotten, environmental 
 issues are more important than ever. There still remains to this day a huge 
 blanket of oil at the bottom of the Gulf. Don't let clear waters above fool 
 you into thinking the clean up job is finished. What better way to refresh 
 the public's memory than with a World Naked Bike Ride.\n\nOur San Francisco 
 contingent will meet Saturday, April 18th at 11:00AM at the northeast 
 corner behind the fountain in Justin Herman Plaza. March is generally the 
 onset of spring like warmth and it is now daylight savings, so for late 
 April, it should be a nice day for a WNBR. Our group will have time to 
 gather and renew old acquaintances as well as help initiate new riders. 
 Also slogans and signs can be finalized with body paint & markers. And all 
 WNBRs have challenged the new SF anti-nudity ordinance with NO 
 CITATIONS!!!\n\nThe ride is scheduled to start at around Noon.\n\nYou 
 decide how much bare you can dare, you can go all out in the joy of sun 
 clad nakedness, go topless, bikinis, body paint or latex, leotard or 
 lingerie, or tuxedos, whatever you feel like. For this ride, however, since 
 an oil spill is the target of our angst, an appropriate statement can be 
 made to mimic spilled oil. Nude riders can use black body paint splattered 
 or coated. Those a little timid about nudity can use black trash bags that 
 resemble spilled oil. Or you can be even more creative and artistic with 
 black latex body paint to achieve a sheen and gloss that really looks like 
 spilled oil. Since it is Earth Day we are celebrating the environment, so 
 if you don't go the bare route or the oil spill look, then adorn yourself 
 with green colors; shoes, hats, scarves, capes, whatever, to promote a 
 greener way of life.\n\nSkates or skateboards have ridden along with us in 
 the past. Also we had our first tandem bike in our last ride. How about a 
 nude unicyclist? And music maestro please. How about some of you musical 
 bikes from Rock The Bike sounding off with us?\n\nAs always, our ride is in 
 continued protest of an unsustainable energy policy in all nations around 
 the globe. We support the innovation of alternate and improved energy 
 technologies, the social commitment to a more sustainable energy 
 consumption and generally the pure fun and joy of riding naked to draw 
 attention to these issues. However, this time the main protest is about the 
 BP oil spill and since this is Earth Day, special reverence for our 
 ecosystem and respect for Mother Earth.\n\nOur ride will focus on downtown 
 SOMA areas, Embarcadero, and most flat areas along the financial area 
 downtown. We will go down to Fisherman's Wharf and then back toward the 
 Earth Day Festival in the Mission District before ending our ride in the 
 Castro.\n\nLater that evening, many of our riders may want to take in 
 BICYCLE DAY 2015 at the Warfield Theater, starts at 7:00 
 PM\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/731126683650820/\n\nEarth Day Event 
 Page:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/665606140239894/\n\nSo set this date 
 on your calendars and get your friends and fellow bike riders to join us. 
 Ride as bare as you dare (nudity desired but not required).\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/01/18770689.php
SUMMARY:Fifth Annual Earth Day World Naked Bike Ride - San Francisco Chapter
LOCATION:Justin Herman Plaza\nmeet behind the fountain on the north east corner
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/01/18770689.php
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