What is a landshark?

A landshark is a celebration of life and an offering to the gods of silly.

To celebrate, one person (shark) strips naked and then wedges a disc (frisbee, plate, etc.) between their butt cheeks (the shark fin). The shark is then lifted onto the shoulders of 4–6 bearers, who carry the shark through the cheering masses. A shark with topless bearers is a coastal-sea shark, while one with fully naked bearers is a deep-sea shark. Another naked person (Poseidon) may choose to ride the shark.

Why landshark?

To be silly, to remain silly and inspire the folks around us to embrace the silly.

⚠ Always shark safely. All sharking at your own risk. ⚠

What is a landshark race?

When multiple sharks race to complete with each other to complete a race as fast as possible. Shark races have some basic rules:

  1. Sharks that drop their fin cannot move until the fin is wedged back in place.
  2. For multi-round races, the shark must be a different person each round.
  3. In tied races, the deeper sea shark wins.

Local races may choose to add additional rules for challenge.

What is a landsharker?

A landsharker is somebody that values respect and consent when enjoying participating in and celebrating of landsharks.

Wanna meet other landsharkers?

Join our Landshark Association by filling this form!
Membership is free to all humans, but requires any applicant to:

  1. Be of legal age (usually 18 years) in their country
  2. Do a front roll once every calendar year

For anything else, feel free to reach out to hello@landsharkers.org.

⚠ Always shark safely. All sharking at your own risk. ⚠