Teen hospitalised after dangerous new ‘ridgy popping’ trend emerges in Sydney

A dangerous social media trend has emerged in Sydney, where teenagers are putting themselves at serious risk.

A dangerous social media trend has emerged in Sydney, where teenagers are putting themselves at serious risk by clinging to the side of moving trains.

The kids are, in fact, not alright.

A dangerous social media trend has emerged in Sydney, where teenagers are putting themselves at serious risk by clinging to the side of moving trains in a wild new trend called “ridgy popping”.

The trend encourages people to record videos of themselves hanging from the back of trains.

Rail authorities are aware of the disturbing rise in dangerous activity on train lines and are scrambling to nip it in the bud before somebody is killed.

The T8 Macarthur Line has been a particular favourite among the reckless daredevils, who have found a way to get into the crew compartment of the old K-set trains to access the exterior.

One particularly worrying TikTok video showed two girls hanging off the back of a train between Revesby and Macarthur stations while on their way to school.

A dangerous social media trend has emerged in Sydney, where teenagers are putting themselves at serious risk by clinging to the side of moving trains in a wild new trend called ‘ridgy popping’.

Another teenage boy was injured while doing the dangerous stunt between St Peters and Redfern and was rushed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with multiple injuries.

Revesby Councillor David Walsh called for an immediate stop to the insane behaviour.

“It’s obviously very dangerous, that could certainly cause a fatality, one mistake and you’re dead or seriously injured,” he said.

The ease with which teenagers are able to break into the crew compartments, without any tools, has raised a serious alarm for Transport NSW.

Rail authorities are aware of the disturbing rise “ridgy popping” on train lines and are scrambling to nip it in the bud before somebody is killed.

Lalita Stevenson said she witnessed the incident during her peak-hour commute.

She said she heard “a really loud bang” and looked out the window to see kids as young as eight hanging onto the outside of the moving train.

“The train was full of people, I was amazed that they had the guts to do it,” she said via Nine News.

Transport for NSW is aware of the issue but admits that there are not enough staff to monitor every service.

They have now reinforced the carriage doors in an attempt to stop the trend, but because the doors serve as emergency exits, they cannot be sealed off entirely.

Originally published as Teen hospitalised after dangerous new ‘ridgy popping’ trend emerges in Sydney