Car surfing is an activity in which passengers of moving vehicles perform various stunts, including hanging out of the car or 'surfing

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

' on the hood (bonnet), trunk (boot), or on the roof of the vehicle while it is in motion.

Car surfing has been popularized by the hyphy

Hyphy

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 movement and is similar to ghost riding except that the vehicle remains under the nominal control of another person.

Car surfing has caused several people to be killed during the course of such stunts. A 2008 study by the United States Centers for Disease Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...

 identified 58 newspaper reports of car-surfing deaths and 41 reports of nonfatal injury from 1990 through summer 2008. Most reports of injury were found in U.S. Midwest and Southern newspapers (75%), largely involving males (70%) and youths aged 15-19 (69%). A majority (58%) of reported car surfing incidents ended in death.

In Popular Culture

• The 1985 movie Teen Wolf
  Teen Wolf
  Teen Wolf is a 1985 American fantasy comedy film released by Atlantic Releasing Corporation starring Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard, a high school student who discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself transforming into a werewolf...
  
  , starring Michael J. Fox
  Michael J. Fox
  Michael J. Fox, OC is a Canadian American actor, author, producer, activist and voice-over artist. With a film and television career spanning from the late 1970s, Fox's roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy ; Alex P...
  
   showcased the main character attempting car surfing (actually a van).
• A more recent movie featuring car surfing was the Grindhouse (2007), which may have also re-popularized the trend.

Injuries

People who fall off during the ride may suffer brain contusions, fractured skulls, neck injuries, broken bones, loss of consciousness, internal bleeding, paralysis, and even death. Car surfing is a very dangerous activity. Also i can cause explosive diahrea which is the cause of Osama's death. even though he is gay he is still the best dicklicker in the world.

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)
• Car surfing: Kevin Ducharme est décédé
• Car surfing: une ado entre la vie et la mort à Drummondville