Extreme Planking
This craziness is the latest phenomena to grip the online world. The concept is quite simple, lie facedown with your arms to the side of your body – but, oh – it has to be somewhere, unusual, public and somewhat dangerous. Your “plank” must then be followed by a series of photographs of the actual “plank” posted on a social media site for other “Plankers” to see. The concept is also referred to as “the lying down game” in Europe and Japan, and “playing dead” in Korea, or “a plat ventre” (On one’s belly) in France. Social networks, especially Facebook, have been the main channel of the planking craze. The most popular planking platform is Planking Australia with more than 154 000 fans.
