We have been contacted a few times in the past by TV, film or other media companies and organisations that are working on pieces regarding tombstoning and want our input. I had a brief slot on the BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show towards the end of last summer, along with Nick Biddlecombe, discussing the dangers and what we (my friends and I) were doing as a group to mitigate those risks as much as possible when we were tombstoning.
We have recently been contacted by a writer for a well known and respected news site, who is drafting an article regarding this ‘craze’ and wanted to be better informed before starting the piece. The thing that really stood out though, was this person wanted to join us for a day and take part in tombstoning to see how we prepare, check the area and finally, get jumping.
Understanding that people who tombstone aren’t idiots, but some idiots tombstone, was a refreshing change and we can’t wait to show someone new the experience and thrill we get tombstoning.
Photos and hopefully some video will be up shortly after the event, along with a write-up of how the day went.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
This is very exciting….I hope that the result is a true reflection of what we do and the lengths we go to…. rather than the usual media twist.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hi Dan / Ben
Good site. I like the way you are promoting the activity with balanced messages. I’d quite like to share some of the information we’ve gathered about Tombstoning incidents and see if we can help promote some of the safety messages. I wrote a discussion piece about TS last summer and did some work with RNLI to get some balanced safety messages out, after calls to ban the activity was made in the press (not by us).
It’s posted here: http://www.rospa.com/leisuresafety/information/index.htm
David Walker, Information Manager, Leisure Safety Dept, RoSPA.