Ultimate shoulder rides

Jeff:

Most  people who  go to festivals go there with  people they  know  and most women  would  question the  motives of a strange man  who asked  her to  sit on his shoulders. She would assume  he is either a pervert  or he expected something in  return  for his service.   

However, girls tend to be gregarious and also  jealous of  each other. This  might  work  to  your advantage if  you  encounter a group of  people where  some of  the  girls  are sitting on  guy's shoulders  and some are  not. If  the group has more  girls than  guys, and  you  don't  just  charge over and ask one of the girls  to let  you lift  her, you might  have better  luck.  You  might  strike up  a  conversation with  the  girls and casually mention to  one  that her  friends sitting on  their  date's shoulder  have a  much  better  view. If she shows interest  you  might then offer  to  serve her in this  capacity. Often  at  such events  there isn't any seating for the  public  and  women  often  over estimate their  tolerance for the shoes  they  chose  out of a sense of fashion  rather than  practicality.
The  option of  being  able to have a better  view  and being able to sit rather than  stand  may be an enticing  proposition.   
If  a  girl  accepts  this offer,  remember  that  you  may  be  nothing  more than  a optional elevated  seat  for her. Having her sitting on  your shoulders doesn't entitle you to  take any  liberties or  assume any  sort of intimacy.   You  should also put her down carefully when  she  tells you  too  and above all, don't give her  any  indication that she  is heavy or a  burden on  you. This is especially  true if she is a  heavier  girl  and  might  be  sensitive to  that  fact.

I  can  tell you  that  sitting  on  a  man's shoulders in  a stationary  position for a long period  can become uncomfortable.  I  was  once in  a  position where  getting  down was nearly impossible and I  sat on  my  date for  45  minutes because the crowd  was so  tightly packed  that there was no  room  to stand.  My  date  missed  seeing  much of the  performance  as I had him keep his head down so  I  could shift my  position to  take  some of  my weight  off  the  back of  my thighs.  even  sitting up  there for 20  minutes  as checkmate  guy  reported  can  become  uncomfortable.   It's  more  uncomfortable   than sitting on  someone's shoulders  while he is walking  in  spite of the bouncing of  his walking.   I  have also  seen  men sitting on  men's  shoulders at  concerts and other events  and  while  mot of the riders were smaller  or equal in  size  to  the men  beneath them,  a few  of the  riders  were larger  and  obviously larger than  most of  the  girls sitting on guy's shoulders.

brad's shoulders: 

Your right  about the  wingman  making  a  guy  seem  less  odd. But I  would caution you against  isolating a single girl in  such  a  situation. In  a crowd  the  girl will usually feel more  secure  and if  she is with  friends   she won't feel  like  she  is being ganged up on  by  two strangers.

Since I only see myself as a  rider or  perhaps a  shoulder-sitter in this case, I can only speak of comfort  from  that  position. Rocking and  bouncing to the  music  at a  concert does  relieve  some of the  discomfort  and  forget the  discomfort  just as  dancing can take  my  mind off  my sore feet. 

But  when I'm  on someone's shoulders  I'm  often  not really sitting on  him.  My  thighs are  bearing my weight rather than  my bottom  and holding onto his head with  my thighs to  keep  balance is  a  natural  reaction  and  puts  more stress  on my thighs which makes  the interference with blood  circulation a  bigger  problem.  I  really  can't think of a way to  resolve  this  problem of  staying up there for  a  long  period of time. Having the  carrier bow his head so I  can sit  more forward solves the problem  for  me  but he  can't stay that way  for  very long  and I can't  sit on  top of his  head.
So until they  start  making headless  men  I don't think  the  problem  is  solvable in any  practical way.

@Audrey - "Until they start making headless men"? That made me laugh out loud! I would definitely keep my head down for a rider who selfishly demands comfort such as yourself. And even with a wingman, I would target girls that are in pairs or groups: they may even take turns riding me!

@Checkmateguy - Did you take any pictures / videos at Glastonbury? And were you ridden as well?

checkmateguy,

if you did not go to the Festival, how can you write with such certainty that it is easy to give a random stranger a sr there?

aubreyb:

... some carriers/human ponies might like the experience of being shoulder-sat or shoulder-rode to exhaustion! I am, in a manner of speaking, looking through the other end of the telescope than the one you are looking through.

Jeff: the people at Glastonbury, when there and singing and jigging along to the pop music have a complete personality change. Ordinarily, when you see people en masse in a crowd (e.g. a crowded city centre or a railway station at rush hour) they mostly look stern-faced and don't interact with the people around them. But, at Glastonbury, they are totally transformed albeit with a little help from alcohol and drugs. Most of the females there are likely to say 'yes,' to just about anything. Being asked if they'd like a shoulder ride would be one of the tamest and most innocent of the requests they get. If a guy likes giving females shoulder rides he could do that with different females several time a day over the course of the five-day festival. Save up and go in 2020, Jeff. (But no  Glastonbury for two years, I believe, for some unknown reason).

aubreyb:

just to clarify what I meant by the remark 'looking through the other end of the telescope.'

Quite naturally, as a rider, you view things from a shoulder rider's viewpoint. The 'other end of the telescope' is the viewpoint of a carrier/human pony. His viewpoint (ponies are usually guys although there are a sprinkling of females who like to be rode) is probably that of a person who would like to be ridden by a dominant rider.

To illustrate this point, we had a man speaking on UK radio last Sunday morning. He was talking about women and the type of men they like. Although women generally like 'nice' men as friends (i.e. gentle, agreeable, and often docile men), when asked if they'd like this sort of man as their boyfriend (thus implying a sexual relationship) they usually said: 'Oh, my god, no! He's just too nice!'

Translated into shoulder riding, many human ponies similarly (if they have a choice) prefer a dominant rider rather than a 'nice' rider who might be constantly asking them if they're okay/feeling tired/am I too heavy/do you want a rest... blaa... blaa...blaa...?

Truth be told they want a bastard to get on their shoulders and ride them like hell.

So if you feel like having a 'hard ride,' aubreyb, don't hold back. Get astride your pony-guy's shoulders, squeeze his head between your thighs, dig your heels into his ribs, and ride him until you achieve the gratification you crave even if that means riding him until he drops! The sole reason that pony guys exist and their raison d'etre is to satisfy the needs and desires of shoulder riders.