{"id":10548,"date":"2011-10-01T05:10:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:10:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-30T18:10:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T18:10:03","slug":"Indian-youths-train-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10548","title":{"rendered":"Indian youths train surf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>It&#8217;s a scene straight from Danny Boyle&#8217;s Oscar-winning film Slumdog millionaire, but for these train riding thrill seekers the cost of one wrong move could be their lives!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Videos of these &#8216;train surfing&#8217; youths from India appeared on the internet after one passenger filmed their crazy stunt from the window of a carriage.<\/p>\n<p>The three youths cling to the side of a train as it leaves a station, sliding along the platform before jumping onto the carriage as it rumbles out into the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Defying death as they speed past pylons and posts the crazy gang fool around on the side of the train slapping pylons and posts they pass by.<\/p>\n<p>At one point a daredevil jumps onto the top of a bridge and runs along with the carriage while still holding on, barely keeping his footing before swinging back onto the train.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These kids are pretty fearless!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j13xfGKKMpU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then he attempts to swing out his legs before having to haul his body back in seconds before they whizz past a train signal box, which he evades by inches.<\/p>\n<p>Slumdog Millionaire features similarly brave antics.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the young characters hitch a ride on the roof of a train and also sit inbetween the carriages as it speeds along.<\/p>\n<p>The most dare-devil moment comes when one of the boys hangs upside down outside and attempts to steal food through a gap in the window, while his friend holds him in place with a rope tied around his waist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slumdog scene. Makes me want to sing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiancemagazine.com\/feb_2009\/slumdog_millionaire_director_danny_boyle\">Danny Boyle&#8217;s<\/a> favorite song, &#8220;Paper Planes&#8221;!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mV912uiRM_A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Train surfing&#8217; has become a popular pass time in the subcontinent where poor youths became used to hopping on trains for a free ride with no ticket.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the incredible risks involved, the popularity of the thrill-seeking fad is on the increase.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week it was revealed a South African boy had lost his arm in a &#8216;train surfing&#8217; game gone wrong.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the Indian surfers was uploaded to YouTube where it has since gone viral with users from all over the world logging on to see the jaw-dropping stunt.<\/p>\n<p>One commenter said: \u2018The stunts were really breath-taking and fun to watch but they&#8217;re sooo risky.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These stunts could have cost them their life! I don&#8217;t think anyone should ever try this, these kids know what they&#8217;re doing, but one of them will surely get killed before long!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2031885\/Indian-youths-perform-dangerous-train-surfing-stunt.html#ixzz1ZVd5Lsmt\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a scene straight from Danny Boyle&#8217;s Oscar-winning film Slumdog millionaire, but for these train riding thrill seekers the cost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"It&#8217;s a scene straight from Danny Boyle&#8217;s Oscar-winning film Slumdog millionaire, but for these train riding thrill seekers the cost","magazineBlocksPostCategories":[],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":136,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}