Pics: ESPN reveals the athletes featured in this year’s The Body Issue (NSFW-ish)

Twenty-two of the world’s top athletes stripped down to their birthday suits for the latest edition of ESPN’s The Body Issue and we have to say, they certainly don’t look shy…

It’s that time of year again when athletes from various types of sporting backgrounds bare all for ESPN’s The Body Issue. This year the magazine features top sporting stars like Venus Williams, Michael Phelps, Omar Gonzalez and Travis & Lyn-Z Pastrana, to name a few. The 2014 edition of The Body Issue goes on sale this coming Friday, July 11, but if you can’t wait until then we’ve featured some of the NSFW-ish pictures below. You can check out more pictures and read the interviews with the twenty-two stars over on the ESPN website (it's worth a look.... just sayin').

#ESPNBody is HERE!! And it's GREAT. Much like the six covers, 22 interviews and the rest on http://t.co/Cnk95vpzgC! pic.twitter.com/p3qp6b4A8F — ESPN The Magazine (@ESPNMag) July 8, 2014

 

Congrats, @Venuseswilliams—now into the #Wimbledon second round! She talked #ESPNBody here: http://t.co/iSU95x8qzJ pic.twitter.com/MH4c41FQfa — ESPN The Magazine (@ESPNMag) June 23, 2014

 

Make sure to check out the new @espnmag this week!! #bodyissue pic.twitter.com/kjbGxPq4qw — Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) July 8, 2014

 

Welcome to @ESPNMag's #ESPNBody Issue w/ @JamieAsnow @coco_ho @TravisPastrana @lynzskate -> http://t.co/N9chU5miWW pic.twitter.com/iGoXrzWuGU — X Games (@XGames) July 8, 2014

 

Look ma, no hands!! Make sure to pick up a copy of @ESPNMag 's The Body Issue. Hits stands 7/11. pic.twitter.com/Qrz9vuQw9x — Omar Gonzalez (@Omar4Gonzalez) July 8, 2014

 

The art of surfing in the nude, as told by @coco_ho. @ESPNMag #ESPNBody http://t.co/0pMvbsPG9e pic.twitter.com/sVYxQwjmJO — ESPN Surfing (@ESPN_Surf) July 8, 2014