earmuffs Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 "Ghost riding the whip" _ a stunt in which a driver gets out of his car and dances around and on top of the slowly moving vehicle to a thumping hip-hop beat _ has gotten at least two people killed, led to numerous injuries and alarmed police on the West Coast and beyond. A fad among devotees of a West Coast strain of hip-hop music called "hyphy," the stunt has been celebrated in song and performed in numerous homemade videos posted on YouTube. "It did not take Einstein to look at this thing and say this was a recipe for disaster," said Pete Smith, a police spokesman in Stockton. "We could see the potential for great injury or death." Earlier this month, Davender Gulley, a ghost-riding 18-year-old, died after his head slammed into a parked car while he was hanging out the window of an SUV in Stockton, police said. In October, a 36-year-old man dancing on top of a moving car fell off, hit his head and died in what authorities said was Canada's first ghost riding fatality. The stunt has also led to numerous minor injuries. Hyphy was born in the San Francisco Bay cities of Oakland, Richmond and Vallejo in the late 1990s, and devotees often hold late-night car rallies called "sideshows" where crowds perform risky stunts, including ghost riding. "Ghost riding" refers to the absence of a driver. "The whip" is urban slang for your car. Typically, the driver drops the car into neutral and dances around and on top of the vehicle while it inches forward. Sometimes it is a solo act; sometimes a half-dozen or more passengers get out and dance, too. The stunt is usually performed late at night, on a deserted road or in a parking lot. The Vallejo-bred rapper E-40 introduced mainstream listeners to ghost riding with the single "Tell Me When to Go," whose lyrics describe how to pull it off. Another single, "Ghostride It," by Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., offers a step-by-step guide: "Pull up. Hop out, all in one motion. Dancing on the hood, while the car still rollin'." The antics have gone nationwide thanks in large part to YouTube, where a search for ghost riding turns up hundreds of grainy videos of young people pulling the stunt. The videos were shot from Portland, Ore., to Chicago and many places in between, and judging from the backdrops, the phenomenon has crossed over from the inner city to the suburbs. Joe Calderon, 17, of San Diego, posted a YouTube video of himself dancing alongside his moving, driverless 2005 Mazda. "We love that style of music," he said. But "my mom wasn't too thrilled about it." Another video shows a man sitting on the roof of his fast-moving pickup truck and leaping clear seconds before it crashes into a telephone pole. Where record labels see hyphy as hip hop's next big thing, police see a menace. Stockton police said they have written more than 1,500 citations and impounded about 400 vehicles since late March for sideshow antics. The spontaneous nature of the sideshows _ which are staged on interstates, in deserted parking lots, and on downtown streets _ keeps police guessing. Departments have spent millions in overtime policing the outlaw rallies. Even F.A.B. concedes that sideshows have gotten out of control. He said he would like to stage sideshows in large arenas where organizers could charge admission. "It would be like a ghetto NASCAR," he said. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/29/D8MAMLF00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Kinkaid Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Davender Gulley is seriously the coolest name of all time. Are you coming down for New Year's, bummer boy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeLarryCurly Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Earlier this month, Davender Gulley, a ghost-riding 18-year-old, died after his head slammed into a parked car while he was hanging out the window of an SUV in Stockton, police said. In October, a 36-year-old man dancing on top of a moving car fell off, hit his head and died in what authorities said was Canada's first ghost riding fatality. The spontaneous nature of the sideshows _ which are staged on interstates, in deserted parking lots, and on downtown streets _ keeps police guessing. Departments have spent millions in overtime policing the outlaw rallies. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/29/D8MAMLF00.html millions?? that's a bunch of bullshit. what self-respecting 36 year old would be ghost riding anyways...canada...i guess he had it coming, poor guy. no offense to canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsencarl Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 "Another video shows a man sitting on the roof of his fast-moving pickup truck and leaping clear seconds before it crashes into a telephone pole." what the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rage- Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 The last line makes the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 "How did your dad die, if you don't mind me asking?" "Oh, he was dancing on top of his car while it was moving and he fell off and hit his head." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 rest in power davender gulley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 stupid is as stupid does. good, i wish i could have saw this shit happen. fuckin morons, grow up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 "Another video shows a man sitting on the roof of his fast-moving pickup truck and leaping clear seconds before it crashes into a telephone pole." what the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANKYOU Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 that shit is fucking stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyper Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 thank god hyphy hasnt reached australia.... YET enough people die in cars as it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 People get hyphy in canada? PS, if you are 36, you are too old to be dancing on top of your car. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuff Tone Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Ghost Rider, the O.G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerillaeye Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 That movie is about to come out starring Nicholas Cage as ghostrider. I think I'll pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Faggots need to start ghostriding the hang-glider and put an end to this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 ^^^^^^^ ahaha, yups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I think more people should ghostride the whip... if they die it means that they won't be able to breed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 this is the new shit..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt double Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 "we had our own slang but people took it, now we get dumb in the ride down the ave driving crooked" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Zion I^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt double Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 hell yeah. "the bay" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 That album was cool cause he wasnt try to be all hyphy about his lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 now all thats left is for the rest of them to die as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 ghostridin' MY DICK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yao ming like chow ming Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 hilarious and gay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 ME AND MY NIGGAS BEEN GHOST RIDIN THE WHIP FOR YEARS AND AINT NONE OF THIS SHIT BEEN HAPPENIN I BEEN GHOST RIDIN BEFORE THEY CALLED IT GHOST RIDIN YADDAMEAN? YADDIDIMSAYINGTHOUGH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinmasta Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 trill my negroes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheWrongWords Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 this is the new shit..... Hyphy aint shit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming hand logo Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 ...but hoes and tricks. in other news mac dre presents thizznation volume 45 with featuring some of your favorite recycled dre tracks cop that shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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