Ultimate shoulder rides

All I'd say is that when you're on someone's shoulders you have to actually ride the person. That's to say, just like a jockey takes control of his or her mount so a shoulder-rider must do that same - take control and RIDE the pony. The best shoulder-riding, as far as I have discovered, is to sit well forward on the pony's shoulders, with your crotch pressed tightly up to the back of the pony's neck, with your thighs sloping down and maybe crouching or leaning your body slightly forward. The way NOT to shoulder-ride a pony is to sit too far back on the pony's shoulders. This is how a lot of female riders ride their ponies - maybe because they are too shy to press their crotches firmly up to the back of their ponies' necks, i.e. they're coy. The big problem with riding a pony that way is that the rider is likely to fall off backwards. Essentially, successful and enjoyable shoulder-riding is all about confidence - get on that pony, take charge of him or her, and RIDE the beast of burden! Likewise, a good pony-guy/pony-girl will respond to a confident shoulder-rider. It's really a two-way thing - the pony wants the enjoyment of feeling the rider's weight on his or her shoulders and being controlled by the rider. In turn, the jockey wants the enjoyment of feeling human flesh under him or her, carrying his or her weight and following his or her orders as to what to do and how to do it. On those two latter points, and to get the best out of your pony, the carrying and use of a whip is recommended or maybe the wearing and use of heel-spurs - am I joking? Maybe and maybe not!

Agree with Checkmate guy.  I am a carrier, and prefer my rider to use my neck as their saddle , on the very rare occasions that I have ridden I found it more pleasurable to ease forward on to the neck of my mount, their movement can stimulate the  perineum area  and can be very enjoyable.

I'm around 165 lbs (75 kg).  About the same as heavylifter, which makes his performance that much more impressive.  I did have my feet behind his back, and he held my legs at least some of the time: at least I think so: I don't exactly remember.  This was not a huge problem and didn't take much effort: just enough to be annoying.  Ideally my center of gravity would be just a bit further forward.  I expect to work a bit to balance myself, but otherwise I want to sit comfortably.  I was pretty far forward as it was, but not right against his neck.
Checkmateguy, I definitely get where you are coming from, trust me!  You've had a survey about that on the site and while all of us are into shoulder riding, the specifics about what different people find a turn-on are different.  Finding a mount isn't easy, so I want to be aware of what he wants out of the experience and not "blow it" by being overly aggressive if that will be a turn-off.  Of course maybe he's OK with that, which would be great(!), although I'm pretty sure that isn't what particularly interests him about SR.  And I love riding under most any circumstances.
I brought this up because I've encountered it before: activities like shoulder riding are not really popular in the first place, so you are starting with a small set to begin with.  Then a partner has to be in your area, they have to complement your role as carrier or rider, and the carrier has to be physically able to handle the riders weight.  And then, from that very small set, you encounter a whole bunch of other possible incompatibilities: certain physical characteristics may be deal breakers, disagreement over whether the rider should be dominant and in control, etc.   So it seems important for people to be open about what you want and like about SR, listen to what your partner wants and likes, be willing to experiment a bit and be honest about what your limits are and what things do and/or don't really matter to you.

Hello
I'll be based in Italy this winter. All riders are welcome to ride me. I prefer heavy ones +85 kg.
I wanna try with 2 riders on me as well. I feel fit to do it.
No preferences about age or sex. Heavy male riders are welcome as well.
Here is my mail to catch up with me:
heavylifter77@gmail.com

... I'd like to add that if you haven't rode astride someone's shoulders since you were a kid, maybe, then you'll probably find it a strange experience and it is likely to take you several rides before you feel confident about riding somebody and not worry about falling off. As an experienced shoulder-rider, I would say the main thing to avoid is leaning back; always lean slightly forward. For safety alone, I always ride my pony-guy with the crotch of my jeans pressed fully up against the back of his neck. Doing that not only gives me stability but enables me to have better (or full) control over the pony-guy. In my opinion, it's optional whether the rider tucks his (or her) feet in behind the pony's ribs. I sometimes ride that way but I also enjoy riding with my legs hanging loose. Doing the latter can increase the pressure on the back of the pony's neck. But personally, I like the sensation of shoulder-riding a pony-guy that way. On the subject of a rider's weight, I'm 11 stones (154 pounds - or even a bit more!) and my pony-guy is a mere 10 stones (140 pounds) but he manages to carry me and has given me some fantastic rides. To be honest, I rather enjoy mounting his shoulders (I stand on a fallen tree truck or something similar) and feeling his shoulders sagging down as I settle astride him. I guess I might have a slight sadistic streak somewhere in my makeup because I enjoy riding him around over and over again until he's gets really exhausted. But he's a great pony and one of the best (despite his age - 60!)   

I live near the coast in southern England. There a long fairly deserted sandy beach near the town of Bournemouth called Hengistbury Head. I'd like to shoulder-ride a strong and willing pony-guy along the full length which is about 3/4 mile. Any offers?

We could do with a lot more guys like you around. Get yourself cloned, please!

Awesome, frenk. That was a fantastic, detailed review and I just loved reading it. heavylifter, you rock! but it's too bad your an ocean away! If you come to the East coast USA, do write to me. Would love shoulder riding you.

Hey Audrey..

You seem to be a Perfect Rider like many others on the group here.

I also believe as a Horse that its the Rider who has to control every scenario of Ride.
As a horse, my duty is to just obey his / her commands.

If a Rider sits on my shoulder comfortably and ride me fully. I will be more than happy and I feel all carriers will be.

Hope to be ridden by you sometime Audrey..

Thanks

Audreyb wrote:

checkmateguy wrote:

All I'd say is that when you're on someone's shoulders you have to actually ride the person. That's to say, just like a jockey takes control of his or her mount so a shoulder-rider must do that same - take control and RIDE the pony. The best shoulder-riding, as far as I have discovered, is to sit well forward on the pony's shoulders, with your crotch pressed tightly up to the back of the pony's neck, with your thighs sloping down and maybe crouching or leaning your body slightly forward. The way NOT to shoulder-ride a pony is to sit too far back on the pony's shoulders. This is how a lot of female riders ride their ponies - maybe because they are too shy to press their crotches firmly up to the back of their ponies' necks, i.e. they're coy. The big problem with riding a pony that way is that the rider is likely to fall off backwards. Essentially, successful and enjoyable shoulder-riding is all about confidence - get on that pony, take charge of him or her, and RIDE the beast of burden! Likewise, a good pony-guy/pony-girl will respond to a confident shoulder-rider. It's really a two-way thing - the pony wants the enjoyment of feeling the rider's weight on his or her shoulders and being controlled by the rider. In turn, the jockey wants the enjoyment of feeling human flesh under him or her, carrying his or her weight and following his or her orders as to what to do and how to do it. On those two latter points, and to get the best out of your pony, the carrying and use of a whip is recommended or maybe the wearing and use of heel-spurs - am I joking? Maybe and maybe not!

I completely agree with  most of this and particularly that the  rider  should be in  charge of the carrier/pony. To me this  means the rider  being fully  supported  and  "sitting"  as much as  is  possible on  the carrier  rather than having  your legs resting on his shoulders  and your buttocks hanging without  support.  Requiring the  carrier to sometimes sacrifice  some of his comfort for the sake of the riders comfort is  as much a  part of  the service as submitting  to  the will of  the rider and  the  muscular strain involved.  For the sake of the  ride at least,  the  carrier should regard the  person  sitting  on him  as a  superior  and the rider view  the  person  beneath  him/her as  a beast of  burden , at least for the  duration of  the ride.   I  don't mean that any  excessive  cruelty need  be inflicted  unless that is  the nature of the relationship of course.  But  the  relative position of the  superior (sitting)  and  the inferior (carrying his/her  weight) is  necessary to  some extent  for the enjoyment of the rider  and sometimes the  carrier as well. 
As for  the  position of  the "crotch"  or  genitalia  of the rider, I see  no  embarrassment  for either  as being an issue.  The  location of the  genitalia is  obvious  regardless of who or what  someone  is sitting on   and  what either party  enjoys or doesn't  in  regard to such  contact is a  personal matter  that  may   or  may  not be shared , depending on  the  relationship of the people involved.
Assuming everyone involved  is an  adult, whether stimulation occurs  when  sitting on  someone's neck or  a  bicycle  seat should be a matter of  complete indifference  to anyone other than the  person  experiencing  it.