I grew up in Southern Michigan. Did anybody else do this?

[MiddleFingerMom]

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Bumperjumping -- though we were in the 'burbs and usually had to grab on to the bumpers of cars at
a stop sign (usually hoping that the driver hadn't seen us).
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BTW... they're almost certainly "skiing" on their feet -- not sliding on their asses (OUCH!!!).
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[UrbScotty]

1. I'm from Michigan and I don't think I've ever heard of this until now!

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. If you were bumperjumping strangers, you usually had to be sneaky about it...

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... but if you were hanging on to a friend's bumper, they could take a corner fast
and slingshot you off on your own (probably the most fun).
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BIGGEST concern -- it had to be right after a snowfall and before they scraped the
roads so that you didn't hit a dry patch of road. THAT would be dangerous.
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You can also hang onto to the back of snowmobiles in a standing position.
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We never tried it, but you could probably rig up a ski-tow rope for some REAL fun.
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[one_voice]

2. Hell yeah...

we did it down here in Delaware. My brothers used to do it all the time. They'd get their friends to do whacky shit while they were hanging on. Going around corners was the best.

[irisblue]

3. only once....

one of the bigger boys from down the street....his dad caught him. vivid memory

[Major Nikon]

5. Not very many opportunities to do that in Texas

We used to get our jollies from stuffing potatoes up the exhaust pipes of the school buses.

[Brother Buzz]

6. I grew up in Southern Marin

We slid down dry grassy hillsides on cardboard. What's all that white crap?

[rurallib]

7. friend of mine lost his son doing that.

we called it hookey-bobbin'

[applegrove]

8. Called "bunking" in Ottawa. Never did it but was present in a car when some kids did it to us.

My mom shook them off the car pretty fast.

[ellie]

9. Yes, we used to do in Toledo

[progressoid]

10. In the future we do that on skateboards