Well, I've never even seen a woman in a thong (on the beach) but that has something to do with the beach I go to, no doubt, though a fair number of bottoms came close to being thongs. Rios, I guess they were. As for myself (a guy), I have only worn them very discreetly in the early morning, on my own deck or on almost deserted beaches where you could just as well wear nothing at all. In fact, that's what others usually did.

So, there is the irony. Of the beaches I go to, a thong is problematic where bathing suits are required and silly where they aren't. Only being naked isn't legal anywhere there and a thong is. Therefore the thong is what I use on those remote beaches where the law has very big binoculars. I am speaking only of beaches in the Outer Banks of North Carolina which includes about 100 miles of ocean beaches at least.

My early morning discreet wearing has consisted of long walks just as the sun was coming up and sunbathing later until too many people have showed up. I have not done this often (don't get to the beach that much) but haven't had any trouble and I don't push it. Besides, I don't care to be out in the sun in the middle of the day either.

Thongers on the beach are for real !  I am out there about 3 days a week, that's 150 days a year. 

I will be on Fort Lauderdale beach again tomorrow morning, running in a thong. Will lots of people see me ? If it is raining like Wednesday then probably only 50 people will notice me. I will be running the quite end of the beach, towards the port. (Only doing 3 miles because I am still recovering from bashing a leg in a Turkish river gorge.)

Thongers on the beach are for real ! I am out there about 3 days a week that?/FONT>? 150 days a year. But each day I am only out for an hour or two. So given the number of daylight hours in a year you only have less than a one in 10 chance of seeing me if you turn up on my beach. Then realize that I am out running in a thong in the early mornings, and 1 out of 10 people don?/FONT>? get to the beach until after I'm done running, and you now stand a 1 in 100 chance of spotting me !

I'm pretty persistent. In December I'm off to Roatan Honduras, where someone in another thread mentioned they were able to wear a thong. So far, in my opinion, it appears to me that places more frequented by Europeans are more thong friendly so I tend to vacation more outside of the US. At one time California was a very liberal state, it now seems to be ultra conservative and many areas in Northern have laws to prohibit wearing thongs. I have done some research and it appears the state park/recreation system is the best place to thong. Based on the Cahill decision, if you're wearing a thong (or nude for that matter) and you are asked to cover up, as long as you do it for one day, you will not be hastled. Strange but interesting twist to what has become a conservative California.

I also find it interesting that numerous people have read my messages about thonging in Northern California but few have commented. Must be a situation of people being curious but not taking any action. Based on what I've seen posted on this board, it seems to me that Florida is now becomming the Liberal state while California keeps slipping into conservatism. Maybe in a few years no one in California will be able to show any skin above the ankles, wasn't that called the Victorian Age

I'm not sure about the other states, but I'm convinced part of the problem in California is the population is about a billion pounds overweight. Everytime I return to California from other countries, I notice it more and more. It is probably a 20 to 1 ratio of overweight to fit people in California and the majority doesn't want anything to highlight that point. Minimal swimwear really doesn't look to good on someone who looks like there ready to pop out of their skin. Maybe the solution to getting thongs more widely accepted is to start a statewide diet campaign and hopefully, soon afterwards, peoples attitudes will begin to change.

Wanting Change

Keep in mind the relatively small population of passionate (obsessive) male thongers (or as you suggest alleged thongers) that frequent this site in comparison to the whole world meat-head male population. The odds are great that unless your at one of those holy grail of beaches like Venice or South Beach, you may well never see another male thonger! I would also add that many of us don't necessarily "lay-out" in the main crowded section of the beach (immediately adjacent to the public parking lot) Most of us are fit and active and have no problems hiking an extra hundred yards or even a mile to find a more secluded area of beach.

Here in San Diego I can say there are a few male thongers out there. I skate on the boardwalk regularly, which allows a quick scan of a pretty long section of beach. I can kind of get an inventory of how many and where the thongs are on any given day. Some days I have actually seen more male thongers than female. I seems that while (visible) thong underwear is very popular for women, thong swimsuits have kind of gone out of vogue. The newer "in" style among the fashionable young women is a lower wider cut triangle rear. Some lower cheek shows, but nothing like a thong!  So with overall fewer female thongers the percentage of male thongers has actually increased.

With all our days of sunshine, you would  think  Arizona would be the perfect place to see people wearing thongs in public.  This doesn't seem to be the case though.  We have very few public pools.  Otherwise most of the big pools are at the resorts are family oriented, not places you'd see people wearing thongs.  Because we have so may private pools in the area,  the thongs I see worn are at people's homes and not in public.

Fortunately  we have hot springs about 40 miles out of town in Tonopah which can be a place for wearing as little or as much as you wish. There is an area north of the City where I do a lot of hiking wearing only a thong.  It is a relaxed area where people are laid back and I have seen from naked to kids in Baggies at the swimming holes.  Both men and women  can be seen in thongs out there, but not to often.  It is an area where the people are laid back, old or young, straight or gay, as long as you can make a short hike in the desert.  The hike is a blessing in disguise, keeps the area from being over run.  I also have been told that at times you see them in public beaches near some of the lakes.  I would question this.  The crowds that gather there tend to be pretty redneck.

I am glad that I am one of those people that can choose to be equally as comfortable naked, in a thong, or in a speedo.  Any more would be a decision I wouldn't want to have to make.

Despite the rednecks, Texas is quite thong friendly. Galveston, Crystal Beach, South Padre Island, McFaddin Beach(there maybe 15-30 male thongers on a hot day)  are all Thong Friendly. And yes there are males wearing thongs including myself. I'm the only hardcore male thonger I know personally and I wear a thong wherever it is legal as it is on all Texas beaches. Also Austin lakes and parks are very male thong friendly. When it's too cold for the beach, I thong at the gym and no complaints.

In my travels outside the U.S., Jamaica is the most thong friendly for men and women as a whole.  

Unfortunately some of us are limited by geographic location.  Last summer I was persistent in pushing the envelope here in the midwest (Quad Cities IA/ILL), by going rollerblading in a thong.  Only one time out of 6 or 7 were the cops not called, and that was the first one.  Each time they came I was told not to do it again, and I'm not brave enough to go there, so I was visited by each of the police depts. of Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, Davenport, and Bettendorf.  I told them I thought that since my genitals were covered I was legal, and they said it wasn't considered illegal, but a matter of distrubing the peace!  Well, there you go, someone doesn't like what they see and calls the cops to put a stop to it.

So the only place I can wear a thong and not get in trouble is at home (most of the time, because I live on a lightly traveled gravel road) and on vacation.  We've been to Miami Beach three times, and New Orleans, and next time we're going to try Ft. Lauderdale.  All these vacations are combined with cruises, and on the Carnival ships there is a reserved deck for thong/ topless sunbathing.  Unfortunately it's up by the stacks and quite noisy because of the fans running up there, but at least we can go there and not be hassled.

What I did this year at home rollerblading was to wear a mesh sarong over the thong, so it can be easily removed when the situation allows, and easily put back on when necessary.  I did this many times and never got an unwelcome visit from the cops, in fact the cops frequently go by on the street and never give hassle.  So with actual thonging not an option, this works well and I still get a pretty good thong tan.

iowan

I wore a g-string at Crane's Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts from 1989 to this year when I moved to Florida. You had to walk about a mile and a quarter up the beach to see me because that was the unofficial thong area. There were a number of men there who always wore thongs too, but it was the "gay area" which I guess fits a stereotype.

I always wore a thong or g-string when I went to Runaway Bay in Jamaica, but during more than ten trips, I only saw perhaps 5 or 6 other men who were doing it also.

In some states, like Delaware, it is illegal, though one can see some ladies are certain beaches, and I've seen a few daring men. I would never thong at a place where it is illegal because it is not worth the hastles.

We are rare birds, but there are more of us than just you. If it's legal, do it because you enjoy it. Life's too short to spend it worrying about others think, and it's a waste of time to conform to everything they think is appropriate.

Thonging season is over at Spanish Banks in Vancouver... I've seen only two other guys out there this season;  so, including myself ,that makes a direct observation of three in Vancouver at 'my'  beach.

Not great numbers, but for the three of us it's been agreat summer out there !   

    I have worn my G string lots of times at Santa Cruz Beaches.  Mainly at Castle beach near the yacht harbor.  I have also worn them at Mitchell's cove and at 2222 beach.  Last month I wore my Skinz banded thong at Castle beach and there was an old weirdo in his sixties with a  severe comb over wearing an orange bikini playing with himself while watching me.  At Caslte beach their was one regular with blonde hair and a very deep tan and ocasionally one or more males wearing thongs and a few others in bikinis.  When I went to Castle beach I was the only one in a thong and I think the reason is that dirty old man has scared everyone off.

A good website to check out any beach along the California Coast is www.californiacoastline.org   Castle Beach is no. 619.