Comments on: Preview ESPN’s Body Issue 2012

By: Kevin Baert

Kevin Baert — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:53:00 +0000

I even forgot about this thread… :)

at Simon: I DEFINITELY see the beauty in a nude body, it’s the first thing I see, before ANY desire, sexual or other. I don’t get the point you are trying to make, but am interested in understanding though. I’m quite taken by your last sentence.
I was trying to explain that, for me, there IS a difference between pornographic material and nude art photography. I think we’re on the same par here, just misunderstood each other. :)

at daveterry: The world around us is always changing in ways we can not always control. The only thing to do is try to make your children understand everything and try to put in a perspective which lies in your convincion. Your hypothesis may or may not be true. What’s more important to me is the effect it can have and this lies more in ones own hands then one could/would think. Teach your children how you want them to deal with it, tell them how you see it and why, etc. But that’s only my convincion, it’s not the truth and certainly doesn’t have to be yours… ;-)

And with respect to everyones opinion I’d like to say I love these series, especially Maya duck diving. It’s no more about the nude body, it’s more about the beauty of a wave, the place a human takes in that setting. Surfing is so hard (I do it myself) and once you’ve got beaten down by a wave, you have nothing but awe for the power and beauty water can bring. For me, it’s the combination of frailty (a nude female body) and power (the wave and Maya as a surfer) that makes this photo a winner.

My apologies for possible writing/spelling errors, I’m no native english speaking person (I’m actually Belgian) :)

By: RUSS

RUSS — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Oksana Masters ,an amazing woman!

By: John Godwin

John Godwin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:26:00 +0000

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By: Jerome van Passel

Jerome van Passel — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:12:00 +0000

I agree with Espo, I like the ones of the athletes in their elements the ones of Maya Gabeira are really beautiful as well as Carlos Bocanegra, while imho Oskana Masters is a bad example of using Photoshop and changing the background,.

By: Ken Conrad

Ken Conrad — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:20:00 +0000

Mike, the “shame” is people like you. You’re so addicted to porn you want anywhere anytime.
What does this have to do with sports? Nothing. So why do it?
Because people in the US are so far behind the rest of the world in maturity.
It’s a disgrace that in 2012 we have professional smut apologists like you out there. I thought people grew out of that in high school.

By: DiabloPix

DiabloPix — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:15:00 +0000

funny comments. Don’t like it? Don’t look! I love these images, the olympics were done naked anyway in the past (and should be today :-)
Of course these athletes love showing off their body, and why should they not? They work very hard to look like that, they are proud of it.
People that have a problem with nudity live in the wrong century anyway, and those that complain about only “super models” and toned athletes being shown, well, car magazines aren’t full of rusty clunkers either and food mags don’t show off crummy burgers in cheap buns. Who on earth wants to see a flabby untrained, regular Joe or Jane in a magazine? Personally I have a mirror for that.

By: Espo

Espo — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:05:00 +0000

ok, but really: The studio shots are actually a little disappointing. I really like the contextual shots of the “athlete in their element” it captures so much more personality and passion, those stand apart much more than the others which, really, could be any body with a screen behind them.

By: Espo

Espo — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:01:00 +0000

Ashton Eaton==painful photo

By: George Socka

George Socka — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:15:00 +0000

If you’ve got it, flaunt it. And make a buck off it too. I say.

By: Simon Lynch

Simon Lynch — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:57:00 +0000

Was talking to Mason…