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Extreme Sports

Extreme Sports. Rita Selimi. Background. Extreme sports - also known as lifestyle sports - have roots in 1960s and have been growing fast since the late 1980s.

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Extreme Sports

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  1. Extreme Sports Rita Selimi

  2. Background • Extreme sports - also known as lifestyle sports - have roots in 1960s and have been growing fast since the late 1980s. • Extreme sports offer the opportunity to shape the path for individuals which like to find out where their limits lie. Lifestyle sports provide more individualized ways of pushing yourself. • There is no winning and losing in these sports and there is very little organization into teams or leagues.

  3. … • Research by “American Sports Data” found that new-style sports such as snowboarding,paintballing and artificial wall climbing have increased in popularity while traditional sports decreased. • Given the high-adrenaline image, it's unsurprising that male 15 to 24 year-olds are the prime market for extreme sports. In the UK, 23 per cent of 11 to 19 year-olds participated in mountain biking and 27 per cent did skateboarding. Some extreme sports such as BASE jumpinginclude middle aged people too. • Extreme sports can also enable people to confront fears.

  4. Examples of Extreme Sports • BASE JumpingIs very extreme activity that includes a parachute to jump from fixed objects, with unopened parachute like skydiving. The short form “B.A.S.E.” stands for: Building, Antenna, Span, Earth – four categories of objects from which jumpers can jump

  5. Examples of Extreme Sports • Extreme MotorsportsIncludes activities like super-cross, motocross, freestyle motocross etc.

  6. Examples of Extreme Sports • Extreme canoeing and RaftingThese extreme guys race specialized canoes and kayaks down a dangerous whitewater rivers.

  7. Examples of Extreme Sports • Ice Climbing Is the activity of ascending ice formations • Mounting Climbing Is often called Alpinism, which implies climbing high mountains with difficulty such as the Alpines.

  8. Examples of Extreme Sports • Extreme Biking Is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough territory, using specially adapted bikes.

  9. Examples of Extreme Sports • Paragliding(PARAGLITING) Paragliderflights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometers.

  10. Examples of Extreme Sports • SkydivingIs the sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of gravity while using a parachute to slow down the fall.

  11. Examples of Extreme Sports • SkateboardingIs an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.

  12. Conclusion • There are many types of extreme sports. • Lifestyle sports are different from regular sports. • Extreme sports offer attraction but also involve big risk.

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