That’s Nothing. Try walking down a passageway on a US Navy Destroyer in the middle of a North Atlantic Storm when the ship is taking 45 Degree Rolls and green water over the bridge. Add in the Pitching as the Bow goes up and down cresting the waves..Now That takes a sense of Balance.And, the ability to walk on the walls when necessary. Gymnastic ability helps ….
Actually, urban surfing never happens in Tokyo. Passengers kill each other rushing to get seats to immediately fall asleep until they get to their destination. Everyone left standing is packed in like sardines and shorter women are often stuck in the crowds so tightly that their feet don’t touch the floor.I used to take the Odakyu train to work from Shinjuku to Noborito. I’d be in the aisle area away from the doors, because passengers would board the train coming straight in from the doors to the other side of the car and just pack up without spreading around to look for spaces with more room. Generally, there’d be a cute woman standing beside me, and I’d have the big mass of people standing by the doors jammed against my back. When the train would stop, everyone behind me wouldn’t even try to stand up straight – they just expected everyone else to keep holding them up. Which meant that I could either do the same thing and crush the woman next to me, or I could hold the passenger strap from the ceiling and act as a barrier wall to protect the woman while holding everyone else behind me upright.This was killing my back and after a few months of this I finally snapped. One morning, the next time the train stopped at a platform, I turned sideways. With nothing propping them up, the entire back of the car went over like dominoes on their faces. At least twenty people were now lying flat on the floor of the car, looking up and wondering what just went wrong. Several of them seemed to think this was all my fault.
Ida No about 9 years ago
I used to do that when I rode the subway in Boston. People just ignored me back then. Maybe it’s because I didn’t wear the tie.
alancz Premium Member about 9 years ago
That’s called Urban Surfing.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 9 years ago
Agreed Karl.
Tarredandfeathered about 9 years ago
That’s Nothing. Try walking down a passageway on a US Navy Destroyer in the middle of a North Atlantic Storm when the ship is taking 45 Degree Rolls and green water over the bridge. Add in the Pitching as the Bow goes up and down cresting the waves..Now That takes a sense of Balance.And, the ability to walk on the walls when necessary. Gymnastic ability helps ….
Ida No about 9 years ago
Actually, urban surfing never happens in Tokyo. Passengers kill each other rushing to get seats to immediately fall asleep until they get to their destination. Everyone left standing is packed in like sardines and shorter women are often stuck in the crowds so tightly that their feet don’t touch the floor.I used to take the Odakyu train to work from Shinjuku to Noborito. I’d be in the aisle area away from the doors, because passengers would board the train coming straight in from the doors to the other side of the car and just pack up without spreading around to look for spaces with more room. Generally, there’d be a cute woman standing beside me, and I’d have the big mass of people standing by the doors jammed against my back. When the train would stop, everyone behind me wouldn’t even try to stand up straight – they just expected everyone else to keep holding them up. Which meant that I could either do the same thing and crush the woman next to me, or I could hold the passenger strap from the ceiling and act as a barrier wall to protect the woman while holding everyone else behind me upright.This was killing my back and after a few months of this I finally snapped. One morning, the next time the train stopped at a platform, I turned sideways. With nothing propping them up, the entire back of the car went over like dominoes on their faces. At least twenty people were now lying flat on the floor of the car, looking up and wondering what just went wrong. Several of them seemed to think this was all my fault.