Iggy Pop may have invented crowd surfing at 1970's Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival (Midsummer Rock Festival). This has been known to happen to unwilling participants who have been boosted up by others by surprise, in which case, those participants may also be ejected.Ĭrowdsurfer at Music Midtown festival, Atlanta, 1997 In order to get above everyone's heads, a person can be given a boost, in which one person picks up another to launch them over the people's heads, or they can stage dive. It is most popular at metal, punk, rock, rave and indie concerts. Other venues may allow the crowd surfer to go onto the stage with the artist for a brief period of time before stage diving or being escorted off the stage.Ĭrowd surfing generally occurs only towards the front of an audience where the crowd is dense enough to support a person's body. Then, they will be sent back to the side or rear of the crowd at the end of the barrier or they may be ejected from the venue (depending on the policy enforced). The "crowd surfer" is passed above everyone's heads, with everyone's hands supporting the person's weight.Īt most concerts and festivals the crowd surfer will be passed towards a barrier in front of the stage by the crowd, where they will be pulled off and put on their feet by the security stewards. Crowd surfing at a Heideroosjes concert in Amsterdam, January 2019.Ĭrowd surfing is the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person (often during a concert), transferring the person from one part of the venue to another.
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