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Parasailing, also known as parascending, is an activity where individuals are harnessed to a modified parachute canopy that is designed to ascend into the air when towed behind a motor vehicle on land, or a recreational boat over water.
Two powered paragliders in flight Powered paraglider at a Kanagawa beach in Japan, 2022. Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider.
This involves a moving object, like a car or a boat, attached to a paraglider or hang glider with a fixed-length line. This can be very dangerous, because now the forces on the line have to be controlled by the moving object itself, which is almost impossible to do, unless stretchy rope and a pressure/tension meter (dynamometer) is used.
Extreme sports may be perceived as extremely dangerous, conducive to fatalities, near-fatalities and other serious injuries. The perceived risk in an extreme sport has been considered a somewhat necessary part of its appeal, [ 25 ] which is partially a result of pressure for athletes to make more money and provide maximum entertainment.
BASE jumping is one of the most dangerous recreational activities in the world, with a fatality and injury rate 43 times higher than that of parachuting from a plane. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] As of 4 January 2023 [update] , the BASE Fatality List records 480 deaths for BASE jumping since April 1981.
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Dave Chappelle will appear on 'Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special despite his transphobic statements and "jokes." Why does 'SNL' keep giving him a platform?