Comments on: A question to those in the know

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:55:35 +0000

As a kid, I belonged to the New Orleans Athletic Club (junior member), and they required nude swimming. Interestingly, the pool was filled with salt water (c. 1957-58). In college (a Catholic college, no less) nude swimming (male only, although it was a co-ed school) was the norm in the college lake (c. 1965-69). I was never uncomfortable in either setting, and nobody else seemed to be, either.

By: felly

felly — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:36 +0000

When I was in college in the early 1970s the university had two pools mens and womens. The mens pool was swim suit optional. I use to go to a noon lap swim. Nobody wore suits. It was convenient not to have to carry a wet suit around to classes. One guy, who was virtually blind with out glasses, couldn’t swim a straight line. So he kept bumping into other guys. That was fun! He was in excellent shape. Thanks for reminding me. Gotta go now.

By: Hamm, Jae-Hoon

Hamm, Jae-Hoon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:16:57 +0000

Camp Gregory on Crystal Lake near Gray, ME, required all the campers at Reville to head for the water for an early morning dip to wake up before getting dressed for breakfast. The counselors were mostly seminarians,I think, and 75% of the campers were pre-pubescent, so no big deal on pubes. I went from age 12 to 14. However, the early morning dip was at the beach next to the Infirmary where the camp nurse lived. Some of us would head for the water and then mix with those returning campers without ever going in the water more becauseof the nurse than the nakedness. Swim sessions were always with suits. My Catholic boarding grammar school had gang showers but we all had to wear shower pants. Catholic high school did not have PE or gang showers. My first experience exposed to and exposed with grown men was my Draft physical in an antiseptic environment. My military experience in OTS was with shower stalls rather than gang showers, and/or sharing a bathroom, so very limited exposure to nudity before playgirl or Blueboy.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:35:09 +0000

Miss those days — I was a competitive swimmer starting in 2nd grade thru high school.

We always wore speedos, but did go a few times to a private club to swim and the pool was men only, and there was a no suit rule. I didn’t ‘know’ I was gay, but knew I loved seeing all the men of different ages in the pool.

In high school there was always a lot of showing off in speedos — and the speedos were pretty skimpy. One of the better swimmers loved to pull his big dick out and put in on the edge of the pool when we were between sets to get the coach (also in a speedo) to react.

Interestingly, the coach use to love to come in after practice and shower with the team — now I realize he was gay - but there is nothing like a team of 30 naked high school boys in an open shower all showering together — still have fantasies about that!

And, I remember growing up watching everyone’s body change in the open showers — Another guy and I were the first to reach puberty, and remember being a little self conscious, and knowing others were looking to see our growing pubic hair. One time, a couple guys were alone in the locker room and one of them asked us all to show our crotches so we could compare..remember vividly when one guy touched my pubs!

And, my first gay experience was after practice with two of my team mates — in the rec room of my buddy’s house.

but I digress….nude swimming….wish we could still do it!

By: Rupert

Rupert — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:26:45 +0000

Harrow School in the UK used to swim nude in their outdoor and indoor pools for years, into the ’80’s, until some housemaster’s wife complained that none of the housemaster’s wives or daughters were allowed to use the pools, and that was the end of that.

The men using the pool at the RAC club in London were also always nude until women forced their way in.

Those were the days.

By: Markymark

Markymark — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:56:17 +0000

God where was I? We NEVER did this sort of thing at my Catholic School in the 1970’s. I was so shy then so would have been extremely ambarrassed. Anyway I swim naked now and see you Brenton at the beach when you go. It’s so natural there anyway!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:10:30 +0000

We had swimming as part of PE in the 9th grade in the late 50’s in Buffalo, NY. I was slow in developing and was unathletic, to put it mildly, so this was embarrassing and I didn’t like it. However, I did like seeing the more “mature” guys horsing around and there were a couple of scenes that entered my masturbation fantasies for many years, especially a very hot guy named Kurtz. The teacher, however, was fat, “old” (over 40; probably in his 50s), and ugly. Unfortunately. One kid had a curved penis and took endless teasing.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:26:36 +0000

After Catholic school for 8 years, I started public school in the 9th grade. We never had any type of P.E. in Catholic school so gym class and the showers were all new to me. Each six weeks our class changed sports and was I surprised when it came time for swimming. Suits were not allowed and I had never swam nude before and it was wonderful. The coaches also swam with us and one was especially well endowed and he knew it. He was the talk of all the guys and all hoped they would develop just like him. Well, dream on guys.
I remember it as a great time for everyone. Some were uncomfortable at first, myself included, but the six weeks went by very fast. We did have to be carefull though. Even though the windows were very high, if you were doing an especially high spring dive, you could be seen. Lots of girls lined up to see if they could catch a glimpse and many a springy dive took place.
Sad that times have changed, but I live in Austin Texas and we do have a nude swimming area at Lake Travis that I frequent during the summer.

By: badman

badman — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:08:31 +0000

In my first swimming lesson at my secondary school, when I was 10, the swimming master explained that everyone was expected to swim nude although this was not required, and that wearing a costume was unhygenic and unmanly. It did the trick: after a week or so, we were all swimming nude. It felt embarrassing to start with but we got used to it and everyone was equally nude after all. It’s true that as we reached puberty some people were “early” and others were “late” but I suppose we would have noticed that in the changing rooms anyway.

WHen I was about 16 the swimming master retired and was replaced by a much younger man with a PhD. He obviously didn’t think it was normal to swim nude and very quickly everyone was in costumes again.

I’m assuming the original master was a bit of a perve, but I might be wrong about that.

Cheers.

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:48:50 +0000

From what I hear, most folks were fine with it.