Thread: Train surfer dies somehow in New Year Paris metro accident

British teenage free runner whose group is known for "train surfing" died in a Paris metro accident on New Year’s day,Frenchprosecutors confirmed on Wednesday. Friends insist that Nye Frankie Newman, 17, from Guildford, was not performing his daredevil stunts at the time but Paris public transport said that he had suffered apparently fatal wounds after witnesses saw him "between two coaches".
Mr Newman was a high-profile proponent of parkour, a risky, high-adrenaline “sport” in which people climb and jump over obstacles and buildings in urban environments.




Photographs on his social media accounts show him leaping between buildings in Hong Kong and somersaulting on the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Mr Newman was part of a ten-member group of thrill seekers called Brewman, which made headlines in early December after members "surfed" the Paris Metro and posted their exploits on the internet. French public transport threatened to press for charges at the time.

In a statement, Brewman said that Mr Newman was not riding a train in the accident and "didn't pass away due to Parkour".
"So some of you might have heard, one of our team members Nye Newman passed away today in Paris after a train accident on the metro," the group wrote on Facebook on Monday.
"He wasn't train surfing as many of you may assume, many of you may think it's a joke and we really wish it was, but it isn’t,” wrote friend Luke Stones.






Nye Frankie Newman, from Guildford was known for scaling buildings and monuments around the world


British free-runner Nye Frankie Newman, from Guildford, was involved in a "train accident on the Metro" on January 1



British thrill-seeker dies in New Year Paris metro 'accident' after witnesses spot him 'between two coaches'

Not sure if it's is the same group in this video:
I'd be lying flat holding on like a bitch..

Turn the volume down at bit if your are over 70

Darwin lose

if you cannot afford the fare to Paris there's always the Bus to Elephant and castle in London

Bit of a disingenuous statement from his 'friend'.

He wasn't train surfing, but he was fucking around on a moving train, and that's why the silly knob died.

Well, he died what he loved doing
..fuck him/them. Silly twats.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Well, he died what he loved doing

yes - young and stupid - not all of us survive , some are unlucky

and no adult was forcing him , unlike child soldiers in africa

RIP, young daredevil...

186,000 views (and change) on YouTube...On the above Paris Metro vid...

483,000+ views on the Bus Surfing...With an advertisement before the fun...

Any money in this?...

well no point doing this stuff if it were not dangerous

^^ i heard few month back it's about 2'000 Usd per million view from the tube

That will pay for a nice funeral then

It'll never be an Olympic event. Be much more entertaining to watch if it was!

We played chicken as kids. This looks like the next level.

He's traveled about a bit for a 17 year old, must be a rich kid to fly to all those locations.