crowd surfing
Fans carry you
Crowd surfing is the practice of being passed overhead across a densely packed audience at a concert or similar event.
A person—usually from the stage—launches themselves onto the raised hands of the crowd, who carry them along like a wave: She went crowd surfing during the encore.
The activity is associated with punk and rock shows, where it emerged alongside moshing.
Aggressive dancing crowd area
- stage diveLeap from platform into audience
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- gigShort-term paid work
- headlinerTop-billed performer
encore · venue · backstage · light show · pyrotechnics · setlist · security guard · barricade
To uphold or sustain
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- passingMoving by or temporary
- liftingRaising something heavy
- carryingHolding and moving
catching · strangers · collective · cooperation · connection · human wave · momentum · surrender
Physical or psychological harm
- fallDescend under gravity
- dropFall or release
- gropingSearching by touch alone
- accidentUnintended harmful event
danger · liability · safety · hazard · security · precaution · bruise · concussion
Emergency response hormone
- rushQuick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
buzz · high · sensation · kick · frenzy · wildness · spontaneity · abandon
Open resistance to authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- subversionUndermining established authority
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- anarchyDisorder from absent authority
disruption · rule-breaking · transgression · punk · underground · anti-establishment · dissent · resistance
mosh pit
Aggressive dancing crowd area
- stage diveLeap from platform into audience
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- gigShort-term paid work
headliner · encore · venue · backstage · light show · pyrotechnics · setlist · security guard · barricade · front row
support
To uphold or sustain
carrying · catching · strangers · collective · cooperation · connection · human wave · momentum · surrender · letting go
injury
Physical or psychological harm
accident · danger · liability · safety · hazard · security · precaution · bruise · concussion · lawsuit
adrenaline
Emergency response hormone
- rushQuick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
excitement · buzz · high · sensation · kick · frenzy · wildness · spontaneity · abandon · ecstasy
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- subversionUndermining established authority
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
anarchy · disruption · rule-breaking · transgression · punk · underground · anti-establishment · dissent · resistance · iconoclasm
- rock musicrock band, electric guitar, guitar solo, guitar riff, guitar riffs
- audience behaviorcheering, clapping, booing, standing ovation, applause
- Gen XGeneration X, Gen X, MTV generation, latchkey kids, slackers
- nightlifebars, clubbing, clubs, nightclubs, bar crawl
- partyingparty animal, socializing, bachelor party, mingling, bachelorette
- rock culturerock bands, rock stars, electric guitars, guitar solos, heavy metal