Dancing with Death – The Train Surfers of Soweto
There’s no sea in Johannesburg so the poor young men from the inner city of Soweto get their kicks by surfing high-speed commuter trains. This dangerous pastime has claimed many lives throughout the years, but despite several initiatives to put a stop to it, train surfing remains pretty popular. South Africa is considered the birth […]
Metro Surfing – Russia’s Deadly Extreme Sport
Moscow’s metro system has recently become the scene of a new and deadly extreme sport – metro surfing. Teenagers jump on the back of trains and try to cling on for their lives as they video-tape the whole experience. Believe it or not, metro surfing began as a desperate way of catching a ride during […]