RIP Wreck Beach

[VinVan]

Where am I "invalidating" your experience?
I am guessing you were not a victim of sexual abuse as a child. Little girls are not the only ones! And let me tell you , when we grow up to be dads or uncles , damn right we view all as possible pedos! Damn right we dont want to put any child in a situation that could encourage vany would be perverts

If you’re a victim of sexual abuse, I am sincerely sorry that you had to experience this. And I can certainly understand how from that perspective you would want to protect others.

What I was trying to convey to you is that I felt no danger in the dozen or so times I’ve visited Wreck over the years; not by myself, nor in the times with my kid. And you are telling me it’s dangerous - that is invalidating my experience. You said you had been there once 30 years ago and you conveyed what you experienced. That’s great and valid for you. To the best of my knowledge there has not been one recorded incident of sexual assault at Wreck and neither any recorded incidents of predatory pedophilia (I may stand to be corrected on this). And that may change with the proliferation of the Instagram crowd and loonies-loos. TBH I haven’t been there for a couple of years. But like some others, I’ve been to clothing optional beaches up and down the coast and not once have I sensed any palpable danger to myself or any other beach-goers.

To the best of my understanding, pedophiles choose environments where they are authority figures and have consistent exposure to their victims and can groom them. There are plenty of charges and convictions of pastors, hockey coaches, gymnastics coaches, teachers. I would humbly suggest those may be more fertile places to direct energies devoted to protecting children.

Any child I’ve seen at Wreck is tethered to their parent (for all kinds of reasons) and any chance of direct contact with a pedophile at the beach is almost zero; while sexual abuse cases in hockey rinks, schools, churches and gymnasiums (across our country and the one to the south) are a regular tragic occurrence.

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Haven't been for years but I do recall in the 80's you could always get a cold beer from some one with a cooler full. Or a reefer if you were so inclined. It was pretty chill back in the day. When tanning all over was cool ...

 

[dare.devil]

Wreck is one of my favs, especially the vibe there. I like to move a bit with people playing drums and like to chat with vendors, they got very nice stories to share.
The key is to ignore everything else and feel the rhythm.

 

[licks2nite]

First day of spring at Wreak Beach. Attended the sandy part off the south stairs. Glad the buses in and out of UBC have the best air conditioning and consistently smoothest ride. Long way for me to go and strip. Coming back with increased traffic I have to walk an hour since the ticket runs out after 90 minutes. Something that doesn't happen when I take the stroll along Spanish Banks Beach after Wreak Beach. Fabulous assets I didn't even look at until my mid 20s.

 

[jgg]

The first time I went. Decades ago, me and my girlfriend walked down the rickety steps to be encountered by some guy wearing an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt and nothing else. He was a pot bellied, bearded hairy guy displaying his junk. So not a particularly appealing welcoming committee. He was also blocking our path. We had to kind of step around him.
Second time I went I didn't enjoy it. Didn't like the vibe. Most people should wear clothes. At least bathing suits.

Some people should never be seen naked.

 

[CanineCowboy]

Yes predators are everywhere. But children are not NUDE at church and school and playgrounds!
And the point was is that I don't think nudist lifestyles are approptiate around children period. It should be a choice that they make when they are old enough to understand it. If my friend was affected by the natural tradition of a family sauna, do you not think that some children may have issues realizing their parents had them exposed in a crowd of strangers? Not to mention the gawkers taking photos.
That being said, I also don't think parents should force religion or a vegan lifestyle on the kids either. They have a right to choose for themselves.

Being naked, not clothed is our natural state. Following your logic, change rooms/showers at public pools should be restricted to 18+? And since when is consuming animal products the default diet? For someone so opposed to religion you have some very conservative, puritanical, fearful and centric views that you think should be imposed on everyone as though you are gifted with exceptionalist wisdom, almost like a religious leader.

 

[CanineCowboy]

The first time I went. Decades ago, me and my girlfriend walked down the rickety steps to be encountered by some guy wearing an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt and nothing else. He was a pot bellied, bearded hairy guy displaying his junk. So not a particularly appealing welcoming committee. He was also blocking our path. We had to kind of step around him.
Second time I went I didn't enjoy it. Didn't like the vibe. Most people should wear clothes. At least bathing suits.

Then don't go.

 

[angry anderson]

Then don't go.

Since you are so keenly following. I mentioned that I went there decades ago. Is that ok with you?

 

[CanineCowboy]

Since you are so keenly following. I mentioned that I went there decades ago. Is that ok with you?

Everyone is free to be naked at a nude beach, if you can't handle it, that is your problem. And body shaming people identifies your immaturity and how uninformed you are about the naturalist community.

 

[VanCityNewb]

Yes predators are everywhere. But children are not NUDE at church and school and playgrounds!
And the point was is that I don't think nudist lifestyles are approptiate around children period. It should be a choice that they make when they are old enough to understand it. If my friend was affected by the natural tradition of a family sauna, do you not think that some children may have issues realizing their parents had them exposed in a crowd of strangers? Not to mention the gawkers taking photos.
That being said, I also don't think parents should force religion or a vegan lifestyle on the kids either. They have a right to choose for themselves.

And yet they're still statistically less likely to be preyed upon in that environment. Don't clutch your pearls too hard. 🙄

 

[angry anderson]

Everyone is free to be naked at a nude beach, if you can't handle it, that is your problem. And body shaming people identifies your immaturity and how uninformed you are about the naturalist community.

ouch!

 

[VinVan]

Um … you cannot post photos of civilians on Perb. The Mods will shut down the thread and you’ll likely get some kind of warning.

 

[ModSquad]

Um … you cannot post photos of civilians on Perb. The Mods will shut down the thread and you’ll likely get some kind of warning.

correct, we don’t allow civilian images no matter how innocent it may appear.

 

[angry anderson]

correct, we don’t allow civilian images no matter how innocent it may appear.

Too bad. The tattoo didn't look all that innocent.

 

[Bunghole1]

No point in going to wreck beach when I can watch ultra high resolution super detailed 4k wreck beach walking tours online instead.

Something has happened to Wreck Beach [SAFETY]

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/13i0acw

After reading this discussion on reddit it looks like wreck beach is a full on wreck.

Clothed tourists and clothed local people all over the beaches, drunk partying, drugs, open use of cell phones, phone cameras sticking out of pants pockets recording videos, male and female perverts taking photos and recording videos, drones hovering in the sky, guys hiding in bushes, males roaming in packs gawking at and confronting women, body shamers, males pleasuring themselves on the beach, male exhibitionists who get off on clothed females seeing them nude (cfnm) (Dude you like walked back and forth up and down the beach at least 20 times so far!) males displaying erections at the gay side of the beach, broken glass on the beach and the list of wrecked shit goes on.....

Sounds like a wreck!

What lady in their right mind would want to go fully nude or topless at such a beach. Sounds like a great way to end up in a ultra high resolution super detailed 4k walking tour video or on some porn voyeur spy website for men from all over the world to spunk their junk to. Instead of going to such a populated beach with so many issues you could easily find one that would be free of any unwanted attention. You see any beach can be a nude beach if its hidden enough.

If the rules were that you had to be nude to use the beach that would be a good way to rid the place of clothed fakes but would it stop the looky loo bush wackers and ufo spy drones? With the way the tech world is today anyone could be filming at any given time.

I should go to wreck beach and build a sand castle right by the stairs so all the clothed fakes can get a real good show of my hairy bung hole bent over on all fours. Lets see how many turn around and go back up the stairs!?

 

[HunkyBill]

No point in going to wreck beach when I can watch ultra high resolution super detailed 4k wreck beach walking tours online instead.

Did you pay someone to do a walking tour of WB and send you the video because YouTube doesn't allow nudity.

 

[HunkyBill]

correct, we don’t allow civilian images no matter how innocent it may appear.

Several countries have a law where you can't record or photograph someone in a public place without their consent. While there is some discretion or leeway, if the person being recorded objects you have to delete the media or face serious consequences.

 

[VanCityNewb]

Several countries have a law where you can't record or photograph someone in a public place without their consent. While there is some discretion or leeway, if the person being recorded objects you have to delete the media or face serious consequences.

Not anywhere near here. If you're in public, you have no expectations of privacy. Because you're in the exact opposite of a private setting. And it would be virtually impossible to take pictures of cityscapes or crowds, which isn't even remotely possible to enforce. I'd doubt that's the case in much of any country, anywhere.

 

[poonerboi]

Not anywhere near here. If you're in public, you have no expectations of privacy. Because you're in the exact opposite of a private setting. And it would be virtually impossible to take pictures of cityscapes or crowds, which isn't even remotely possible to enforce. I'd doubt that's the case in much of any country, anywhere.

It used to be the law here as well, but with the invention of cell phones with cameras it became an obsolete law.

 

[Pumped]

People ruin things.

Pretty farm with sunflowers becomes some IG Mecca and fields get trampled, fences broken, and huge crowds of morons show up to ruin it for others.

Same with Wreck Beach, PERB, and most things in life, there are trolls who simply ruin it for everyone else.