Freshmen

Freshmen Review

Freshmen is a project from Bel Ami's producer and videographer, Georges Duroy, shot many of the covers of Freshmen magazine which published between 1982 and 2009. Feeling nostalgic for his time with the magazine, Duroy spent considerable effort securing the rights to the Freshmen name, and in November 2016 he finally launched this new web venture. It's only been six months since our last visit, but the site has a new design and greatly simplified navigation, and more good news is the guys, the sex and the photography are still top notch. 

The guys are mostly Czech and Hungarian, but there are guys from Slovakia, Colombia, and other locations. Most of the performers range from 18 to their mid-twenties, although some may be a little bit older. Like the Freshman name suggests, Duroy brings us fresh faces using established Bel Ami models to introduce these new guys to porn filming. Freshmen is a live test-run for these new models; some will make it while others won't, and not every guy is going to be the first-class models we're used to seeing on Bel Ami. That's not to say they're unappealing or sub-par, either. Most of them range from cute to gorgeous, and a few are gay porn stars just waiting to happen. The guys are smooth with slender, athletic, or muscular bodies, and since European guys are generally uncut, you can expect lots of foreskin.

By the way, some of the models have also returned to shoot for the site again and again. Smooth, muscled and boyish Kirk Gauguin has appeared in over 30 scenes plus documentaries; fit, super-cute Sven Basquiat appears in over 20 videos while and quiet athletic Mario Texeira has appeared in 20 scenes.

Often Fresh Men will introduce a sizzling hot newcomer with a more experience guy from Bel Ami to break in the Freshmen newbie under the guise of showing him the ropes on the gay porn set. Super sexy Jim Durden and boyish, gorgeous Jorik Tautou enjoy a hot blowjob session including sixty-nine before Jim slides his cock into Jorik's hole and takes him for a ride. The threesome features three guys who are definitely not first-timers, but they are handsome and built, and the bottom (Carlos Effort) takes both cocks before his face and ass are covered in cum. And in the photo shoot, newcomer Karl Brunni appears shows off his sexy smile and beautiful body and dick to perfection.

An early episode features Tommy Poulain and Andre Boleyn. The write-up says that Duroy was undecided about keeping Tommy and asks members to chime in with their opinions. Tommy is average in the looks department, but he sure knows his way around a guy's cock and easily takes Boleyn's big dick up his ass. Although Poulain is let go, he filmed 12 scenes - that's quite the audition! There's a hardcore videofeaturing Hungarian beauties Danny Defoe and Jean-Luc Bisset. And the third video is a double solo with Joel Birkin and Lars Norgaard jacking off together. Other issues have featured solos, some with interviews in Czech (subtitled in English).

Fresh Men originally offered their content in a magazine-like format, but this new design makes everything much simpler to navigate, adds dates to the updates and adds pagination to the pages, all very welcome changes, and all very well-done. One other change is that the site now lists the solo sessions, hardcore scenes and backstage videos in their own sections.

There are now 1,030 exclusive scenes, 862 hardcore and 168 solos. These are available in MP4 format, and they're available to download in three sizes - 1920x1080, 960x540 and 624x352, and all are good to very good quality - stunning, bright and crisp. You can also stream the videos, available in two resolutions at 960p and 1080p, that both play at 960x540 and fare well at full-screen mode, although unsurprisingly the 1080 versions hold up best. The streaming videos are also mobile compatible and look very good and played well on my phone.

Each scene has a description of the action along with clickable model names, and there's also a gallery of around 11 to 24 good quality screencaps sized at 800x450. You view these in a pop-up viewer with forward and back controls, however there are no slideshows. You can save entire sets in zip files or just save the pics you like individually.

There are also 183 picture sets in their own section, and if you love pics, you'll hope for more of them in the future. The new gallery layout for these picture sets is very nice, with large thumbs that show off the model perfectly. After clicking a thumb, you can navigate forward and back using the left and right arrows, and each photo can be saved individually or you can save sets in zip files. There are no slideshows.

Freshmen adds two videos every week, although it adds both videos on the same day of the week, so you'll find both scenes added each Tuesday, and there's an occasional backstage video added on Tuesdays, as well. If you don't see at least two videos listed on each Tuesday, keep in mind that the solo sessions are in their own section now, so chances are good you'll find the second update there. 

The behind-the-scenes videos are now in their own section, called Backstage. I love these videos - we get to see the sights, the guys being themselves, and some some hot suck and fuck action, too. Back to Greece part 33 not only shows us the beautiful Grecian beach, the hotel, and the guys hanging out together, but it also features two models making out in the beautiful ocean, plus we hear the director at work during filming (with English subtitles), along with a super close-up of a blowjob. You'll definitely want to watch these! There are also "Articles", which is like a blog with brief descriptions and a few pics not included with up-and-coming or recent updates. 

Members are free to comment on each scene, and many do - many scenes have ten or more comments, there's plenty of member engagement, and most members are very enthusiastic. The links to chat lead to a third-party live cam site, and while there is live chat and some sexy guys, several of whom really do appear on Bel Ami or Freshmen, you'll have to pay by the minute for action or one-on-one sessions. I didn't find a link to the Bel Ami forums this time around.

No site is perfect, although Fresh Men's improvements have made the entire site a dream to browse, so there's very little to complain about. The non-recurring month membership costs $15 more than the recurring monthly membership. Also, by joining the site, you automatically agree to receive commercial emails with no way to opt out until afterward. 

There's one last thing you might want to know. All the regular memberships include downloads, but if you join via a discounted membership, you may get streaming-only access. For many, that's fine, but if you want downloads, stick with the standard memberships even if there's a special sale option.

Bel Ami is in a league of its own, so it's no surprise that their newer site, Freshmen, is a first-class act. The site is a live test run for new models and, like the tour used to say, "Before making it to Bel Ami, they start as Freshmen first". I was equally impressed with the quality of guys, the beautiful design, and the top-notch production quality, not to mention the sizzling hot sex. The site offers 1,030 exclusive videos to download, stream and watch on your mobiles, there are also 44 behind-the-scenes videos you won't want to miss, and they add at least two videos every Tuesday. Freshmen continues to offer super hot guys who obviously love sucking and fucking on camera, the videos are great quality, and I love the pictures and the great new design. This is one of our favorite sites, and I encourage you to check it out.

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