He also recommended staying hydrated but not to take drink containers into the mosh pit. "We've got a show-stop procedure where we can stop the artist or turn the music off and do an announcement for the crowd to push back or loosen up." Mr McLaren said having well-trained security guards who know what is and isn't acceptable in a mosh pit helps keep everyone happy and safe. Do what security, the organisers or the artist tells you to "I hope that society as a whole knows what's accepted and expected behaviour," he said. Size can matter in a mosh pit, according to Mr McLaren, and bigger people should not slam into those much smaller than them, no matter their gender. While men tend to dominate mosh pits in numbers, there are plenty of women who love to throw themselves into it too. "The main thing is don't make anyone feel uncomfortable and be sensitive to when people might feel uncomfortable and help them out when they look for help." "Treat everyone with respect," Mr McLaren said. Can be hugely risky to the flung person as well as the crowd. Slingshot - (not recommended) is when a person runs at another person who bends down, grabs their foot and flings the person back into the crowd.Stage diving - often banned at venues, stage diving involves band members or members of the crowd leaping off the stage into the crowd to then crowd-surf, but there's a risk the crowd won't catch you and you can fall to the ground.Crowd-surfing - when a person is lifted above the heads of the crowd and carried to the front or side where someone, usually security, gently lowers them to the ground.Pogoing - when the crowd jumps up and down either on the spot or moving around and bouncing off each other.
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Slamdancing - another term used for moshing, as the crowd slams their full body into each other and pushes each other around.The aim is to slam into each other but to keep elbows down and not punch each other.
How violent a mosh pit gets depends on the type of music and the crowd at the gig. "A big one is don't be too macho everyone's there to have fun and knows what they're in there for, so don't go over the top and deliberately hurt someone."