This item is a rare and vintage CHAMPION STUDIOS publication titled CHAMPION’S NAKED ATHLETES Vol.1 No.1 featuring RAUNCHY MACHO MEN who SHOW IT ALL, TOUGH GUYS and SUNSHINE BEACH CLUB photography by WALTER KUNDZICZ and DICK FALCON from CHAMPION images Copyright 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985. This magazine was produced in 1994 using heavy stock paper. It is oversized at 8-1/2” x 11”. It is still in UNREAD condition. This item is DEADSTOCK and the original distributor never sold it; it has been in storage for over 40 years.

"From his start posing for Al Urban the photographer known as CHAMPION was a dominant force in Gay male erotica. He began in the 1950s as TAKE ONE. Then came MASTER PHYSIQUE and the discovery of his most famous model, JIM STRYKER. These were the days we now know as the PHYSIQUE era when no full frontal nudity was allowed and photographers had to be creative & really use their imaginations to create the erotic. The models were superb & primarily hetero - no full frontals made it ok to pose without harassment. Champ was a pioneer who pushed limits. Genitals had to be covered, BUT, the law didn't say by what. Champ used sheer and see-thru materials to remain within the law while letting us see models hidden assets. The right wingers and clergy (pause for laughter) brought about his arrest via the postal authorities (even photographers who used opaque materials & did pix that could appear in any of today's clothing mail order catalogs). The judge ruled in Champion's favor saying he did indeed follow the law & cover genitals. In time thanks to CHAMPION's courage full frontal nudity was made legal. While all this went on he started the SUNSHINE BEACH CLUB, a nude photo studio based at photographer Dick Falcon's nudist beach in Florida. As we all know from watching "MASH" you could publish full frontal nudes as part of a nudist colony publication. When the court cleared the way he then became CHAMPION. Along the way he had Treasure House of European Models. T.H.E.M. was devoted to the models he photographed in Europe. Champ's models were always athletic young men who exuded, using President Kennedy's term, VIG- A. He had a great talent to turn his apartments into bunkhouses, locker rooms, etc. & to find great props & costumes to dress the sets. CHAMPION was and is synonymous with all things masculine! He retired in 1973 just as the national Gay press was starting and only did pix for himself. In 1980 he again got the yen to work and began a new series. He ceased creating sets, in fact he paid attention to background, and concentrated on the erotics of clothing. Models wore sports clothes and shot big gooey wads of cum. They masturbated with jock straps, sox, women's nylons, jockey shorts. They sniffed used jock straps, sox, sneakers, etc. The work was carefully planned and lovingly executed but the golden days of photo sets had passed and video was becoming king. In 1985 Champ realized the days of the great artists was over. There were more schlock no talents than artists and so he retired and turned the studio over to his close friend MAN-AGE. MAN-AGE has now too closed shop but has given us the ok to publish a new series of CHAMPION mags - NAKED ATHLETES is the first in what we hope will be a series, we hope you enjoy them!

CHAMPION NAKED ATHLETES Volume 1 #2 Copyright 1995. CHAMPION images Copyright 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 CHAMPION (Take One, Master Physique, Sunshine Beach Club, WalJim, Treasure House of European Models, Champion). All rights reserved. All images are fully copyrighted & may not be reproduced in any way, shape or form in any manner or media without the written permission of CHAMPION MAN-AGE. All models are 18 years or older. By neither pose nor implication are models portrayed as underage. Publication of the name, photograph or likeness of any person implies absolutely nothing about that person. It is the policy of CHAMPION/MANAGE to protect the privacy of all of the adults who have given of themselves by posing. CHAMPION MAN-AGE will NOT put readers in contact with any of the models, so don't ask!

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