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Extreme Sports
Katarzyna Walczyk
Katarzyna Pietrzyk
Aleksandra Nowak
Paintball
Paintball –
is a sport in which players compete, in teams or
individually, to eliminate opponents by hitting them with capsules
containing food coloring and gelatin (referred to as paintballs) propelled
from a device called a paintball marker.
The most basic game rule is that players must attempt to accomplish a goal
without being shot with paintballs. When a player is hit, and the ball
breaks rather than bounce, they must raise their marker to indicate that
they are out, and leave the playing field or move to appointed staging
areas.
Cliff jumping
Cliff jumping (cliff diving) is one of the most risky extreme
sports. It consists in jumping into the water from a considerable
height from cliffs or rocks, and sometimes even bridges and other
infrastructure objects which are near water sources.
This type of sport is only for those courageous people who want to
experience breathtaking moments.
Extreme diving is also seen as a communion with nature. Cliff
jumpers look for beautiful sceneries while climbing rocks. All of this is
done for a brief moment of flight until hitting the water surface with
high speed.
One can not forget that this sport is extremely dangerous. When
a jumper hits water surface, it is hard as concrete. That is why
jumper must be focused at all times.
Bungee jumping
Bungee jumping (bungee jump) is an activity that involves jumping from a
tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall structure is usually a
fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a
movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter, that has the ability to hover
above the ground. The thrill comes as much from the free-falling as from the
rebounds. First jumpers were the inhabitants of Pentecost Island in Vanatu. Young
men jumped from tall wooden platforms with vines tied to their ankles as a test of
their courage and passage into manhood.
In April 1979 first modern jumps were made in Britain from the Clifton
Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
Mountainboard
Mountainboard a summer alternative to snowboarding and a
good choice for surfers, kiteboarders, wakeboarders, skateboarders, etc.
It allows you to become independent of the conditions required for other
sports such as snow or water.
A mountainboard is made up of components including a deck,
bindings to secure the rider to the deck, four wheels with pneumatic tires,
and two steering mechanisms known as trucks. Mountainboarders, also
known as riders, ride specifically designed boardercross tracks, slopestyle
parks, grass hills, woodlands, gravel tracks, streets, skateparks, ski resorts,
BMX courses and mountain bike trails. It is this ability to ride such a
variety of terrain that makes mountainboarding different from other
board sports.
Mountainboard
Kitesurfing or Kiteboarding
Kitesurfing or Kiteboarding is a surface water
sport that uses the wind to pull a rider through the
water on a small surfboard or a kiteboard (similar to a
wakeboard). The terms kiteboarding and kitesurfing
are interchangeable. There are a number of different
styles of kiteboarding, including freestyle (most
common and utilises standard kite and board) or
wake-style (flatter water using board with bindings),
and wave-riding which is focused on big waves using a
board designed for wave riding. The sport is becoming
safer due to innovations in kite design, safety release
systems, and instructions. Riding styles have evolved
to suit riders and conditions, such as wakestyle,
waveriding, freestyle, freeride, jumping, and cruising.
Kitesurfing or Kiteboarding
Speedball
Speedball is one of the two distinct game
variants in the sport of paintball, the other being
woodsball. It is a general term for a game in
which the playing field is composed of bunkers,
of the same location and number on each side
of the field, that provide an equal playing field for
each team competing. It was created in this way
to give a better format for competitive paintball,
both in playing and viewing the games.
Kite landboarding
Kite landboarding also known as Land kiteboarding or
flyboarding, is based on the ever-growing sport of Kitesurfing, where
a rider on a surf-style board is pulled over water by a kite. Kite
landboarding involves the use of a mountain board or landboard, which
is essentially an oversized skateboard with large pneumatic wheels
and foot-straps. Kite landboarding is a growing sport, and there are
several competitions. Kite landboarding is attracting growing publicity
although it is not yet as popular or as well known as Kitesurfing.
Hydrospeed
Hydrospeed is a boardsport in which the participant lies prone
on their board with fins on their feet for propulsion and steering.
Riverboarders typically wear fins to provide the thrust to navigate in
river currents, while a personal flotation device provides additional
buoyancy. Wetsuits, booties and helmets are worn as protection
from the cold and from rocks.
Off – road racing
Off-road racing is a format of racing where various
classes of specially modified vehicles, including cars,
trucks, motorcycles, and buggies, compete in races
through off-road environments.
Typical road vehicles may be be used in some off-road
rallies. Organizers usually prepare less challenging
routes for such cars. However, to overcome the most
difficult routes the vehicle must undergo series of
expensive modifications of chassis, engine parts and
other.
Road sports
Skydiving
Skydiving
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is the action of
performing acrobatics during freefall,
followed by deployment of a parachute.
Parachuting is performed as a recreational
activity and a competitive sport. A typical
jump involves individuals jumping out of an
aircraft
(usually
an
airplane)
at
approximately 4,000 meters altitude, and
free-falling for a period of time (about a
minute) before activating a parachute to
slow the landing down to safe speeds. By
manipulating the shape of the body a
skydiver can generate turns, forward
motion, backwards motion, and even lift.
Power Strider
Power Strider is an interesting device
which enhances greatly the possibilities
of man. It allows to run at speeds
exceeding 30 mph, jump to a height of
2 m up in the air, or to perform threemeter steps. You can even execute
extraordinary athletic flips.
Crossword
1. Cliff…
2. The first modern bungee jump was made from … Suspension
Brigde
3. Two steering mechanisms in mountainboard are called …
4. One of kitesurfing styles
5. Fins provide … in hydrospeed
6. Sport which uses balls with coloring paint
7. One of the paintball varieties
8. This will help you keep your grip while kite surfing
9. Thanks to this thing you will land on the ground safely
10. First bungee jumpers were from … Island
11. Summer alternative for snowboarding