And what a nice way to start.

start young the better

I would imagine a lot of people had their first naturist experience skinny dipping, I did. It's just so much better without those clothes dragging you down.

My first time was when I was about 17 or 18. I had been out walking, came to a quite spot beside a river, just as it was coming on to dusk on a warm summer's evening. I thought " why on earth am I wearing clothes ?" Promptly took them off and wandered about naked until it was totally dark. Thoroughly enjoyed it and never looked back !

On quiet beaches while working in malaysia

My first experience was in 1997 on Fuerteventura - El Cortilo beach I think it was.  I had wanted to try it for ages and always looked out for the naturist beaches when on holiday, but this was the first time I had managed to actually get to one. 

It was a great feeling, although the wind and sand blasting took some getting used to.  Still it was great to feel free.

our first time nude abroad was when my wife and i stopped by a remote beach on the way to Rome. We stopped and walked through the trees to find a beach that stretched for absolute mile upon mile with lovely golden sand. As there wasn't a soul around we stripped off out of the leathers and lay down to soak up the sun. 5 minutes later a mini bus full of teenagers pulled up and out jumped about 20 lads who then started playing football around us. Having never been naked in public before we had to roll over and lay there for a while before we had the courage to get into our undies and head for the trees to get the bike gear back on. i think this falls under 'Sod's law'!

My first time was about the age of 16
Was walking up a mountain on west coast of Scotland on a hot summer afternoon. Had to take off shirt as I was too hot. I just carried on until I was naked as I could see for miles and no one was around.
The feeling was liberating I will never forget it.
Felt restricted having to go back to caravan to join my parents and rest of the family 🙂

My first time nude in public was on Slapton beach in Devon in 2010; where Graeme introduced me to naked sunbathing; a little daunting at first but I soon relaxed.
Later that year, when on honeymoon in Tuscany we went a couple of times to Guvano Beach, Corniglia, Cinque Terre in Italy where I had my first skinny dip. It is a very remote beach, difficult to get to, but very picturesque.  You need to go through an old railway tunnel just over a km long, but when we went the lights were not working, so had to use the dim light from our mobile phone to see, but it was well worth it.
Heather

My first time was in the mid 80's when walking along the coast path near Treen in Cornwall. Me and my first wife looked down and saw a very picturesque beach (Pednevouder Beach) and decided to go down and visit it.  As we descended, we noticed nearly every one was sunbathing naked; as we didn't have costumes with us, we both smiled and decided to join them. It was a lovely experience is a very beautiful location. We went back a few times during that holiday.
Graeme

My first time was in the early 80s when I was about 20, on a lovely warm September day on a deserted beach on the South West coast of the Isle of Wight. There was absolutely nobody about and I still remember how liberating it felt to dash into the refreshingly cool sea, briefly splash about, and then dash back to my clothes, feeling a little worried in case anyone could see me from the cliff top!

It first started for me as a young child of primary school age, for on hot days in the Summer months I would often ask my mother if I could 'go bare' in the garden. This wasn't asking if I could strip off completely but rather just take my top off and run around with a bare chest. The immediate feeling of the air on my upper body was exhilarating and I can remember it to this day. At the age of about eleven I used to stay overnight at my grandmother's farm with my slightly older cousin and he and I would go to bed early just to strip off completely and mess about naked in the bedroom, absolutely nothing sexual and certainly no erections, just boys fooling about and enjoying being naked. We even slept naked which to our horror our grandmother discovered when I fell out of the bed in the night and she heard the crash and came to my rescue!