Beach Bums - Part 48

 Tambaba Open 2022

Praia Tambaba, or Tambaba Beach, is a beautiful beach in the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraiba.  There is a clothed beach and a nude beach, but unlike American and European nude beaches, which are clothing optional, clothing is forbidden on this nude beach.  You have to be naked.

This beach is the site of the Tambaba Open, one of the world's biggest nude surfing competitions, sponsored by SONATA, the Sociedade Naturista de Tambaba (Tambaba Naturist Society) and the Brazilian Federation of Naturism.  Today we look at the 13th Tambaba Open, held in September 2022.

They require nudity on this beach, so even the photographers of the surfing contest have to be naked (above).

Before the main event, surfing contestants are allowed to do some practice surfing to get a feel for the site, which they do, naked.  Above, surfer Douglas Andrade.

Another surfer practicing.

And another.

A tent is set up for the judges and officials.  Everyone on the beach has to be naked, so they're naked, too.

For the actual competition, contestants put on colored "Tambaba Open" T-shirts, which would normally be forbidden on the nude beach, to help the judges distinguish who's who out in the waves.  This open space next to the officials' tent is the "locker room" for changing T-shirts.

But that's all they wear.  Their bottom half is still bare.

The surfing competition begins.

This is competitor William Meira.

Another view of William Meira.

Camaraderie between competitors.

The winners pose for a photograph.  Hey, guys, there's no need to be modest ...

That's better!  After, all, it's a nude beach.