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{{Short description|Dancing around an unmanned moving vehicle}}
{{Redirect|Ghost ride|the memorial bicycle ride|Ride of Silence}}
{{About||other uses|Ghost Rider (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|ghostwriter}}
[[File:Stunt Terry Grant-1.jpg|thumb|Stunt driver [[Terry Grant (stunt driver)|Terry Grant]] ghost-riding a spinning car|alt=A yellow and blue car spinning on a dirt track with a white man in overalls hanging from the side door looking to the rear.]]
'''{{lang|en-US|Ghost riding}}''', frequently used in the context of "'''ghost riding the whip'''" (a "whip" being a vehicle) or simply '''{{lang|en-US|ghostin'}}''', is when a person exits their moving vehicle, and dances beside and around it.

American rapper [[E-40]]'s 2006 song "[[Tell Me When to Go]]" produced by [[Lil Jon]] brought mainstream attention to "ghost riding".<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 15, 2006|title=New Teen Car Craze: Ghost Riding the Whip|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2314590&page=1|access-date=2020-12-24|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Maxwell|first=Leanne|date=2007-01-26|title=Ghost Ride SF|url=https://sfist.com/2007/01/26/ghost_ride_sf/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports|language=en|archive-date=2019-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015035648/https://sfist.com/2007/01/26/ghost_ride_sf/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ghost riding is also another term used for [[car surfing]], and the term is also occasionally used to describe a moving vehicle with no occupant, such as when a car without the [[hand brake]] applied starts to roll down an incline.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-04-13-hyphy-side_x.htm Flambosting the hyphy nation]. Steve Jones, [[USAToday]].com. April 13, 2006.  Last accessed January 6, 2007.</ref> The practice originated in [[Northern California]], specifically the [[Bay Area]].  It gets its name from the fact that while the driver is dancing beside the moving vehicle, it appears that the vehicle is being driven by an invisible driver. Subsequently, the trend was also featured in the lyrics of the 2006 track "Ghost Ride It" by [[Mistah F.A.B.]] whose wording speaks of "Dancing on the hood while the car's still rollin'".<ref>{{Citation |title=Mistah F.A.B. – Ghost Ride It |url=https://genius.com/Mistah-fab-ghost-ride-it-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-27}}</ref>
[[File:Ghost-riding-the-golf-cart.jpg|left|thumb|A man attempting to ghost ride the back of a [[golf cart]] going downhill.]]

Ghost riding is an activity that has been practiced in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] including [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], California, for many years, during what are called [[Sideshow (automobile exhibition)|sideshows]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2006-08-27|title=Oliver Burkeman: on the practice of ghost-riding the whip|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/28/usa.oliverburkeman|access-date=2020-12-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Farhi">Farhi, Paul. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600994_pf.html "Ghost-Riding: Brake-Dancing With Zip Under the Hood"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', December 27, 2006, p. C01. Accessed October 18, 2007.</ref> It is thought to have started as a trend around 2006.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Surette|first=Ray|date=2019-08-01|title=A copycat crime meme: Ghost riding the whip|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1741659019865305|journal=Crime, Media, Culture|volume=16|issue=2|pages=239–264|language=en|doi=10.1177/1741659019865305|s2cid=201314820}}</ref> The popularization of ''ghost riding'' a car is a byproduct of popular Bay Area music and the [[hyphy]] [[subculture]] in general; additionally, it has been suggested ghost riding is a [[copycat crime]] popularized by [[YouTube]] videos and online social media.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2006-12-30|title='Hyphy' movement spurs deadly automobile stunts 'Hyphy' car stunts a deadly pastime 'Ghost ride:' A hazard or a form of expression|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/12/30/hyphy-movement-spurs-deadly-automobile-stunts-hyphy-car-stunts-a-deadly-pastime-ghost-ride-a-hazard-or-a-form-of-expression/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=East Bay Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Farhi" />

Ghost riding is performed by exiting an automobile while it is left in gear. The automobile's engine runs at idle speed, slowly propelling the car forward. As with [[car surfing]], ghost riding is dangerous and has resulted in deaths in North America.<ref name=":2" />

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[[Category:Hazardous motor vehicle activities]]
[[Category:Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:2000s fads and trends]]
[[Category:2000s in California]]