Where Did Planking Come from?
"Planking Was a Term Myself and Two Other Mates Came up with Roughly in the Summer of 2008 or 2009," Says 25 Year-Old Sam Weckert, a Carpenter Living in South...
"Planking was a term myself and two other mates came up with roughly in the summer of 2008 or 2009," says 25 year-old Sam Weckert, a carpenter living in South Australia. It started as a prank on dance floors and went on to balancing flat on low-lying objects such as pot plants, post boxes and public bins.
Who started planking?
The game was reportedly created by Brits Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon, who called it the “lying down game.” Shortly after, Australian Sam Weckert and his friends rebranded started taking pictures of themselves “planking” on dance floors and, after a radio station publicized the game, it caught fire on the ...
When did planking originate?
A planking-like activity, called face dancing by its participants, was initiated in 1984 in Edmonds, Washington in the US by Scott Amy and Joel Marshall. The two high school age boys were walking in a park when they came upon a baseball game.
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