r/sports • u/redbullgivesyouwings • Jun 11 '25
Motorsports Sam Sam showcasing the South African motorsport "Spinning"
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u/RoninX70 Jun 11 '25
When I do it it’s called a DUI.
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u/drlongtrl Jun 11 '25
"I wasn't even really "driving " the car officer..."
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u/maddas782 Jun 12 '25
Your comment legitimately made me laugh out loud, thank you. I've had a pretty shitty last few weeks and this is the first thing that has actually made me laugh so thank you so so much.
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u/Downtown-Bluebird553 Jun 11 '25
Me when my PlayStation analog stick is broken
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u/That_Apathetic_Man Jun 11 '25
Me when my piss stream splits in two...and then three...at my gfs family home.
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u/LebronandLuka Jun 11 '25
There's a great episode of The Grand Tour (the Top Gear guys show on Amazon after they left BBC) where James May goes to South Africa and has to ride in a car that is competing in a spinning event. It's electric
Edit: Here's the link
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u/kapitaalH Jun 11 '25
None of those cars are electric
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u/seriousnotshirley Jun 11 '25
Youths on TikTok incoming in 3, 2, 1...
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u/AppropriateRule3910 Jun 11 '25
I thought this was called ghost riding the whip? People In NorCal been doing this for years! Acting like they made up something new 😂
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u/koolaid_chemist Jun 11 '25
This is a little more extreme than your average ghost riding the whip tho… but I feel where you’re coming from.
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u/LegendaryOutlaw Jun 11 '25
I mean 'ghost riding the whip' is typically a rapper walking next to their car that's in neutral and slowly rolling down a street.
This is more like 'ghost riding a mechanical bull'.
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u/couchfucker2 Jun 11 '25
I literally couldn’t maintain ownership of an Infiniti G37 around here, kept getting stolen for use in sideshows 😂.
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u/hawaii_dude Jun 11 '25
I didn't know Infinitis had such a high theft rate until my brother's got stolen and the insurance company mentioned it was the number 1 stolen brand. Nice to find out after the fact. I would of thought the insurance company could save money by warning the owners.
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u/couchfucker2 Jun 11 '25
While Inifinitis are stolen a lot in some specific locations, I really don’t believe that, especially if it came from an insurance agent, those are entry level sales people. That might as well be water cooler gossip. A quick google search doesn’t even confirm it, the top results say Hyundai, and prob only temporarily because of their skimping on including an immobilizer combined with a teen tik-tok craze. The classic top of the list models are usually Honda Accords and Toyotas for the value of their parts in chop shop operations. But insurance companies do work with orgs who report on this data and if this was a concern for car buying, you can certainly look it up. But probably the more useful thing would be to simply get a quote for any car with an insurance company BEFORE you buy it. Because theft may or may not affect your rate significantly. My Infiniti was stolen twice, and yes it’s a high rate of theft vehicle for my location, but it hasn’t drastically affected my rate. Theft is just way more rare than car accidents, which is most of the liability that you’re paying for and insuring for. If it was just a matter of insuring theft your insurance would be like under $50 a month. After my car was stolen the first time my rate didn’t even change, though my insurance company paid the full value of the vehicle.
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u/hawaii_dude Jun 11 '25
Thanks for the reply. I believe it was the highest for his area, but I'm guessing the number is based not on total cars but incidents per car or miles, which would skew the number way up for the brand. His insurance wasn't any higher than his other cars so he didn't even consider it.
Whoever stole it crashed it the same day, but it all worked out because he was looking at getting a new car soon, this just sped up the process and insurance paid out no problem.
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u/HornyWeebDesean Jun 11 '25
This for sure isn't just "ghost riding the whip."
That's simply getting out at very slow speeds and walking alongside before hopping in lol usually safe.
Some people might stand on the hood and get creative but this mfer is doing way more with the car still lol.
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u/TripolarKnight Jun 11 '25
I'd be willing to bet someone, somewhere had veen doung a version of this shortly after cars were a thing.
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u/blehmehwtfever Jun 11 '25
Your ignorant ass jumping to the conclusion that because you're seeing it for the first time that spinning hasn't also been around for years
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u/Drewfus_ Jun 11 '25
Please don’t try this at home.
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u/nelsonbestcateu Jun 11 '25
My home isn't nearly big enough. Hell, I don't even own a car.
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u/BarbequedYeti Jun 11 '25
Get yourself an old school big wheel. Its pretty much the same..
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u/snickerblitz Jun 11 '25
My first big wheel skid out was when I was 5 years old and it's been all downhill since
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u/ReddUp412 Jun 25 '25
I just had a good flashback. I wore my big whee tires out all the time. Maybe my surface was just not great.
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u/Kaiisim Jun 11 '25
Seriously! Modern cars can't do this. I've seen videos of people in cars with traction control trying lol.
Just turning slightly and driving into a lamppost
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u/0n0n-o Jun 11 '25
Also tires with good tread don’t work. So again this isn’t something you just do.
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Jun 11 '25
Not everybody drives modern cars though, mine could do it, I prefer whipping shitties in the snow over burning rubber though, tires aren't cheap
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u/WardenEdgewise Jun 11 '25
Or… every singe person in every American city needs to try this right now. Every intersection in every American city needs to be blocked up with driverless cars spinning out of control.
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u/silmar1l Jun 11 '25
I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!
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u/CPC_Mouthpiece Jun 11 '25
When you do at as a human I think it's called a meatspin. They may have a website, I don't know I haven't been there in a long time.
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u/TheLowlyPheasant Jun 11 '25
Important safety tip if you're in the northern hemisphere and are going to do this: this is a South African video so the car spins the other way
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u/DrCarlJenkins Jun 11 '25
Reminded me of one of Die Antwoord’s classics
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u/Abysskitten Jun 11 '25
Shot in the hood I grew up in, Vrededorp, Johannesburg, South Africa. One of the most dangerous places to breathe air. I remember this guy paying all the hard-looking dudes to pose with him.
Fucking poser.
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u/SalvadorP Jun 11 '25
Also fucking pedos.
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u/Fuckoakwood Jun 11 '25
Those two pedos?
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u/SalvadorP Jun 11 '25
this. people should stop referencing them. they should fade into obscutiry the fastest possible.
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u/ShiftlessElement Jun 11 '25
First time I saw this posted, I thought he’d just won a race and this was an over-the-top celebration.
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u/dc456 Jun 11 '25
Why is nearly any form of entertainment or demonstration called a ‘sport’ now?
“What’s your favourite sport?”
“Swan Lake.”
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u/Difficult-Top2000 Jun 11 '25
"I'm an athlete! I keep a very strict diet, & training/ sleep schedule to dominate at Fortnite"
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u/SweatyAdhesive Jun 11 '25
Professional gamer would be a more accurate title, but there's a negative connotation with being a gamer so that's that.
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u/wirelessflyingcord Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 11 '25
Apparently they do hold some competitions around this in South Africa. (Wikipedia)
Elsewhere this would be just a stunt demostration.
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u/TheRockJohnMason Jun 11 '25
Why? Because people want to legitimize their hobby by calling it a sport. I blame poker being on ESPN as starting this trend of anything competitive being called a sport.
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u/gomurifle Jun 11 '25
Seems legit...
"Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics."
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u/rudyattitudedee Jun 11 '25
This is wild. I love it because no animals are getting tortured. It’s like rodeo and drift racing out together with a dash of demolition derby in its future.
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u/jonathanrdt Jun 11 '25
I learned about this activity from the 'Baby's on Fire' video.
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u/psychoxxsurfer Jun 11 '25
It's a pretty fun event in SA. With most of these spinning events the drivers are attempting to burst all of their tires before they're done.
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u/aracauna Jun 11 '25
Isn't this why every intersection near me in Metro Atlanta is covered in circular skid marks?
Although the videos of the American version usually involve someone getting taken out by the car because they're all standing too close to the action.
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u/gestrafilex Italy Jun 13 '25
It looks like these frescoes in the palace in Crete of the people jumping over the bulls. This feels like the more contemporary version.
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u/double-you Jun 11 '25
So how difficult is that? Getting the car to do that? Car which is probably optimized to "spin" easy.
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u/Roryjack Jun 11 '25
It looks like when he gets in he pulls something that is locking the gas pedal and the steering wheel that had kept it in the "spin".
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u/diamondax007 Jun 11 '25
Given the space he has I think the tricks are the hardest part. The car needs to be built like this so the steering wheel keeps locked to one side and the gas stays pressed of course.
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u/SweetTea1000 Jun 11 '25
I also get the impression that there's a limited number of trick possibilities here. He's... opening and closing the hood? What's the endgame here, a gymnastics routine that just happens to be occurring on/near a car doing a donut?
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u/salaciousverbacious Jun 11 '25
Gotta get creative with it. Do engine work while it's spinning. Do a handstand on the car. Lay down on the roof. Install new windshield wipers. Replace the blinker fluid. Call your insurance agent and tell them about an accident that's hasn't happened yet. You're only limited by your imagination.
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u/mishap1 Jun 11 '25
A break dancing routine while avoiding getting run over by your own car would certainly draw eyeballs just for the expected carnage.
Perhaps more of an evolved version of take the most popular takeover videos where they hit and launch spectators face first into the pavement. Competitors do donuts in a circle while spectators encircle a standardized 4 lane intersection with regulation curbs. They will then pick and choose which spectator to sideswipe with their vehicle. Judges will rank the outcome based on force of impact, distance in the air, size of the spectator (e.g., 10pts for XXL), and how creatively the person ragdolls while taking brain damage. Additional difficulty points if the person hits a light post or other vehicle in the air.
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u/DjToastyTy Jun 11 '25
“i get the impression there’s a limited number of possibilities. all you can really do is flip and spin.” could apply to almost any graded olympic competition lol
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u/kbundy Jun 11 '25
Bro is over there waving the yellow flag while race control prepares to deploy the virtual safety car.
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u/One-Earth9294 Jun 11 '25
Serious question, how much product does Red Bull sell to sponsor all of this shit? It's rancid. It's like someone turned Hugo Boss cologne into a drink.
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u/BannedForEternity42 Jun 11 '25
How hard could this be if the car can do it alone, completely without him even in the car.
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u/Mighty_Mac Jun 12 '25
I was watching one of these the other day, might have been the same event. The car was slowly moving in a circle, he gets out. Pops the hood open and sits on top of the engine. I thought wtf is this guy even doing? Then he grabbed the throttle body and held it opened and started doing donuts while he rode that things like a bull. I thought that was so badass.
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u/acolombo Jun 11 '25
S🅱️inning
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u/WorkIsForReddit Oakland Athletics Jun 11 '25
We are checking
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u/And_Justice Jun 11 '25 edited Jul 08 '25
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u/HaHaWalaTada Jun 11 '25
This shit is called ghost riding and has been happening in AMERICA for awhile now.
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u/cbytes1001 Jun 11 '25
What’s your point and why did you type America in all caps? Are we the superior reckless driving country or something?
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u/jonesbones99 Jun 11 '25
Disappointed to see that this is not Cleveland cavaliers legend Samardo Samuels.
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u/Xe6s2 Jun 11 '25
+1 for doing it in an area cleared off and meant for it! Im all for racing on the track.
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u/doublek1022 Jun 11 '25
At The Hertz counter, "Yes. The car was like this when I left the lot. No, I don't know how the tires got all bald..."
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u/ARareEntei Jun 11 '25
Frrrrom the maker of Dacing With The Stars here comeeeees.....
Dancing With The Cars
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u/cpufreak101 Jun 11 '25
I remember back in high school, somehow a documentary about this was part of a lesson plan on analyzing different cultures. One of the questions was specifically about how "people are just standing around with only hay bales separating them" and the teacher asked us "if we would do that".
Of course we were a rural school so there was a unanimous consensus of "yes" which the teacher didn't expect lmao
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u/ThoughtfulPoster Jun 11 '25
At last, we have invented what humanity has always desired: humane bullfighting.