Man dies from planking.

**tommo** · 05-15-2011 03:09 PM

Planking death: man plunges from balcony

Bold = hilarious

A man has plunged to his death after "planking" on a seventh-storey balcony in Brisbane's inner-south this morning, police have confirmed.
Acton Beale, aged 20, fell from the balcony of a unit block on Main Street in Kangaroo Point shortly before 4.30am.
He was trying to lay face down on the balcony railing of his apartment when he suddenly fell.

Paramedics spent 20 minutes trying to revive Mr Beale at the scene, however, he died a short time later.
Planking, which involves somebody lying flat on their stomach in unusual or different environments, is a burgeoning internet craze that has attracted thousands of fans right across Australia.
Photographs of their exploits are usually shared through social media sites such as Facebook.
Deputy Police Commissioner Ross Barnett today said his worst fears about planking had been realised.
“This morning we have seen a young man take this activity a step further and attempt to plank on a balcony. Unfortunately he has tragically fallen to his death,” he said.
Mr Barnett said the 20-year-old and another person had been out during the night and had been planking in various spots on their way home.

"He has tragically lost his footing and fallen to the ground below," he said.
"It is what we've been fearing."
Mr Barnett warned people against taking unnecessary risks in a bid to out-do each other for the ultimate photograph.
“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.
Earlier this week, a man was charged in Gladstone for trespassing on police property when he "planked" across the back of a police car.
"If other people break the law during this activity they will be charged as well," Mr Barnett said.
“But no penalty will ever return this young man to his family and friends.
‘‘This is a tragedy and our condolences go to the family.”
People have already condemned the internet craze on Facebook following the man’s death.
‘‘One life has been lost because of this! Think of what could happen if it went wrong. Don't be stupid ... think before you do this!’’ one person wrote.
Investigations are continuing.

It's just absolutely hilarious that something which is meant to be an extreme sports parody of sorts get's these kind of comments. lol

**Xei** · 05-15-2011 04:18 PM

Anybody else thought the title was spanking? Just me?

Anyway, ya. Awesome. Darwin is proud of your self-sacrifice.

**TigerLilly** · 05-15-2011 05:27 PM

Anybody else thought the title was spanking? Just me?

I read planking but my mind conjured up the image of pirates and plank walking.

So is this really a big thing in Australia? Laying down in extreme places?

**Puffin** · 05-15-2011 05:34 PM

Well, he shouldn't have laid down on the balcony in the first place. Just a slight amount of stupidity on his part.

**nina** · 05-15-2011 05:40 PM

Where are these pictures? I've never heard of this.

**Xei** · 05-15-2011 06:01 PM

One of my friends did it and their picture was briefly shown on the news when they did a little report about it.

It's pretty funny, people just lay face down like a plank on the floor, on escalators, etcetera.

Clearly this guy was a moron though. We should be thankful he managed to beat the odds and die in a way that didn't somehow involve severely maiming several other people.

**Marvo** · 05-15-2011 06:51 PM

**dacher2** · 05-15-2011 07:07 PM

thanks for the vid marvo I didn't see any of the pictures before this.

**RooJ** · 05-15-2011 10:56 PM

Lay him to rest face down... Its what he would've wanted.

**tommo** · 05-16-2011 04:07 AM

haha nice one Roo.

It's funny that most people in other countries hadn't heard of this. I didn't realise it was an Aussie thing lol

**Jeff777** · 05-16-2011 07:19 AM

Australians. Lol.

**dajo** · 05-16-2011 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by TigerLilly

I read planking but my mind conjured up the image of pirates and plank walking.

same here

**DuB** · 05-16-2011 07:31 AM

...

**Zephyrus** · 05-16-2011 08:26 AM

The craze will die out soon, like a week. But EVERYONE is getting into it, quite funny actually, we had some year 12ers raid our classroom, Plank, then leave. Reminds me a lot of extreme ironing

**tommo** · 05-16-2011 09:23 AM

die out in a week? It's been around for quite some time now. I first heard about it/saw it like last year some time I think, or maybe earlier this year.

**Zephyrus** · 05-16-2011 10:36 AM

oh ok, well i only heard of it after that guy died, it just gave the ~~sport~~ hobby a massive boost

**OwlDreamz** · 05-16-2011 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Xei

Anybody else thought the title was spanking? Just me?

Actually I read it as "Man dies from wanking"

**~~DeletePlease~~** · 05-16-2011 11:20 AM

That's so fucking retarded... I have to try it. Although, I'd look like an idiot planking on my own. If it catches on here in Canada, I'll give it a go.

This kind of reminds me of fence bowling/plowing: YouTube - Fence Bowling

Lulz @ teenage stupidity.

**tommo** · 05-16-2011 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by GavinGill

That's so fucking retarded... I have to try it. Although, I'd look like an idiot planking on my own. If it catches on here in Canada, I'll give it a go.

This kind of reminds me of fence bowling/plowing: YouTube - Fence Bowling

Lulz @ teenage stupidity.

Lol that's kinda destructive though. Funny but mean.

**khh** · 05-16-2011 06:29 PM

Yeah, it's been mentioned here too. And here. And there. Everybody's worried about this, it seems.

**Jeff777** · 05-16-2011 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by GavinGill

Lulz @ teenage stupidity.

To be fair, I mostly saw adults planking in the YouTube video Marvo linked.

**Black_Eagle** · 05-17-2011 03:07 AM

I was mildly amused at this, but then I was like "meh".

Let's try to work harder on the next fad, please.

**saltyseedog** · 05-17-2011 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by GavinGill

That's so fucking retarded... I have to try it. Although, I'd look like an idiot planking on my own. If it catches on here in Canada, I'll give it a go.

This kind of reminds me of fence bowling/plowing: YouTube - Fence Bowling

Lulz @ teenage stupidity.

When I saw this it reminded me of one time I was skating and I ran into mail box and completely broke it.

**Seroquel** · 05-17-2011 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by RooJ

Lay him to rest face down... Its what he would've wanted.

Hehehehehehehe.

**Supernova** · 05-17-2011 11:31 PM

"We lost a moron! Break out the MC Hammer album, I'm ready to dance! [singing & dancing] We lost a moron..."

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