Do these pictures document the first large-scale planking in Austin?

Confession: For the last 7 weeks, I’ve been working on a project in San Francisco. It’s been pretty rough writing about Austin-especially when I wasn’t actually here. Getting back to our beloved city this weekend, it took no more than a scan of Facebook to find my first post back: Planking in Austin!!

Yes, the photo trend that’s taking the InterWebs by storm, planking, has finally graced our glorious shores. Starting in Australia and New Zealand earlier this spring, planking involves making your body like a board by lying on your stomach with your hands at your sides. The object is to plank in the most absurd places.

Say what you will about the trend, but there’s something about seeing someone lying on top of a box of watermelons that makes me chuckle. And I’m particularly fond of the look the lady has on her face in the W’s bar. She must be from out of town. Take a look:

Planking around Austin

Do these photos document the first large-scale planking in Austin?

How many locations can you name?

Have you planked any where around the city?

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