Planking

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Planking involves a person lying face down, stiff as a board with arms at your side, in unusual places — and then having someone photograph the pose and slap it on the Internet.

[Wes Gear]

Fatal Qld balcony fall linked to planking

A man who plunged to his death from a Brisbane apartment's balcony was planking, and police fear it will not be the last death due to the new craze.

Planking involves participants lying flat on their stomach in different and sometimes dangerous settings and sharing photographs of their efforts with fellow plankers.

The man, aged in his early 20s, fell from the seventh storey of an inner-city apartment block in Kangaroo Point's Main Street and died at the scene shortly before 4.30am (AEST) on Sunday.

Deputy Commissioner Ross Barnett told reporters on Sunday the man had been trying to lie on the balcony rail when he fell.

Mr Barnett said the man and another person had been planking in various spots on their way home from a night out.

"He has tragically lost his footing and fallen to the ground below," Mr Barnett said.

"It is what we've been fearing."

The deputy commissioner said he did not know whether it was Australia's first death from the new craze.

However, he feared it would not be the last as plankers tried to outdo each other in more and more dangerous places.

"Police fear that as planking gains popularity there may be more injuries and, potentially, further deaths," Mr Barnett said.

He warned plankers they would be charged if they tried the fad in dangerous locations. A 20-year-old man was issued with a court appearance notice for trespass when he was found planking on a squad car in Gladstone last week.

"Accepting a risk of injury for yourself is one thing, but the potential is there for others to be injured as a result of your behaviour," he said.

"But no penalty will ever return this young man to his family and friends.

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I believe thats called a "Plonker" not a "planker"

[brillbilly]

planking must be an oz thing,you guys can carry on,i dont mind.
But planking has a whole different meaning were i come from and i want no part of this discusting act!