Stop putting your faith in the average joe to crowd surf you
This is my fourth Rockville, and this time I brought some friends with me because I truly love this festival. With that said I don’t want to beat a dead horse with the “to crowd surf or not to crowd surf” debate, but I do want to say this.
My friends told me they wanted to crowd surf this year, and I made it very clear that there is a time and place for crowd surfing, but overall I knew there wouldn’t be much trouble for them given they’re pretty reasonably sized and not too heavy. With that said, I myself am heavier than my friends, I work out and sit comfortably at ~200 lbs. I know the average person cannot hold let alone lift 200 lbs over their head, so I stay my happy self on the ground and enjoy the show.
I’m not trying to body shame or anything, I’m just saying before you ask to go up think about where you are in the crowd and be a little more realistic as to who you’re entrusting to carry your body towards the front. We’re all slick, covered in sweat and dirty, and if the people below you don’t have a heads up you can’t be mad when they can’t catch you, or if they choose not to catch you at all. Not everyone is strong enough and/or willing to put their body through that much strain to make sure you don’t fall through.
Also just an extra note, stop trying to crowd surf through pits, it’s a nightmare for everyone involved.