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Thursday, April 11, 2019
Happy Birthday today April 12th
The Final Race:
After posting my tribute to photographer Ewoud Broeksma last month, I received an e-mail from a FH reader who reminded me of a series Ewoud used to share on his sites.. As much as I loved Ewould's posed shots of models and athletes, I think you'll understand why these non staged shots of the varsity students final race are favorites.
The Final Race:
Words & Images by Ewoud Broeksma
Each year on the second Sunday in April, a 125 year old student-rowing tradition takes place in a canal just a little south of the dutch town of Utrecht. A highlight in these boat races, is the final race between the 4-coxless in which various teams from the various universities in the country compete for the highest honour in rowing.
Also tradition is the naked greet by supporters of the winning team, the men wearing university ties only, right after the boat has passed the line. In fact all freshmen are more or less obliged to participate, if they are a member of the winning university rowing club.
It is a sponsored event and the nude swim is anticipated by a firm handing out free company towels as a sign of support and of course making it easy for some to participate. The university clubs carry names usually taken from the Greek/Roman mythology such as Nereus (Amsterdam) Triton (Utrecht) and Laga (Delft).
Interesting to know may be that rowing is a typical student sport in The Netherlands and that the great rowers who won gold with the 8+ at the Olympics in Sydney 2000 all started here on the Varsity and still consider this a must to attend.
Back Issues: Foxy Lady, January/February 1975
Issue #1 January 1975
I had never heard of the Magazine Foxylady until just last week. I still don't really know very much about it, I couldn't eve find a Wikipedia entry for the magazine. FH readers however know I love to feature hunks from the 70's, and frequently try to uncover men from Playgirl, or who had posed during the decade.
A search didn't provide much info, except for those interested, there are back issues available on Amazon and e-bay. The magazine was first published in January 1975, and appears to have folded before making it to 1976. I am guessing from the magazine's tagline, 'Entertainment For Women' the publication was either a spin-off, or companion magazine to Playgirl, it appears clearly to have come from the same publishing and creative team.
I think the main difference that I saw between Foxylady and Playgirl was that Foxylady seemed to be even more geared to the fantasy element of romance and couple imagery. Both magazines, especially in the 70's catered to the fantasy's of females, but whereas Playgirl was aimed at all women, Foxylady seemed to aiming for a more younger, and maybe more upscale audience.
Johnny Koehring: All American Jock
If Playgirl was trying to trigger the fantasy's of bored housewives, Foxylady (as the title lets us know) seemed t going for the single lady, the working woman, who after a hard day at the office, headed out on the prowl, looking for a hot hunk to take home, use, ravage and then discard.
'This pneumatic wonder ladies, will take your breath away. It's no wonder Johnny Koehring has spent a life-tie in a sweatsuit-adding those inches and lengthening that endurance for your pleasure. Johnny is a real All-American jock...prototype of the physical dream.'
Issue #2, February 1975
The images in this piece come from the first two issues of the magazine, but I'll feature more from other issues in upcoming Back Issues posts.
Tony Stefano: Man for February
Tony Stefano is the latest Hollywood sensation, and he made quite a sensation here at Foxylady as well!
I had never heard of the Magazine Foxylady until just last week. I still don't really know very much about it, I couldn't eve find a Wikipedia entry for the magazine. FH readers however know I love to feature hunks from the 70's, and frequently try to uncover men from Playgirl, or who had posed during the decade.
A search didn't provide much info, except for those interested, there are back issues available on Amazon and e-bay. The magazine was first published in January 1975, and appears to have folded before making it to 1976. I am guessing from the magazine's tagline, 'Entertainment For Women' the publication was either a spin-off, or companion magazine to Playgirl, it appears clearly to have come from the same publishing and creative team.
I think the main difference that I saw between Foxylady and Playgirl was that Foxylady seemed to be even more geared to the fantasy element of romance and couple imagery. Both magazines, especially in the 70's catered to the fantasy's of females, but whereas Playgirl was aimed at all women, Foxylady seemed to aiming for a more younger, and maybe more upscale audience.
Johnny Koehring: All American Jock
If Playgirl was trying to trigger the fantasy's of bored housewives, Foxylady (as the title lets us know) seemed t going for the single lady, the working woman, who after a hard day at the office, headed out on the prowl, looking for a hot hunk to take home, use, ravage and then discard.
'This pneumatic wonder ladies, will take your breath away. It's no wonder Johnny Koehring has spent a life-tie in a sweatsuit-adding those inches and lengthening that endurance for your pleasure. Johnny is a real All-American jock...prototype of the physical dream.'
Issue #2, February 1975
The images in this piece come from the first two issues of the magazine, but I'll feature more from other issues in upcoming Back Issues posts.
Tony Stefano: Man for February
Tony Stefano is the latest Hollywood sensation, and he made quite a sensation here at Foxylady as well!
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