{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Sports"],"cover":{"alt":"Train-Surfing Extreme in Russia","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/train-surfing-extreme-russia/train-surfing.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-04-22T14:31:35Z","description":"Extreme sports - Train-surfing is back! Some hate it, some love it, but the risky sport is especially popular with young people in Russia...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrban Action\u003c/em\u003e | I know it’s a controversial topic (especially because of a lot of people died!) but for some people train-surfing is just another kind of an urban extreme sport.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough it’s illegal and dangerous - some would say because of - the small train-surfers scene experienced highlights in different countries in the last years. Nowadays, Russian teenagers in Moscow revive this formerly unfashionable sport again\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new extreme and illegal sport, known as train surfing, is sweeping Russia’s capital. Dozens of young daredevils risk their lives to fight daily boredom and brighten their leisure. The craze involves riding on top or at the side of fast moving carriages, clinging on with their hands or with the aid of a belt. (Russia Today)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI don’t really know what to think about this revival of train-surfing in Russia. On the one hand every extreme sport is risky and dangerous to life but on the other no other extreme sport endangers other people in the way train-surfing probably does\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s your opinion? Share your thought by writing a comment!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by \u003ca href=\"http://www.allcityblog.fr/18941-trainsurfing-en-russie/\"\u003eallcityblog.fr\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Urban Action* | I know it’s a controversial topic (especially because of a lot of people died!) but for some people train-surfing is just another kind of an urban extreme sport.\n\nAlthough it’s illegal and dangerous - some would say because of - the small train-surfers scene experienced highlights in different countries in the last years. Nowadays, Russian teenagers in Moscow revive this formerly unfashionable sport again...\n\u003e A new extreme and illegal sport, known as train surfing, is sweeping Russia’s capital. Dozens of young daredevils risk their lives to fight daily boredom and brighten their leisure. The craze involves riding on top or at the side of fast moving carriages, clinging on with their hands or with the aid of a belt. (Russia Today)\n\nI don’t really know what to think about this revival of train-surfing in Russia. On the one hand every extreme sport is risky and dangerous to life but on the other no other extreme sport endangers other people in the way train-surfing probably does...\n\nWhat’s your opinion? Share your thought by writing a comment!\n\nInspired by [allcityblog.fr](http://www.allcityblog.fr/18941-trainsurfing-en-russie/).\n","tags":["Train Art","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Train-Surfing Extreme in Russia","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/train-surfing-extreme-russia/"}