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10 extreme sports you didn't know

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10 extreme sports you didn't know

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1. Volcanic skateboarding

Sit on a protective board and slide down a 2,380-foot volcano at 50 mph. Volcano skateboarding is the coolest and most exciting extreme sports in the minds of countless thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiasts.

2. Limbo Skating

The sport seems infinitely close to the impossible, and limbo pulleys are all about playing under the car, a recent sport that has emerged in India and requires flexibility, strength and a sense of balance like a gymnast. Wonder Boy Aniket Chindak managed to slip from the bottom of 57 cars to an unofficial world record.

3. Train Surfing

Train surfing is generally illegal, and the sport involves climbing on a train and "surfing" on the roof. In South Africa, the sport became a social problem because many people were injured or killed as a result. Train surfing arose in Germany in the 1980s, where it was known as "S-Bahn Surfing". The sport had been forgotten over time, but in 2005 it reappeared in Frankfurt.

4. Crocodile bungee jumping

Bored with bungee jumping in general? You might be able to imitate the Australian way of playing: jump into a crocodile pool.

5. Cliff diving

A new way to dive. Diving from a high cliff, athletes are not afraid of the rocks on the cliff, smashing into the water, and experiencing the feeling that there is only one last second left in life.

This dangerous sport originated on the island of Lana, Hawaii, in the 1770s. King Kahekili demanded that his subjects jump from cliffs into the water without a splash as a way to prove his bravery and loyalty.

6. Freestyle Powerisers Stilts

This is an extreme sport that has become more popular, and you need to wear a low stilt with springs, and you can perform all kinds of acrobatic movements on it. You can't appreciate its charm until you see it with your own eyes.

7. Underwater hockey

The sport is not well known, and some divers like to play in the winter because the outdoor temperature is relatively low. The sport was invented by the British in 1950.

The props needed for sports are simple, they are some diving props, of course, you also need a stick, protective gear and gloves. Because breathing is important in this sport, athletes need to control the oxygen in their bodies. The sport unfolds at the bottom of the pool and requires a hockey ball that weighs more than 1 kg. The project itself is more difficult, but for experienced divers, they can still control their breathing in a tense game.

8. Air catapult

It's a very strange movement, a launcher that shoots you into the pool from 26 feet in the air. This transmitter can use air and water pressure to eject the participants, of course, the trajectory of the ejection is pre-calculated. Participants will initially sit on a special chair at the tail of the transmitter, and then 3, 2, 1... launch!!

9. Take the soft rope

A sport that tests the sense of balance, the soft rope is walked using a nylon woven rope, fixed between two anchor points. It's completely different from walking a tightrope, because the rope used here is not being tightened – so it moves, like a rubber band, stretches and shakes. The tightness of the rope can be adjusted according to the performer, and there are different types of ropes to adapt to different kinds of performances.

Christian Schou won the Guinness World Record for the highest pine-lined ropeway after crossing the 3,280-foot (1,000-meter) Norwegian fjord.

10. Zorbing Ball

The so-called space ball actually puts yourself in a big ball and rolls down the slope. This is an extreme sport that has only recently taken the world by storm. This strange-looking movement was invented around 2000, and this plastic ball has two layers of air in the middle, and the people involved in the movement are also in between. The ball in the middle acts as a buffer.

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This article is translated from Oddee and published by translator Dkphhh under the Creative Commons License (BY-NC).

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