Ultimate shoulder rides

checkmateguy · 2014-06-28 00:26:38

It's the start of the Glastonbury Festival here in England. I watched a part of it on television this evening, not for the music (much of which consist of old, well known performers, such as Debbie Harry of Blondie who still looks good even though she spent a few years as a carer looking after her seriously disabled partner) but to spot the shoulder riders. Alas, I only saw two - one young lady who was wearing a red dress with white dots and another rather weighty young lady sat astride a guy's shoulders and gyrating to the music. I bet this guy had aching shoulders afterwards!

checkmateguy · 2014-06-29 13:02:43

Watched a bit more of Glastonbury yesterday evening. Here, in the UK, the Festival was being shown on two free (no ads) BBC TV channels. There were more shoulder riders yesterday (all being young women). One female was wearing blue denim shorts, the crotch of which probably felt rather rough on the back of the pony's neck. This is one place at which both Miss P and Passion should have been. Unlimited shoulder rides all day/all evening long! Maybe this Ultimate Shoulder Ride Community should make a block booking for members for next year so that the members can indulge themselves in day-long and evening-long public shoulder riding and carrying?

checkmateguy · 2014-07-12 00:06:30

This evening (11 July 2014), there was another music festival being televised by a BBC digital channel. The music festival was called 'T in the Park' whatever that means and it was being televised by BBC Scotland. The main thing, however, is that there were lots of female (and a few male) shoulder riders among the large crowd. Some females (in their late teens/early 20s) were wearing swimwear (or what looked like swimwear - the briefest of briefs). The music was rather insipid as is the case these days (nothing like the groups and singers of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s) but this was more than made up for by the large number of shoulder riders who, fortunately, were frequently shown on screen as the cameras swept the crowd. Maybe the person responsible for choosing which camera angles to show on screen is a member of this community?

mountmeforever · 2014-07-12 16:48:32

Thanks for the info Checkmateguy. I hope I can somehow find that concert televised again in my neck of the woods. Or maybe some of it ma start appearing on youtube soon.

checkmateguy · 2014-07-13 23:48:19

Tonight (13 July 2014) while the whole world except me was watching a football match somewhere in South America, (I think), I was watching some more of the pop music festival called 'T in the Park.' It was televised by BBC TV Three (a digital channel on channel 7) from Scotland (perfect sunny weather too!)

The point is, of course, apart from the music (Sam Smith was good) is that the whole festival was full of shoulder riders (or, more correctly, shoulder sitters). And what amazing stamina these carriers/ponies had! Loads of blonde girls sat astride all-too-willing ponies for, maybe, at least a half hour - maybe more. And these girls were jiggling around astride their human mounts.

According to one singer (Sam Smith) the crowd were 'loud' (i.e. very extrovert). Most of the audience was probably Scottish because most of the hair colours were blonde, fair to ginger. One thing that's not often known is that the Scottish race is quite spunky. Hence the huge number of shoulder riders/sitters there compared to Glastonbury. I did spot one female sat astride the shoulders of another female. There were quite a few guys and boys who were also riding astride other guys. These festivals should be advertised as 'bring your own pony!'

Wanna see it, you say? No problem, fellow members. Go to www.bb.co.uk/tinthepark (New Window)

(It's quite a difficult website to open and asks you whether you're over 16! Typical 'Aunty BBC!')

wilk1978 · 2014-07-17 17:40:24

"The music was rather insipid as is the case these days (nothing like the groups and singers of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s) but this was more than made up for by the large number of shoulder riders"

Hehe, I like your comment. That's an accurate description of how I feel about much of this electronic dance music. It all kind of sounds the same to me, and I don't particularly care for it. But shoulder riding seems to be a very big aspect of the subculture, and it doesn't hurt that the female fans are quite cute and tend to wear very revealing outfits, so I guess I can tolerate the musical genre's increasing popularity...

checkmateguy · 2014-07-17 22:22:34

If I go to one (or all) of these music festivals next year, I'll be wearing a T-shirt stating: 'I'm only here for the shoulder-riding...!'

Ultimate shoulder rides

#1 2014-06-28 00:26:38

Glastonbury.

#2 2014-06-29 13:02:43

Re: Glastonbury.

#3 2014-07-12 00:06:30

Re: Glastonbury.

#4 2014-07-12 16:48:32

Re: Glastonbury.

#5 2014-07-13 23:48:19

Re: Glastonbury.

#6 2014-07-17 17:40:24

Re: Glastonbury.

#7 2014-07-17 22:22:34

Re: Glastonbury.

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