extreme sports, sporting events or pursuits characterized by high speeds and high risk. The sports most commonly placed in this group are skateboarding, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, in-line roller-skating, street lugeing, and BMX and mountain biking. Typically, extreme sports operate outside traditional mainstream sports and are celebrated
According to The Guardian, this stunt led to bungee jumping from the suspension bridge being banned under the laws. However, after the stunt in 1979, the Dangerous Sports Club spread the concept
Key difference: Base and Bungee jumping are extreme sports, in which a jump is taken from a respective altitude. A base jump is conducted from a fixed position with the use of a parachute; whereas, a bungee jump is conducted from a fixed or a movable object, without the use of a parachute. In 1978, filmmaker Carl Boenish filmed the first BASE
quite popular in Europe and North America. In India, bungee jumping came in the early 1990s. Today, most of the Indian metros have bungee jumping sites and more and more people are taking to this adventure sports. Keywords: Bungee Jumping, Adventure Sports, Cords, Harness. * Assistant Professor, Shri Jai Narain P.G. College, Lucknow (U.P.) India.
8. Bungee Jumping. Death Rate 1/500,000. Of all of the extreme sports featured on this list, bungee jumping is one of the lowest risks. Although there are a lot of risks when you are throwing yourself off something high and hoping that something will catch you, bungee jumping has become one of the safest extreme sports in the world. BMX, skateboarding, and bungee jumping aren’t the only extreme sports kids flock to. Even though ski jumping might seem like a new adventurous activity, it made its Olympic debut way back in 1924. Of course, this doesn’t mean kiddos were climbing up mountains, whooshing down slopes, and flying into the air on two skis a century ago.
