what do you do when the traditional games of basketball and football just don't quite do it for you-you join an extreme sport if adrenaline is your thing then you're going to love learning about these thrilling sports make sure to stick around and throw the end to find out which extreme sport, here's ten extreme sports you didn't know existed.
10-limbo skating
we're all familiar with the game 1limbo you basically lean back to go under a pool and the pole gets lower and lower each round but that's not very extreme at all well what if you add in a pair of rollerskates and high speeds to the game if you even think about lifting your head up while limbo skating you'll get a pole to the face not only can you skate forwards but backwards too this sport is a big hit with the kids in India in fact a Guinness world record holder for limbo skating was only eight years old when he broke his own record Teela Kishan broke the record for farthest distance while limbo skating under bars with an astonishing distance of 475 feet and 7 inches the bars were set at only 30 centimeters high another kid was just 6 years old when he got worldwide recognition for limbo skating bogum Satish amazed the world when he skated under 39 cars back in 2014 one can even argue that Goggins approach was even more extreme than skating under regular bars limbo bars can always move if you're too high but cars aren't nearly as forgiving.
9- Skydiving
Skydiving is one of the most popular extreme sports out there nothing gets that adrenaline pumping like jumping out of a plane and praying to the deities above that your parachute opens and yet someone found a way to one-up skydiving but first let's switch over to talking about kayaking kayaking India's calm or its extreme as you want depending on the body of water you take on but what do you do when you combine kayaking and skydiving sky aking how does that even work well you basically skydive in a kayak and hope lands safely on the water below we can credit the inventor as miles Dasher who created it because he wanted a sport that was more extreme if jumping out of a kayak seems harmless think about the aerodynamics of it it's one thing to go into a spin with just your body but if you factor in the wind speed and physics of a person in a kayak it makes the idea all the more dangerous and in case you're wondering yes miles had to work hard to get permission from pilots to jump out of a plane in a kayak according to him one of the perks of sky aking is that you don't get your bottom wet when you land in the water.
8-Roller Derby
yes this is another roller skating sport but it's still pretty extreme if you're older you might remember watching roller derby on TV and wondering if it was real you might have even seen a movie with it starring Ellen Page and thought that roller derby was just a work of fiction but roller derby is a very real sport and it's likely that there's a leap in your very own neighborhood this sport started in the early 1920s and has gone through quite the change over the decade this game consists of two teams of five members rollerskating on a track four members on each team are blockers and one member per team is a jammer the jammer scores points by passing members of the opposite team there's a lot of blocking and hitting involved to not only keep the jammer from passing but to also keep the blockers away from your team's jammer high speeds and hits that are all done on wheels seems legit even though the skaters wear helmets and padding the sport is known for causing numerous injuries skaters have also been known to have their joints deteriorate quicker because of the high intensity of this sport.
7-Cheese-rolling
How much do you love cheese do you love it enough to go cheese rolling from the name alone cheese rolling sounds like a relaxing activity in which you make delicious cheeses in reality cheese rolling is actually one of England's most bizarre sports historians believe that this sport originated around the 15th century and it has been flourishing ever since each year thousands of people gather on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire England to watch hundreds of people chase a 9-pound cheese wheel down a steep hence where the sport gets its name going down a steep hill at any speed is guaranteed to result in some tumbling and somersaulting but typically these people are throwing themselves down the hill to pass the finish line first if you win you get to take the cheese wheel home with you YUM originally it was the person who caught the cheese that won the game but that was too dangerous the roll of cheese was actually even replaced by a foam replica in the 2013 race for safety reasons.
6-Muni
One could argue that riding a unicycle is extreme enough as it is since you have to find your balance and pray that you don't fall down however after you've mastered the art of unicycling what's next well why not take your unicycle to the mountains known as Muni you pretty much ride a unicycle down rugged terrain considering that you have to use your entire body when using a regular unicycle you have to be in even better physical shape to be able to be you need otherwise you could find yourself seriously injured if you've ever hiked or even rode your bike on its trails and you know that the terrain of a mountain can be unpredictable Muni requires the rider to assess the surroundings first before they hop on their unicycle if they don't then their tent might accidentally make contact with or Rock.
5-Crocodile bungee
In 2011, 22-year-old Erin Langworthy was truly the luckiest woman in the world she'd been traveling in Zambia when she decided to go bungee jumping but a jumpers worst nightmare happened for cord snap she fell directly into the waters below waters that were infected with crocodiles with her feet still tied together Erin swam as fast as she could and tell them to rock until help arrived she had a lot of injuries but miraculously survived there were some special people in Australia who heard that story and got inspired to create an extreme sport known as crocodile bungee and yes it's a play on words of Crocodile Dundee this extreme sport still seems to have underground status but there are enough rumors to make one thing that there's a Secrets for it crocodile bungee is exactly what it sounds like you bungee jump over water that is filled with crocodiles or other treacherous creatures variations of it have even included sharks if your kind of adrenaline rush and also recreating scenes from Jaws and more power to you.
4-Highlining
If you've ever been to the circus you've probably seen tightrope walkers work their magic on the high wire you might have even felt some anxiety when the safety net was removed and you watch them go across the rope on a unicycle but the extreme sport of highlining is much more intense than being just several dozen feet off the ground highlighting involves walking across and narrow rope that's thousands of feet above the ground in 2012 an American rock climber named Dean Potter made headlines when he Highline across the enca grand canyon in China what made his attempt even more dangerous was that he wasn't wearing a safety harness that meant that if he fell off the wire he would have been done for many highliners will wear a harness or have a safety net in place because who wants their life to end but the most intense adrenaline addicts like the added a zillion of taking an extra risk videos of highliners are all over the internet and it almost looks like they're all trying to outdo each other in some crazy way.
3-Glacier boarding
Any sport involving ice already has some danger to it even ice skating hanging out around a glacier is not a great idea with the possibility of falling ice floods and freezing temperatures glaciers can be quite dangerous glacier boarding is an extreme version of body boarding but instead of doing it on a nice warm beach your body boarding through the rivers of glaciers the act of getting to the glacier itself is pretty risky boarders have to hike across a glacier to find streams of glacial runoff once the ice begins to quickly melt it creates a flash flood and borders are set down the glacier through freezing water glacier boarding is still in new sport but since it's caught the attention of so many athletes and nature lovers there seems to be some progress in regards to creating rules to make the sport a bit safer given how dangerous this extreme sport is making it safer might actually turn away the hardcore adrenaline junkies if you're inspired and want to try it out veteran glacier borders recommend wearing wet seats and flippers to decrease your chances of getting hypothermia.
2-Ocean zorbing
If you haven't caught on to the trend yet Zor being is when you're inside a massive bubble and can do things like walk on water or bounce off of fellows or burrs water zorbing has gotten incredibly popular among Millennials because it allows you to do some crazy shenanigans in the swimming pool but there were some special athletes who saw this concept and decided to take it a step further instead of a swimming pool or a small body of water people started taking there's orbs to the ocean remember that scene at the end of Finding Nemo when the aquarium fish were floating above the ocean still in their bags well it's kind of the same thing believe it or not long-distance runners have gotten into oceans orbit too because they want to try to run across the ocean not only is this sport extreme but it's also incredibly dangerous the US Coast Guard have had to rescue numerous oceans or burrs who try to get as far out to sea as possible considering that crossing an ocean by ship can be risky it's even more intense when you're in a zorb.
1-Wing-walking
Have you ever looked up to the sky and wish that you could walk among the clouds well that dream doesn't have to stay up in the clouds since the 1920s people from all over the world have participated in an extreme sport known as wing- walking it's exactly what it sounds like you walk on the wings of a plane not only that but you sometimes perform the tricks as well this sport came about after World War one when the air pilots who fought in the war found themselves unemployed they started doing wing-walking shows to make some money the trend caught on quickly and it remains a popular sport today the athletes are strapped to the plane because the wind could blow them away if not but if something goes wrong with a plane you virtually have no protection to save your skin while that may be disconcerting wing-walking is one of the biggest adrenaline rushes you'll ever experience plus it's quite the crowd-pleaser if you ever find out that you're good at you can have yourself a very profitable career.
That's all for extreme sports you didn't know existed would you ever try out one of these extreme sports tell us all about it in the comments below thanks for playing with us and we'll see you next time.
