crowd surfing

Or crowd-surfing

noun

1. the act of being passed in a prone position over the heads of the audience, especially at a rock concert.

crowd surfing

noun

1. the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert

Example Sentences

Onstage, the KnuckleHeadz are all sweat and spectacle: profanity-laced breakdowns, fans crowd surfing on boogie boards riding a human tide, and the green-and-black army in the pit pulling strangers upright.

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Crowd surfing: Bob Vylan performed on the West Holts stage.

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She jumps headfirst into the sea of overjoyed fans, with the intention of crowd surfing.

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Morgan Milardo, managing director of the Berklee Popular Music Institute in Boston, said some venues will have signs that say “no mosh pits” or “no crowd surfing” — but perhaps signs that explicitly say “no throwing items at the stage” now need to be added to protect artists.

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Howell said she had to look up the term “crowd surfing,” and said she was amazed that they had made it through the mob to the heart of the melee.

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