crowdsurfing

Concert body transport

Crowdsurfing is being passed hand-to-hand over the heads of a packed audience at a concert or festival.

A performer or audience member dives or is hoisted up, then rides atop the crowd's raised hands, propelled toward the stage or across the venue: She went crowdsurfing during the encore.

The practice carries risk of being dropped or groped.

concert

moshpit

Concert crowd-collision zone

  • stageRaised performance platform
  • festivalOrganized public celebration
  • audienceGathered viewers collectively

band · gig · venue · headliner · security · barricade · performance · lights · encore · setlist

thrill

adrenaline

Emergency response hormone

excitement · energy · daring · fearless · heart-pounding · intense · buzz · electricity · frenzy · ecstasy

trust

hands

Gripping limbs' extremities

support · reliance · faith · strangers · dependence · safety · security · confidence · vulnerability · surrender

community

collective

Jointly organized group

bonding · fellowship · unity · cohesion · synergy · collaboration · camaraderie · fans · tribe

Opposites
audience engagement style

crowdsurfingwallflower behavior

direction of movement

crowdsurfingstanding still

Absence of motion

stagediving · moshing · wall of death

physical trust and vulnerability

crowdsurfingself-reliance

Depending on oneself alone

isolation · standing alone

Family

crowd, crowded, surf, surfer, surfing, crowding, surfed, uncrowded, surfers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG