This is an ad for UK TV Freeview featuring a very small streaker with a huge beard. The ad was created for the 2010 World Cup and was supposed to promote HD TV – which would help you to see any tiny streakers that turned up.
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Female Streaker Sheila Nicholls (Video)
This is Sheila Nicholls streaking at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 29th May 1989. Sheila is a British singer-songwriter who found fame thanks to this streak where she did carthweels.
Here’s her Wikipedia page.
9 Minutes Of Streakers
This is a very amusing compilation of streakers at various sporting events.
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Streaking – ABC Transcript
Here’s the article that gives a rundown of my interview on ABC Gold Coast yesterday, talking about the State of Origin streaker.
State Of Origin Streaker 2013
With two minutes and ten seconds left on the clock, a streaker interrupted the third and final State of Origin rugby league game in Sydney. The Sydney Morning Herald reports:
After hurdling the fence, the advertising hoardings and evading numerous security guards and the players, he ran 95 metres upfield. He fell flat on his face, a result of exhaustion and, presumably alcohol.
It is understood that the trespasser greased his body with vaseline-like substance making it difficult for him to be tackled by authorities.
Wati Holmwood, 33, was taken to Auburn Police Station and questioned by police. It is understood that he did not co-operate with officers during the interview.
He was charged with wilful and obscene exposure, and enter or remain on a playing field without authorisation. He is due to appear in Burwood Local Court on August 6.
His pitch invasion caused confusion on the field with Queensland players scoring a try that was later disallowed due to the interference of the streaker. Queensland went on to win the match and the series.
This is the second streak that Holmwood has done. He was arrested for streaking at a football match at Allianz Stadium in 2011.
Apparently numerous Facebook pages have been set up to gather money to pay his fines. Judging from the laughter in the above Youtube clip – and by the TV commentators – many thought his streak was funny, though some are upset that he interrupted the match and may have changed the course of the game.
*I’ve just appeared on ABC Radio Gold Coast talking about this streaker. Hello to everyone who is here for the first time.
Update
Origin streaker Wati Holmwood achieves hero status on social media
Police have branded the actions of a serial streaker who interrupted the dying moments of Wednesday night’s Origin decider as ‘‘idiotic and senseless’’, but Wati Holmwood has emerged as an unlikely hero on social media following his 90-metre nude dash.The tubby 33-year-old from Tempe is being described online variously as a ‘‘legend’’ and a hero who ‘‘deserves a medal’’ after he hurdled the fence at ANZ Stadium and sprinted nearly the length of the field before falling over in front of the goal posts, where he was pounced upon by security.
At least eight Facebook pages have been set up dedicated to the serial streaker, including one page with more than 18,000 followers who are being encouraged to donate money to pay for his expected $5500 fine.
‘‘You can donate 5c, $1 or how ever much you want,’’ the page says.
Dozens of memes also have been posted online, including one in which Holmwood is shown streaking across the finishing line of a 100-metre sprint in front of Usain Bolt.
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But police, and some Origin players, are less than impressed with his actions.
“No one wants to see a grown man running around naked at a footy match and this man can expect to not only feel the wrath of the crowd but also a magistrate,’’ said Chief Superintendent Peter Gillam, who was in charge of the police operation at ANZ Stadium.
Pics from News.com.au
News Ltd interviews streaker, takes pics of him leaving the station:
Origin streaker Wati Holmwood says he’s ‘sorry’ before embarking on a 10km walk of shame to get home
WATI Holmwood, the unsightly 33-year-old streaker who last night sprinted over 100m across the ANZ Stadium turf and condemned the 2013 State of Origin series to a chaotic, farcical conclusion, has spoken out.
He’s also sore and scared.
Still wearing the sports shoes that were beamed live to a global audience in the hundreds of millions, Mr Holmwood appeared dazed and confused as he spoke to The Daily Telegraph after discharging himself – against medical advice – from Auburn hospital early yesterday morning.
Thankfully he had since found a singlet and shorts to cover his now infamous body and held his hands to his head as he uttered a very simple five-letter word.
“I’m sorry, I apologise about what happened, am I in trouble now?”
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“It all happened so quickly, I don’t know what was going through my head,” he said.”I just wanted to make it interesting but I stuffed up Origin. A lot of people hate me now.”
Origin streaker’s family defends ‘nice guy’ – SMH
The Holmwood family was sitting in front of the television watching the Origin showdown at their Kogarah home when, in the game’s dying minutes, they saw a big, bald, naked man streak across their screen in nothing but a pair of joggers.
Straight away they knew it was cousin Wati, up to his old tricks again.
‘‘As soon as I saw the bald head and dark-coloured skin, I knew that it was him. I just laughed,’’ said Wati’s cousin Ebony-Rose Holmwood on Thursday morning.
‘‘I’m not sure why he did it. We just all found it quite hilarious.’’
The 33-year-old from Tempe had not warned his family that he was planning to make an unforgettable entrance onto one of Australian sport’s biggest stages. They might have averted their eyes if he had.
…‘‘I knew he did it for the first time in 2011. That all shocked us,’’ she said, referring to Wati’s previous streak at Allianz Stadium when he interrupted a finals clash between the Wests Tigers and the New Zealand Warriors.
‘‘He’s actually a nice guy, to be honest. He’s quite mellow, the quiet one, someone you can have a nice chat to. I think that’s why it shocked us [after his first streak]. He’s not the type of person you would think to see out there.
‘‘We always had a giggle about it after the first time, and kind of made fun of it.’’
More news articles
State of Origin streaker spoils decider. – SMH
Giant, hairless streaker interrupts Australia’s biggest rugby match – Deadspin
Streaker charged with wilful and obscene exposure after Origin run – The Australian
State of Origin streaker: ‘Am I in trouble now?’ – The Guardian Australia
The Streaker At The Oscars
Here’s the famous moment at the 1974 Oscars when a streaker ran behind David Niven. LINK (alas, Youtube won’t let me embed it)
The great actor wasn’t ruffled, making a witty comment about the streaker’s shortcomings.
TV Show Seeks Streakers
I have been contact by a TV show producer looking for streakers to interview for the program. She writes:
My name is Michele and I am a casting producer for a medical series on TLC called “Strange Sex.” The series, now entering its second season, highlights unusual sexual conditions and lifestyles, with a goal of educating the viewer and shedding light on a little understood, real-life condition or situation. We know that topics we explore might be shared among members of our audience who’d appreciate the subjects being brought to light, and the erasing of any misconceptions or myths.
As we gear up for our new season, we are looking at a number of topics to explore in our episodes, among them, exhibitionism or streaking.
We would like to locate a person who is either currently a streaker or used to be in the past. We are looking for someone who lives in the United States. We’d like to speak to them about appearing in our program, since our goal is to provide context for the person’s story and education to our viewers. We tell the story in a respectful and sensitive manner. We don’t even have a narrator for this show — the stories are told in the words of the people who have gone through the experience.
Contact:
Michele Spinak
Sirens Media
office: 301-920-9860
cell: 301-792-9784
fax: 301-920-9880
Australian Open Streaker
Poor old Streakerama. This site has been dreadfully neglected for months. Thankfully a man without pants at the Australian Open has prompted me to add a long-overdue post.
Streaker interrupts match at Australian Open – AFP
Serena Williams couldn’t believe what she was seeing. A nearly naked man had just run on court while she and sister Venus were playing doubles at the Australian Open, prancing around before being arrested.
“I just thought, my eyes, my innocent eyes,” Williams said Saturday, still chuckling at the memory…
The man, wearing only a shirt, jumped onto the court, sprinted across the sidelines and made several dance moves.
“First, I saw him jump over and then I noticed he didn’t have underwear on,” Williams said after her third-round singles victory over China’s Peng Shuai. “I thought, `OK, I must be seeing things.’
“He ran out on the court. I was thinking, `I hope he doesn’t come,’ because he was pretty close to me and V. I was like, `I hope he doesn’t come, he’s too close.’ Then I thought, `This is crazy.’ Doesn’t really happen too much.”
As he headed toward an exit, the man was met by security guards, arrested and banned for the event. He was not immediately identified.
Australian Open officials said the streaker was on the court for 14 seconds.
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a pic of the streaker himself. Here’s a quick video:
Also, check out this piece about streakers being tolerated in Queenstown: What’s so wrong with being naked?
Helen D’Amico Reappears
The Northern Territory News (and News Ltd) has tracked down one of Australia’s more famous streakers, Helen D’Amico. She’s currently living in Darwin and studying a nursing degree.
Helen made headlines when she streaked at the 1982 AFL grand final between Carlton and Richmond. Wearing only a scarf, she did her best to cuddle bald player Bruce Doull.
Interest in the streak has re-emerged because Doull agreed to re-enact the streak for a Toyota commercial.
Mobile Phone Streaker
I found this great photo on this site, but I can’t find any further info about this guy, or when it was. Still, it’s a great pic.
More On The Symonds Streaker
Today there’s plenty of news coverage of last night’s One Day final streaker. Andrew Symonds has not been reprimanded by Cricket Australia for knocking him down, even though he could have faced a ban for “interfering with a spectator.”
The streaker, Robert Ogilvie, has been fined $1500 for “interfering with a person engaged in sport and wilful exposure.” Who knew that interfering with a person playing sport was an illegal offence? Ogilvie says he did the streak after his mates dared him to do so, and he was drunk at the time.
Asked by reporters if he felt embarrassed by his antics, Ogilvie replied: “No. Not really.”
He added that he would not do it again saying: “Nah, Nah. Done it once.”Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download
Admitting it had been the first time he had streaked, he said: “You only live once.”
He won’t be bringing charges of assault against Symonds and apparently said “wake up to yourself” to the reporter who asked him that question.streaming film Transformers: The Last Knight
There’s no further info at present about the second streaker who appeared later in the game.
Links:
Buck naked and $1500 bucks down – SMH
It felt good: poleaxed streaker – News.com.au
Symonds floors streaker during one day final – Reuters
Andrew Symonds Vs Streaker, One Day Cricket 4 March
When a streaker ran out onto the field at the 2nd One Day Cricket Final in Brisbane, he didn’t expect to run into Andrew Symonds, who shoulder-barged him to the ground.
I saw it happen and was quite surprised to see Channel 9 actually show this footage. Normally they refuse to give any close ups to streakers in case it encourages them.
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Note… I’m trying to get the Youtube video to work on this, it’s giving me a bit of trouble.
Article On Skinny Dipping
Slightly off-topic but I thought I’d post this because I enjoyed reading it.
Welcome to No Wear – an article about the joy of skinny dipping.
So what is it, this compulsion to swim in the nude? Is it a rite of passage, a coming-of-age ritual with roots in antiquity, a resounding V sign to more traditional mores, an act of liberation in a world straitjacketed by rules and regulations? Or is it just an excuse to go swimming in what the late, great Blockhead Ian Dury called the “naughty, naked nude”?
Berkeley Streakers
This is a group of streakers at the University of California Berkeley library during finals exam week in 2006. They’ve recently done it again but, according to this site, Youtube has pulled the video.
Mark Roberts Strikes Again
Just when we thought Mark Roberts had hung up his… er… goolies, out he comes again. He’s done a run at a Giants game at Wembley, sneaking onto the field dressed as a referee before stripping down to a red g-string.