Air sex
Air sex is a performance activity invented in
A report about the phenomenon in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy in 2006 was picked up by the English language web site Mainichi Daily News.[1] A video of the air sex "world championship" was uploaded to YouTube in January 2007.[2] This was followed by a segment of the BBC Three documentary show Japanorama in March 2007,[3] subsequently uploaded to YouTube and flagged as "inappropriate for some users".
These videos led to coverage in the blogosphere.[4] The Japanorama video was shown in May 2007 at the JACON 2007 convention in Orlando, Florida, and a spontaneous air sex competition ensued, footage of which also found its way to YouTube.[5]
In late January and early February 2007, a group of American black male teenagers calling themselves "Peer Pressure" produced two videos showing air sex set to music, published on YouTube under the user name "amp6". Fleshbot called these "The Best Air Sex Video of All Time".[6]
Since August 2007, The
References
- ^ Japan's air sex world champion licks himself into shape[permanent dead link], Mainichi Daily News, 21 September 2006
- ^ Air Sex World Championship [dead link], YouTube, uploaded 2 January 2007
- ^ Japanorama, Series 3, Episode 2, BBC3, first aired 26 March 2007
- ^ Air Sex links, by Buzzfeed
- ^ Air Sex Contest Jacon '07
- ^ "Peer Pressure" performed their routine in Atlanta as part of the official Air Sex World Championships tour in June 2009. Peer Pressure: The Best Air Sex Video Of All Time Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Fleshbot.com, 10 May 2007
- ^ Air Sex news report on Vimby
- ^ Photos from the Austin Air Sex preliminary rounds
- ^ Air Sex in Germany