Top Ten Most Extreme Sports in the World

Extreme sport is a popular term for certain activities involving high level of integral danger. For some ‘adrenaline junkies’ ordinary outdoor games are just not enough so they always try to push themselves to the limits. Top Ten Most Extreme Sports in the World is a list of ten most adrenaline pumping extreme sports being played around the globe.

10. BMX Racing

Bicycle motocross or BMX is an extreme sport performed on BMX bikes; it is an off road racing sport popular among the youngsters. BMX started in the early 1970s when kids began racing their bicycles on dirt tracks in southern California. Freestyle BMX is now one of the essential events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and its popularity is growing with every passing moment.

9. Highlining

Highlining is another adventure sport in which athlete walks from one cliff to another. But the trickiest and the scariest part of the walking is that the one has to walk on a rope less than an inch wide suspended high above the ground. Without any balancing pole, the one they use in circus acts, and safety nets, accidents are more likely to happen in this extreme sport.

8. The Running of the Bulls

What could be more frightening than running in front of angry bulls? Well that is one of the extreme sports practiced in many towns and villages across Spain, Portugal, in some cities in Mexico. At particular place, there are some changes in details in different situations but the essential spirit remains the same everywhere.  Running in front of a small group of bulls is a famed event and people across the world travel to these countries to watch and participate in the sport.

The most famous running of the bulls is that of the eight-day festival of Sanfermines in honor of Saint Fermin in Pamplona.In the event, the poor tortured and bleeding animals have been set on fire as they’re running down the street being chased by crazed masses of “brave people.”

7. Sky Surfing

Sky surfing is a type of skydiving in which the skydiver performs stunts during fall on a board attached to divers feet. Skydiver performs moves like sliding, spinning, twisting during free-fall. Developed in the early 90s, this extreme sport usually involve two divers, one who performs aerial tricks and the other “camera flyer,” uses a helmet-cam to capture the whole act.

6. Volcano Surfing

This is a rather new invented sport that involves sliding down the ashes of an erupted volcano on a thin wooden sledge at speeds of up to 50 MPH.  Sliding from the sides of an active volcano while your feet are strapped to a snowboard could be a scariest nightmare for many but for brave heart adventure-seekers, it a highly thrilling sport invented by Darryn Webb back in 2005.

5. Ice Climbing

Ice climbing is an extreme sport of ascending inclined ice formations. This activity involves the climbing of icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs etc. The ice can be divided into two categories the alpha ice and water ice. Mountain environment contains Alpine ice while water ice is found on cliffs. Adventure junkies climb side of glacier and frozen waterfalls with the help of picks and ropes to the top.

4. Wingsuit Flying

Flying in the air could be a superhero thing for the most of the people but it is reality for some adventure lovers. A special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, enables the human bodies to fly in the air by increasing their area. To start Wingsuit Flying, one has to achieve enough altitude so he can jump, spread his arm and sore through air. The flight ends with deploy of a parachute because only wingsuit cannot provide necessary lift to land safely.

3. Free Soloing

Free Soloing is a form of climbing where the climber ascends without the safety of ropes, harnesses and other protective gear and relies only on his or her strength, stamina and climbing abilities. One has to be very precise because Free Soloing does not give second chances. There are very few people who actually can participate in this extreme sports.

2. Base Jumping

BASE jumping is one of the world’s most dangerous extreme sports. The term BASE stands for Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth. Instead of jumping from high altitudes base jumpers rather chose low altitude man-made objects like buildings, bridges, antennas etc. it is very risky sport because the jumper have a few seconds to pull the parachute. It is illegal in many countries.

1. Creeking

A branch of canoeing and kayaking that involves descending very steep low-volume whitewater is termed as Creeking. Actually it is whitewater kayaking pushed to the limits. Generally regarded as the most dangerous  and extreme sports in the world. Besides the danger of getting smashed into rocks, there is a chance that creekers can be trapped underwater.

1. Creeking

2. Base Jumping

3. Free Soloing

4. Wingsuit Flying

5. Ice Climbing

6. Volcano Surfing

7. Sky Surfing

8. The Running of the Bulls

9. Highlining

10. BMX Racing