Fremont Solstice 2008 JUST IN!

[nothere]

Originally Posted by Pedro the Fisherman

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That girl with black paint and wings made my jaw drop when I saw what 'babe' she was!

Almost all have been missed until now .

The girl in black paint is amazing! Your post is the first I've seen of these ladies.

Muchos gracias Senor Pedro.

[Pedro the Fisherman]

And off-course not to forget to wish you a pretty match, if you're interested in soccer, as i think Spain won't have it easily against Russia.

I am not a soccer fan, but we knew that Spain had won because of the fact that our sleepy village burst into noise, with horns blowing and fireworks going off! Heaven knows what will happen on Sunday if they win!!

[crispus]

So here's the sequence: mixes her paint, paints, checks it, rides to the parade, rides in the parade, doffs wig, gets dressed (though now that I see them apparently not showing in that order!). Oh well, you get the idea!

[Pedro the Fisherman]

Shoot, where did they come from!!! Great find!!

[Klondike]

Originally Posted by crispus

Vis-a-vis Pedro's post a couple back, the second repeater I referred to above was the one he shows (you can't see it from the angle in his post, but she seems to have a jellyfish as well as the blue dots, which is why I dubbed them bubbles).

Vis-a-vis the torre/not question, the leopard/cat woman is not the same one as the ones we were told were torre: the former ALWAYS (at least, up to this year, and probably this time as well - I just haven't had a chance to check date stamps in the deluge of pictures so far) paints the same way, and since she appeared that way last year, and not in purple, she couldn't be two people at once.

Vis-a-vis clothed/not, as Pedro's post with a story quote partly explained, cyclists are not an official part of the parade; in years gone by they just very briefly flashed the crowd just before the start of the banner-carriers who start the "real" procession, but gradually they've been expanding their presence (and hurrah for that, say I!) to making at least one and sometimes more loops before the parade, then hanging around at Gasworks Park, and often walking back into the main parade route. Since the nudity had only previously been part of the bike run, and has only gradually filtered back into the parade itself and to the after-parade celebration at Gasworks, there's always that personal-choice moment of when they'll put something more on, hence pictures of less-naked people after they ride. As with WNBRs, there are also occasionally riders who shed something along the way (and again, hurrah, say I!). Not having been there, I can't say whether the skater (not blader: that had me wondering whether these women might be part of the roller derby resurgence happening in several cities on the west coast) we all enjoy went naked from the start; either way, she's carrying her clothes in her back hand because, unlike bikers, there's no other place to put them.

Vis-a-vis locations and pictures, "Kite Hill" is the slope where Pedro's '06 comparison shot was taken, and where Klondike also shot several of his "Gasworks" group in the '06 set: it's the hill in Gasworks park which, because of its height and proximity to the water, a good breeze can be found; some of the pictures from this year are shot at the top of that hil, rather than just on its slope. The "Beer Garden" is a part of the Fremont Fair that the Solstice Parade is also part of; its location varies within the fair area year by year, depending on where there's room. People being partially or totally naked there is another expansion of where it's okay to be that way. This year the main paint party, again as Pedro's article mentioned, was well away from the parade route, and there was apparently also an after-party there, so some people made a round trip to and from Fremont through city streets. There was also at least one satellite painting party which was outside, so any outdoor painting shots probably came from there.

Vis-a-vis people not biking but being naked (with or without paint, and by now you know I say hurray!), just as with rollerbladers and now rollerskaters, it's part of the expansion of acceptable nudity I mention above.

I'm very impressed with all this info, but i have to disagree on the leopard Torre. The Leopard girl from 2005 is indeed "Torre". There is ANOTHER rider who rides yearly as an orange cat, but this is a different girl entirely. The leopord Torre, just as you see painted in this thread with white stomach and all, was restricted to the 2005 ride, I believe.

Below is the other leopard girl who rides yearly - definately not the same woman.

Klondike

[crispus]

Apologies to Klondike; I actually found pictures (watermarked: sorry; but the user was "patternjuggler") of the woman I referred to, taken in '05, and she had a much lighter set of spots that year.

[crispus]

Originally Posted by Pedro the Fisherman

Shoot, where did they come from!!! Great find!!

Where else but from Flickr (pretty much all I've had time to follow yet!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/2791538...57605755720030 where there are lots but not any big ones.

[flanker7]

It would appear that the pics below are taken at a point where there's and incline where (given the slow speeds they're probably riding) the riders have to dismount and walk, giving them a little extra exposure. It's nice to see them off their bikes. This looks like the ideal place to set up for photos. Wonder why we haven't seen more?

[Klondike]

Originally Posted by flanker7

It would appear that the pics below are taken at a point where there's and incline where (given the slow speeds they're probably riding) the riders have to dismount and walk, giving them a little extra exposure. It's nice to see them off their bikes. This looks like the ideal place to set up for photos. Wonder why we haven't seen more?

Those weren't taken along the parade route, and its probably lucky there was a photographer there to catch it at all.
Few would have known before hand that they would be riding/walking along that particular road.

Possibly they were close to where the bodypainting was held, and hadn't yet really gotten up to speed yet.

thanks,

klondike

[flanker7]

Originally Posted by Pedro the Fisherman

OK, get ready for today's feast of painted girls!

In this post I would like to highlight some of the hidden gems of the ride. So many people took shots of the same girls. Maybe these were the most approachable or went out of their way to be photographed, however there were some very pretty naked girls getting overlooked!!!

That girl with black paint and wings made my jaw drop when I saw what 'babe' she was! I then started to look at some new photos in more detail. The resulting photos here are the top (IMHO) of the crop I have found (so far) in the pictures on the web. I would love to see more of the last girl, despite the odd paint job, she is as cute as button!!! Lovers of a 'natural bush' should check out the silver girl in the first shot too!

Almost all have been missed until now . How anyone with a camera overlooked these women being stark naked (these women went 'all the way' naked) is beyond me, they are 10/10 women in my book. Anyone finding more shots of them... please post them here!!!!

Thanks for pointing these amazing girls out. You're right that they should have gotten more attention. They looked even more amazing in the _o versions I found too!

After going back through my saves I did find a couple more photos of them, which I'm posting below. But I agree that there should be more!