{"id":12902,"date":"2018-06-22T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=12902"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:50:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:50:34","slug":"deadliest-extreme-sports","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/deadliest-extreme-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Deadliest Extreme Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"
Extreme sports tend to draw people in for the adrenaline rush and action.\n
However, most of them can be done safely \u2013 for the most part.\n
But like anything, there are exceptions.\n
The more extreme you get, the more dangerous the risky it becomes, and the more thrilling it is to the athletes doing them.\n
So what are the most dangerous extreme sports?\n
Here we have some of the top 5 most thrilling, hazardous, and deadly sports around.\n Some of them may surprise you!\n With how common surfing is, it\u2019s surprising this sport made it on the list.\n However, I\u2019m not talking about your normal surfing.\n To count as big wave surfing, the wave should be at least 20 feet tall!\n There are so many hazards to this sport that you may not think of.\n First off, waves this big are extremely powerful. In a big wipeout, surfers can be pushed 20 to 50 feet (6.2 to 15.5 m) below the surface.\n On top of that, it\u2019s easy to get disoriented under the water from a wave that powerful, and it\u2019s imperative that they can regain their equilibrium quickly \u2013 and get to the surface before the next wave comes, usually less than 20 seconds later.\n The waves are the biggest risk to surfers, due to being held down by the waves.\n Surviving one wave is challenging enough, and surviving three is almost unheard of.\n Apart from just drowning, there\u2019s also the factor of the ocean floor.\n No matter what it is \u2013 sand, rocks, or coral, it can all be hazardous to the surfer.\n When it comes to big wave surfing, all waves are strong enough to make even a sandy ocean floor feel like concrete.\n Rocks are a no-brainer. Getting pummeled into a rock surface will almost definitely injure you.\n Finally, the coral will cut you like razors, and even leave broken pieces in your skin that could potentially become infected afterward.\n The tallest wave ever surfed \u2013 the 78-foot tall wave in Portugal was surfed by Garrett McNamara in 2011.\n Have a need for speed? Then you might want to look into street luging!\n But first, there\u2019s a lot to this simple sport that can go wrong.\n Street luging was originally developed when skateboarders realized they could lie down on their boards to go faster.\n It has since evolved into its own sport, with more refined boards specific to this sport \u2013 boards that don\u2019t have breaks.\n Because your body is flat when street luging, there is little to no wind resistance, which helps the rider to go faster down the road.\n However, because the rider\u2019s body is so close to the ground, it\u2019s easy to hit body parts against the pavement even just by simple steering.\n Think about it \u2013 even just grazing your elbow against the ground while going 80 miles per hour could potentially skin you to the bone, which in turn could make you crash.\n And while riders can get protective gear \u2013 suits and helmets \u2013 many riders feel like the extra weight only slows them down.\n The most common injuries in street luging are bruises, broken bones, or dislocated joints; although there are no dependable statistics yet about deaths.\n If you\u2019re not doing this insane sport on a closed road, you have the added hazard of potential vehicles on the road, with collision being difficult to avoid.\n The simplicity of street luge could be what draws so many people in \u2013 is it enough to peak your interest?\nBig Wave Surfing\n
Big Wave Surfing World Record\n
Street Luging\n
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Street Luging World Record\n