Elevator Surfing

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Elevator Surfing - A Deadly Form of Joyriding

Elevator surfing is an activity involving moving around on top of elevators, or jumping between moving elevators where possible.

Elevator surfing is illegal in most locations and very dangerous. Several people have died elevator surfing. Surfers can be crushed between the elevator and the top, sides, or bottom of the shaft, be struck by the counterweight, or simply slip or be knocked off and fall to their deaths.

Elevator surfing typically occurs in skyscrapers or on college campuses, especially those with tall buildings. Most large buildings have groups of elevators close together, which are most commonly used.

To begin, participants will usually go into such a building early in the morning, before too many of the people with valid reasons to be in the building arrive to use the elevators. Once in an elevator, they hold the elevator between floors and open the safety hatch. They then climb on top, release the emergency switch, and pull the last person out.

Another method of entry involves opening the exterior doors on the floor above the elevator, and jumping on from there. Doors are either forced or opened with an elevator key. While easier to execute, this is uncommon unless no others are nearby. Such an entry typically occurs while the building is closed. This typically means there isn't much movement with the elevators, which lowers the risk and involvement. Accomplices will sometimes press buttons on the inside of the elevators to provide the movement. Movement can also be provided by means of service controls located on top of the elevator car. Source

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  • elevator-pads Dec 10, 2011 @ 8:22 am | delete
    I'm with prettynpink246, I have NEVER heard of this before! Very interesting (and informative ?!) videos. Thanks for sharing, this is truly one of the more unique Lenses here on Squidoo!
  • prettynpink246 Oct 18, 2011 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    I have never heard of this before. I recently googled elevator jumping and this was one of the topics that popped up. I am curious as to where this came from and I will definitely be doing more research on it! This looks awesome!

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