Teen killed ‘car-surfing’

Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | 6/11/03 | Donna Jones

[freebilly]

This is the nightmare of most parents-- that their kid will be seriously injured doing something dumb.

[LoneGOPinCT]

Our sympathy goes out to the friends and families of those involved. How sad.

But, would it be too disrespectful if I were to nominate them for a Darwin Award?

[Norse]

Hi, i'm Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass

[freebilly]

Counselors were on all three campuses Tuesday to help students and staff deal with grief. At Branciforte, students dedicated an afternoon variety show to Vargas, and at a sixth-grade dinner, Sierra’s classmates planned to light a candle in his memory.

Simple prayers would be nice, but this is the public school system and it's Santa Cruz, so let's have grief counseling and light a candle....

[freebilly]

But, would it be too disrespectful if I were to nominate them for a Darwin Award?

My immediate thought, too, but I fought the urge. I decided to wait a day before being my usual smart-@$$ed self....

[zx2dragon]

We used to hold onto the back (and off to the side) of a vehicle and only did this in cul de sacs. The worst thing that ever happened was a skinned knee.

Children will do dumb things. Unfortunately this one never got the chance to learn from the mistake, hopefully others will.

[freebilly]

Hi, i'm Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass

I remember car surfing in 1968 back in Piscataway, New Jersey. 13-18 are the prime years for Jackass-like behavior.

[BADROTOFINGER]

This is known as a form of 'hookybobbin', something that we used to do as kids when there was ice on the roads. Wait till a car came, run up behind it, grab the bumper, and ride the ice. Pretty stupid, but we were kids. But we werent exactly trying to achieve terminal velocity, either...JFK

[laotzu]

It would be wrong to further prosecute/persecute the driver.

[fourdeuce82d]

Darwin Award?

ummm...20 mph? not wise, but not insanely stupid. Sad.

[krb]

That's older than Jackass. It dates back to this gem.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Kids are going to stupid things - that's a given. Luckily, most of us survive...

Heck, I remember tying those red plastic sleds to the bumpers of cars, and doing 80+ down the freeway in Vermont on cold winters nights... Dumb? Heck yeah, but fun...

[ctlpdad]

we used to grab onto the school bus and slide on our feet (mostly)for miles when there was enough snow on the ground. It kinda sucked when the bus got to a main road that was salted, because that usually ment falling on our faces.
This was one of our milder stupid stunts.
I would kill my kids if i caught them doing anything half as stupid as we did.
{Note to self; apologize to mom & dad for terrorizing them with stupid stunts as a kid}

[StatesEnemy]

We used to use a rope tied to the rear bumper - keeps ya away from those wheels...

[whereasandsoforth]

Boys will indeed be boys. Sometimes a boy being a boy gets killed. Young people think they are invincible. What a shame.

[nerdwithamachinegun]

>>"He was just a regular kid who made a bad decision," Morley said. "The tragedy could have happened to any one of a dozen boys just like him."

This is just the plain fact of the matter. Whatever there was that was good and positive about this kid there was one very "extreeeeeeeeeme" negative, bad judgement.

It's regrettable that his parents and those who knew him have to suffer because he died due to stupidity.

I second the Darwin Award nomination.

[Xenalyte]

I blame Marty McFly, myself.

[freebilly]

We used to use a rope tied to the rear bumper - keeps ya away from those wheels...

I had a StingRay bike that I spray painted gold. We'd tie a rope on it then tie it to the bumper of one of my older brother's friend's car. Stupid, but great fun.

[The Westerner]

Sounds like he was anguished. Why prosecute? This is so sad. I know it was a dumb thing to do, but kids have always done dumb things. My heart goes out to all involved.

[NormsRevenge]

Any bets both of these young fellas were Products of the liebral socialist edukational system in California or that they just saw 2 Fast 2 Furious, a movie that has already claimed a number of young lives since it was released?