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Extreme sports is a sub-category of sports that are described as any kind of sport "of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average". [27] These kinds of sports often carry out the potential risk of serious and permanent physical injury and even death. [ 28 ]
A lot of sports are pretty dangerous, such as auto-racing, MMA or playing for any team in Oakland. But after last week's scary shark attack in South Africa, we can all agree that surfing has ...
BASE jumping (/ b eɪ s /) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings , antennas (referring to radio masts ), spans ( bridges ) and earth ( cliffs ).
The Dangerous Sports Club was a group of adventurers and extreme sports pioneers based in Oxford and London, England. They were active from the late 1970s for about ten years, during which they developed modern bungee jumping and experimented with a variety of other innovative sporting activities.
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
Extreme skiing is performed on long, steep (typically from 45 to 60+ degrees, or grades of 100 to 170 percent) slopes in mountainous terrain. The French coined the term 'Le Ski Extreme' in the 1970s. The French coined the term 'Le Ski Extreme' in the 1970s.
Extreme ironing (also called EI) is an extreme sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing. According to the Extreme Ironing Bureau, extreme ironing is "the latest dangerous sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt."
Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger, famous for competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, tragically lost her life yesterday (December 23) in an avalanche at Arosa Lenzerheide, a ski area ...