Planking is the
art of a person lying horizontally across any object or the ground with their
arms touching their sides, mimicking the look of a wooden plank. The more unique
or dangerous the place the person is planking, the better it is. One belief of
where the planking sensation came from is the 1993 movie “The Program”, where a
quarterback lies down in the middle of the highway as cars drive by. Another
belief of where planking came from is in 2006 when two British students posted
pictures of themselves on the Internet playing the “Lying Down Game”. I think
planking became such a craze because of the widespread photos being posted onto
Facebook, which in turn made peoples friends want to join in on the craze. Also
planking began to get a lot of media attention, which contributed to its growth. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZOgF4EbWO8- video of football team planking
Another story
that brought upon publicity for the fad of planking was the death of Australian
native Acton Beale, age 20, who died from planking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_rvHgQ6tw-
video of man dying from planking
In March of 2011 professional
rugby player David Williams planked after converting a try, which led to the
craze of planking to grow even more. Planking hit its peak of popularity in
July of 2011.
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=planking-
Google Insights of planking
After planking
became very popular, many other poses started to become more prevalent on the
Internet.
Other fads that came from planking:
Batmaning
Tebowing
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