Train Surfing

This one’s so extreme and dangerous it’s been branded illegal in most places. It dates back as far as the 1980s in Germany but remained forgotten for many years till 2005 when a Frankfurt-based group rediscovered it.


It essentially involves ‘riders’ climbing on the outside of a moving train or subway and ‘surfing’ it. It may be a common sight in India--for more practical reasons, but when you consider that European trains travel at well over 100 kmh, this 'sport' takes on a whole new dimension!


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