This group operates out of Atlanta and was specifically created for the members of Atlanta Streaking Society. We discuss the sport of streaking, locations, and rules while enjoying quality beverages. This is the parent organization for Streaking with Sav and Atlanta Streaking Club. Please visit them at:
http://groups.myspace.com/streakingwithsav
http://groups.myspace.com/atlantastreakingclub
Become a member of Atlanta Streaking Society by participating in a streak with one of the 7 Executive Members.
When you become a member, you will receive a personalized laminated membership card, an ASS bumper sticker, and a new group of friends who love to drink and lose their inhibitions.
We are also registered with Guinness World Book of Records in an attempt to set the record for the largest streaking organization in the world! I will be posting updates as we move closer to the record.
World's Largest Streaking Organization. The Atlanta Streaking Society wants to set the record with over 500 documented members. Each member must streak (run completely naked* for at least 30 feet) with one of the 7 executive members in order to gain membership. This record has never been attempted for an organization; this is not an attempt for a single group streak, but a large enough group streak will put us in The Book. The record is based on the number of members (minimum 500) that have chosen to join this group and are documented by a membership roster. Each member has an individual membership ID number and receives a membership card. As of April 21, 2008 we have 109 members, since starting the Society in July of 2007. We are doing this because of our passion to open minds and show, otherwise unaware people, the liberation one gets by streaking. We avoid all illegal acts whenever possible. We are not protesting or rebelling against anything; we are just celebrating our ability to run around naked, together.
We are attempting to improve people's quality of life by introducing a liberating way to free one's inhibitions. The act of streaking, as performed by members of the Atlanta Streaking Society, is not illegal, nor in protest to any situation, nor is it anything but positive for all involved. We promote our club through conversations of enlightenment, bonding, new friendships, and stress relief.
Streaking is the practice of running around in public places nude and is therefore a form of public nudity. A streaker will enter a hidden or out-of-the-way spot, undress when and where nobody is looking, and then will surprisingly and unexpectedly dart as fast as he or she can across streets, malls, sports stadiums and lawns completely naked.
The practice developed in the 1970s as a shocking pastime, notably on large college campuses. It first become popular on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida in 1974. The fad soon became a symbol of the decade. Some streakers made it all the way back home without getting apprehended, but others would actually aim to see how long they could go about streaking before they got arrested (some jurisdictions would charge streakers with indecent exposure, but one town voted to pass a law specifically targeted at streaking).
In the 1970s and 80s, streaking was a tradition in VFL Australian rules football Grand Finals. Later strict penalties were introduced to discourage streaking and only a handful of incidents have occurred since..
The record for the most streakers at one time is held by the University of Colorado at Boulder, with 1,200 streakers simultaneously. The University of Georgia claims to have organized 1,000 streakers, with the University of Maryland ranking third at 553 naked students streaking three miles in March 1974. The previous record was held by the University of South Carolina of 508 streakers.
Perhaps the most widely-seen streaker in history was in 1974 when 33-year-old Robert Opal 'streaked' across the stage naked on national US television at the 46th Academy Awards. Opal flashed a peace sign as he crossed the stage, and National Broadcasting Company cameras cut away to avoid full frontal nudity.
Recovering quickly after the event, host David Niven quipped, "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping... and showing his shortcomings." David Niven's 1974 Academy Awards brush with a streaker was voted the top Oscars moment by film fans in 2001.
In March of 1974, Time and Newsweek ran stories with many photos of America college streakers.
This sign of the times was chronicled by Ray Stevens, who profited off the fad with his song "The Streak". His novelty hit about the guy who's "always making the news wearing just his tennis shoes" peaked at ..1 on the sales charts. Dialogue with a male witness, in a news interview format, was interspersed with lyrics about the exploits of a streaker. The song's catchphrase "Don't look, Ethel!" became a kitschy joke and an instantly recognized reference to streaking.
Michael Leduc streaked during the closing ceremony of the 1976 summer olympics in Montreal.
Starting in 1986, the streaking fad resulted in an annual event at the University of Michigan: the "Naked Mile" in which the last day of class was celebrated with a group streak across campus along an approximate 1 mile path. At the height of its popularity in the late 1990s, between 500 and 800 students would participate. However, due to town and University enforcement of public indecency laws starting in 1998, as well as increasing spectator crowds, videotaping, photography, and Internet distribution of the results, participation plummeted. In 2001, a mere 24 students participated, with similar turnout in recent years. See also Ann Arbor events.
Late in the 1990s, streaking returned as a retro fad. Its popularity was given a big boost by Blink-182, big fans of the pastime who often appear topless in publicity shots and at concerts. Their proclivity for exposed genitalia was publicized in their 1999 music video for "What's My Age Again?", in which they tear across the pavement with their pubic and anal regions digitally blurred out. The band was perhaps inspired by alt rockers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, who for years often played concerts wearing only strategically placed socks.
This prominent resurgence for the activity has led some to argue that streaking should be considered an art form in and of itself, with the activity undoubtedly inspiring many artists and free thinkers. Proponents of this theory have included the previously referenced Blink-182, and performance artist John Hassel, more popularly known as Bunboy.
In 2003 streaking came to the forefront in New Zealand when former All Black Mark Ellis, now a television presenter, offered a monetary reward for anyone who streaked in front of Prime Minister Helen Clark. This is part of Ellis' National Nude Day. A TV program he presented, "Hyundai Sports Cafe", regularly promoted nudity and for people to send in nude exploits. Most memorable exploits included a "Lord of the Rings" parody by nude actors, and 30 naked piruette ballet (both male and female) dancers performing directly in front of the Otago University main building.
In 2004, a Nike commercial for their "Shox" shoes centered around someone streaking at a soccer match wearing nothing but said shoes, and commentators comment throughout.
Hamilton College of New York has a "Varsity" Streaking Team, which claims an undefeated record, and received positive coverage in the New York Times in 2004.
Hamilton College was undefeated in their collegiate record until the Williams College Springstreakers soundly defeated Hamilton in the spring of 2005. 15 member of the Williams team made a full circuit of the Hamilton library the night before their final exams began, streaking about 200 people and giving the Hamilton team their first loss. It is unclear at this time if streaking will continue as a collegiate sport.
Streaking also has its fair share in sports, particularly in the sport of cricket, where it is not uncommon for a streaker to run out to the field purely for shock and entertainment value, or occasionally for political purposes. The most recent streaking was in the first test of the Australia versus I.C.C. World XI, when a rather drunken man darted out toward the field naked, shocking the Australian and World XI players, causing play to stop. He was speartackled to the ground by field personnel after trying to evade their trap and was apprehended. This is usually the method to capture unruly streakers in the sporting sector.
In 2005 German football club FC Hansa Rostock successfully sued three streakers who disrupted their 2003 match against Hertha Berlin, to recoup the 20,000 they were fined by the German Football Association for failing to maintain adequate security at their ground.
In the 2006 Olympics an unidentified streaker interrupted the men's bronze medal curling match between the US team and the UK team, wearing nothing but a strategically placed rubber chicken. He was intending to advertise a website, GoldenPalace.com, which was written across his back and breast, but in the United States cameras cut away before viewers could see him. A Polish female streaker showed up at the closing ceremony, but was not on television either. |
