Extreme Sports: The Real Reasons Of Extreme Sports

Why do I like snowboarding? To understand why I like snowboarding, you have to go to the root of who I am, an adrenaline junky. Going fast is who I am so when I strap my boots into my bindings for those pre-planned “speed runs” and the jitters set in, I know it's time to shred. Every season I snowboard, my skills continue to grow and I continually push myself to new limits whether it is hitting bigger jumps or going balls to the wall and going as fast as possible down the mountain. This seasonal

more as a sport than a pastime. Yes, I said sport. Anyone that does not believe that Motocross racing is a sport is not living on the planet earth. Motocross involves the physical ability to hold your bike up while making turns and jumps at speeds that sometimes surpass a car on a city street and are sometimes higher than a two-story building. Motocross definitely requires someone in great physical condition to perform these feats. The bikes are not light like a bicycle but are extremely heavy and seem to get heavier the more you ride them. I feel that this requirement proves one of the definitions above; physical endurance.

In “The Science Of Thrill Seeking,” by Jennifer Digman, that kids who participate in extreme sports

But, to see the bigger picture, we need to be willing to try new things and to step out into new surrounding. In extreme sports, people step into new challenges every day fearing the worst but knowing what they are capable of. These athletes are making the choice to make their lives meaningful and they want to look back knowing they didn’t waste their life prolonging it without a goal. In the article “ Why do extreme athletes like Dean Potter risk their lives?” Frank Farley states “ They don’t have a death wish; they have a life wish, they don’t want to die and they don’t expect to die”.

I get my fun and adrenaline in a different way though, I get it through football. The way I feel on the first play of the game is the same way that one might feel as they first sit down at the horror movie that they been longing to see. I can feel all the blood rushing through my body, and I get excited because I do not know what awaits me, and I do not know what's around the corner. I can feel the danger of it I know that I can get hurt but yet I push on because I need the adrenaline that it gives me. The same way that one would push on in a horror film they would not get up and just leave they would stay for the excitement and reward, and that is why I stay; for the reward. I want to know that I concurred my opponent, that I looked at my fear and I faced it.

A study conducted by Dr. Brymer suggests that many people who participate in extreme sports do not do them for the adrenaline rush. The author wrote that “What I found was that these people have a real love for these activities, and talk about a realisation about the power of nature, a sense of humility, and a real sense of peace,”(Medical News Today 9). Many people who participate in extreme sports love doing them and find the risk taking aspect to be relaxing. This shows that taking risks and actually be good for you, mentally. This shows that risk taking is not about getting an adrenaline rush, but about improving mental health. While extreme sports help many people relax, overall they are just good for

“Why do you climb?” Four words; four syllables; one question that I’ve heard a countless number of times; one question that I never knew how to answer. (Antithesis) Climbing is a sport that is performed in most corners of the world; it’s objective is to develop and carry out a method of ascending a rock face, be it with tools, by hand, with protection, or without. For most people, it is a game to be played for the hell of it; for the majority, it is a social environment that connects people of all ethnicities and ages; for some, it’s a direct connection to the beauty of the outdoors; for few, it’s a way of acquainting oneself with fear; for a minority, it is a masochistic drive; and for me, it is all of the above. Although all of these general reasons motivate climbers in their everyday ambitions, the source of their passion is as obscure as the virgin stone itself. From what I’ve learned, there are endless ways to answer this age old question, but three of them stood out the most: to find purpose, to find community, and to find what is elusive.

Endorphins: “The endorphins start to flow, and the adrenaline, and you hold your breath and creep quietly through the moonlit nightscapes; you become intimate with danger; you’re in touch with the far side of yourself, as though it’s another hemisphere, and you want to string out and go wherever the trip takes you and be host to all the possibilities inside yourself.” (Page 109, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”)

Citizens of America seek thrill and excitement. Whether this is in the form of concerts or snorkeling in the waters off the coast of Hawaii. However, others choose to go to the extreme and participate in the utmost endeavours. These thrill seekers may go through intense training before taking place in these activities. Accidents, although, do happen. Individuals cannot predict all that will transpire. People have a moral obligation to save others in need.

Most athletes would say that the adrenaline rush is one of the greatest part of the game. John Donvan proclaims, “...the greater adrenaline shock I can put to the system…” I believe Donvan is saying that adrenaline creates more interest and excitement in the activity or sport he is doing, and that motivates him to continue in that certain activity. Being an athlete, I can relate to this claim. Sports take an extreme amount of physical and mental strength, and sometimes, mid-game for example, you may lose that strength. You then

There are multiple explanations why I think camping is thrilling. First, I am provided exercise. Hiking is a wonderful way to stay active. Because of the countless health benefits, such as muscle development, increased endurance, and reduced body fat, it is enjoyable. The fresh air clears my mind, making any morning stroll pleasant. Swimming is a terrific option to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The variety of strokes, including freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly, brings joy and excitement. On July 15, 2015, my siblings, Cassidy and Ethan, and I swam in the crystal clear waters of Lake Fairfax. The water splashing was rejuvenating. In

A personal experience that I had that made me disagree with this statement is one day I was at a water park and in this slide I almost fly out and I could of got hurt real bad or worse death and extreme sports have these types of experience extreme sports have. This relates to extreme sports because extreme sports also has death and you can get hurt real bad. An other experience I have experience I had was a personal one it was when I was risking to play on my brothers Xbox One but the reward was to play the Xbox One and and play with my friends and then my brother said not to play on the Xbox and I played and I got caught.

“Cool” can be expressed through the courage that people have to experience new things, including taking risks. What makes skydiving cool is that it presents a new thrilling experience that not many get to have. Combined with the potential risks and the overall experience, skydiving has many appeals that can be considered as “cool” to the functional aesthetics of a person. Skydiving embodies this concept of “cool” because it takes nerve to overcome the perceived risk of death to jump out a moving plane. It is a unique experience that individuals should put on their bucket list because it gives the skydivers the opportunity to explore new feelings that they often would not experience in their normal life. Therefore, the purpose of the project is to inform and persuade the audience to skydive because it does not only illustrate “cool”, but it also functions as stress release.

Being adventurous is how you start to understand who you really are. Many people believe it is dangerous to travel, not worth it. But I believe, the world is dangerous. There are shootings everyday but getting out there and risking it is just living. Being adventurous shows you how others have to live, what so many people deal with every day. Or what so many people get to see every day, the beautiful yet cruel world we live in. There is a purpose for everything here, it is meant to be seen. We are not here to work everyday and then go home to rest and do it all over again, we were made to make a difference and to understand the world. Mountains were made to climb, oceans were made to be seen, and landmarks were too, “in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a

Intrinsic Motivation has been experimented on for years and in order to prove its validity. Regarding athletics, intrinsic motivation is defined as “an athlete taking up playing a sport just for the enjoyment of playing a sport” (Pelletier et al., 1995). In an article published by Ryan & Deci, the two argue that through their research, it was proven that having intrinsic motivation will help engage an athlete because of the feeling of competence that arises