A 16-year-old festivalgoer who was caught in a crowd surge at the Boardmasters music festival in Newquay, Cornwall, has talked about how scary it was. The incident happened at DJ Sammy Virji’s show on Friday night. It left the teenager in “incredible pain” and showed how dangerous it can be to have a lot of people at a music event at once. As the crowd rushed forward, the teen, who was standing near the front of the stage, was pushed and fell, hurting her leg by making it too long.
The teen talked about how crazy things were and how, as more people rushed into the area, he was pushed to the ground and his leg was turned under him. “A lot of people came in at once, and I got pushed, falling on my back and twisting my leg.” “It was overextended,” he said. He felt pain right away and it was very bad. He had a hard time getting back up as the crowd kept moving forward. Lucky for him, he was finally helped by people at the festival, but the event changed him forever.
Sam Fender’s headline set at Boardmasters is temporarily halted due to crowd control issues.
There were other things going on at Boardmasters that weekend besides the crowd surge. On Saturday night, during Sam Fender’s main set, the show had to be stopped because of the same problems with the crowd. Seven people were taken to the hospital with “minor injuries” after what the festival organisers called a “crowd collapse” at one of the stages. After getting medical help, all seven people were quickly released, but the events have made people worry about safety at big music gatherings.
Boardmasters is one of the biggest music and surfing events in the UK. Every year, thousands of people come to see the top artists and DJs. But what happened this weekend has shown how important it is to keep the crowd under control and make sure everyone is safe at these kinds of events. Since then, the festival organisers have said again that they are committed to making sure that all guests are safe and are working closely with security teams to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.
Medical staff attend to attendees following a crowd collapse at Boardmasters.
When a lot of people push forward in a small area, often out of fear or excitement, crowd surges and collapses can happen. At the front of the crowd, people are most likely to be crushed or pushed, so things can quickly get dangerous. After what happened at Boardmasters, many festivalgoers have called for stricter safety rules, such as better crowd control and better contact from festival staff.
The sixteen-year-old who was caught in the crowd surge thanked the people who helped him and warned other people to be careful at events. He said, “It was really scary.” “People need to be more careful and aware of how their actions can affect others, especially in big crowds.”
A view of the large crowd at Boardmasters, where safety concerns were raised after recent incidents.
As festival season continues, the events at Boardmasters serve as a lesson of how important it is to be alert and ready to make sure everyone’s safety and enjoyment. People who go to festivals and the people who put them on must work together to make sure that these kinds of problems don’t get in the way of the music and the memories that these events are meant to make.