Car surfing (also known as urban surfing) is a form of acrobatics (or an illegal stunt if performed in public traffic) in which passengers of moving vehicles perform various stunts, including hanging out of the car or 'surfing' on the hood (bonnet), trunk (boot) or on the roof of the vehicle while it is in motion. Ghost-riding, frequently used in the context of " ghost-riding the whip " (a "whip" being a vehicle or simply ghostin', is when a person puts the Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or any act requiring a special skill performed for artistic purposes in TV, Theatre, or cinema Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport. Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders Car surfing has caused several people to be killed[1] during the course of such stunts.
Car surfing has been popularized by the hyphy movement and is nearly identical to ghost riding. Hyphy (ˈhaɪfiː HYE-fee) is a slang word created by Bay Area Rapper Keak Da Sneak which is used in the San Francisco Bay Area that literally means Ghost-riding, frequently used in the context of " ghost-riding the whip " (a "whip" being a vehicle or simply ghostin', is when a person puts the
In popular culture
- In Teen Wolf the main character Scott and his best friend Stiles surf on the roof of a van. Teen Wolf (first released on August 23, 1985, by Atlantic Releasing Corporation) is an American Film starring Michael
- In the Akio Ohtori Saga of the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena, the character Akio preforms a move where he flips himself from the driver seat over the windshield of his convertible and car surfs at high speed, presumably after turning on the cruise control. This article is a brief résumé of the main events of the Revolutionary Girl Utena Anime series divided by its four main sagas (anime in Japanese, is a Manga by Chiho Saito and Anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. A convertible is a type of automobile in which the vehicle's roof can retract and fold away converting it from an enclosed to an open-air vehicle Cruise control (sometimes known as speed control or autocruise) is a system that automatically controls the rate of motion of a Motor vehicle.
- In the 2007 film Grindhouse, Zoe Bell's character in "Death Proof" plays a game called "ship's mast" in which she lies down on the hood of a speeding car, hanging on to belts that had been looped around the car doors. Grindhouse is a 2007 Film co-written produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Zoë E Bell (born November 17, 1978) is a New Zealand stuntwoman and actress.
- An example of curly car surfing appeared on an episode of drama series, Casualty in November, 2007. Casualty is the longest running emergency medical Drama series in the world and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General
See also
External links
- Student Dies in Car Surfing Accident
- The origins and risks of car surfing (Naval Safety Center)
- 55-year-old CFO Dies While Car Surfing (The Business Journal, Phoenix, 6 December 2004)
- More detail on above apparent suicide (Phoenix New Times, 29 September 2005)
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