What are Adventure Sports ?

Adventure sport is a term used to describe a category of sports that involve a high level of danger and also physical exertion. Although the term adventure sport is a new age vocabulary it however has been in existence since time immemorial. Men crave for thrill and adventure has been an eternal phenomenon and has led to the emergence of numerous sports, which are fraught with danger. These sports have been in existence ever since the beginning of history and will be there till the apocalypse.

There are a wide variety of sports, which come under the parameters of adventure sports. Most of these sports are totally unrelated with each other. The only thing that binds these sports together is the sense of thrill and the underlying danger involved with it.


Some of the games that come under the parameters of adventure sports include
• Base-Jumping
• Bungee Jumping
• Caving
• Drag Racing
• Gliding
• Hang Gliding
• Ice Climbing
• Scuba Diving
• Skate Boarding
• Water Skiing

 


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This list is not exhaustive and it only contains some of the most popular adventure sports played among the masses. Most people get into these adventure sports just for the sake of the sensation popularly coined as the adrenaline rush. It’s a feeling that is generated by the emission of certain chemicals like seretonin during a high-risk physical adventure. It is this adrenaline rush that drives men to the limits of sanity in order to get that exhilarating feeling again and again.

However most people believe that the parameters to define a game to be extreme or not is not depended on the level of danger alone but by the way the game has been promoted or marketed. For example consider a game like rugby union. The game is far more dangerous and adrenaline inducing than some of the so-called adventure games. But still no body describes it as an adventure game and it does not come under the category of adventure sports. This is because the game has never been marketed in this manner.

 

Some of these adventure games are new inventions and has been instantly popularized by media and television. The best example for this is X Games the popular television program which revolutionized games like skate boarding and base jumping. These television programs envisaged a totally new look to adventure sports. It not only popularized the game but also changed lifestyles by showing adventure junkies as dare devil guys wearing urban baggy clothes and listening to alternative rock. But this doesn’t classify all adventure games as urban phenomenon. Games like rock climbing and caving has been popular among the people since ages and the best example of this is Sir Edmund Hillary who was the first man to climb Mount Everest the highest peak in planet earth.

There has always been a debate in the society as to whether people who practice adventure sports are senseless adrenaline junkies. The practitioners of these extreme acts would however argue that they try to extend the limits of physical and mental endurance. Also going through the rigors of extreme sports is believed to be an escape from the mundane day-to-day existence.
 

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Article Contributed By: Pinakjit Kakati
 

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