Posted on 04/11/2020 9:32:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Adventurous athletes up the ante by combining outdoor sports for whole new levels of extreme
The pandemic lockdown is perhaps proving hardest for fans of outdoor and extreme sports.
Football fans might miss the 90 minutes of action but that’s hardly the same as an ultramarathon or climbing a mountain.
Never fear, aside from the books, TED Talks and thrilling documentaries that have been rounded-up for your isolation enjoyment, there is plenty of adventure content on YouTube.
These are some of the more niche examples of the sport for outdoors enthusiasts to add to their bucket list and, for the rest of us, it is a glimpse into the weirdest sports that you are never likely to try (but cannot help watching).
Parkour is pretty extreme as is high diving so combining the two must at least double the danger. British pro parkour team Storror did just that with a video of them parkouring their way into the Rhine.
It’s been viewed a whopping 23.5 million times but that does not stop each rewatch seeming like the one where it all goes awry.
Extreme ironing was a sensation a few years ago to the point where it had its own calendars and was the subject of television documentaries.
Run by the, ahem, Extreme Ironing Board, the premise was simple. Take an ironing board and some clothes to iron along on your adventures – and then get photographed doing it. Under water, skydiving, on a mountain – the only limit is your adventure.
The sport has not quite pressed ahead its inventor’s stated dream of reaching the Olympics, arguably losing some steam since its rapid increase in popularity in the early days.
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I Crossed Countries by Sea in a Zorb Ball & You Won't Believe What Happened (Zorb at Sea Challenge)
The only extreme ironing I’ve done was nekkid. Stand to close to board and you’ll meet the extreme part of it.
[[Extreme ironing was a sensation a few years ago]]
Not nearly as exciting as Extreme Starching, or Extreme Spot Removing
[[Extreme ironing was a sensation a few years ago]]
Not nearly as exciting as Extreme Starching, or Extreme Spot Removing
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If you want a REALLY exciting extreme sport for spectators, search out EXTREME FOLDING!
It’s AWESOME!
lol I’m sure there’s some cool weird ‘sports’ out there we’ve never heard of or even dreamed of lol-
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