Car surfing

Car surfing involves riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person.

It has resulted in numerous deaths, predominantly causing severe head injuries.

[1] The Quebec Provincial Automobile Insurance Company defines car surfing as follows:[2] Car surfing, a term introduced in the mid-1980s, involves riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person.

[1] It has been popularized by the hyphy movement seen in the fad of ghost-riding, except the vehicle remains under the nominal control of another person.

Most reports of injury were found in U.S. Midwest and Southern newspapers (75%), largely involving males (70%) and youths aged 15–19 (69%).