THE EXTREME SPORTS

This blog is created to fulfill the task of english 2 Telkom Institute of Technology. Explains all about the most extreme sport in the world that divided into three sections; water sports, land sports and air sports.

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Climbing

There are three kinds of popular climbing sports: rock climbing, bouldering, and ice climbing. But there is some differences equipment between each climbing sports. First, the equipments of rock climbing are belays, carabiners, chalk bags, crash pads, climbing ropes, and helmet. However in ice climbing uses crampons, gaiters, snow shoes, ice screw, ice axes, and hammer. Last bouldering equipment may include: Close-fitting climbing shoes, crash pad, and brush. Specifically for bouldering is no climbing rope, climber reach the top without climbing ropes. In conclusion, three kinds of climbing sports can be distinguished from the type of equipment.

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Downhill Biking

In this text i will tell you about three interesting part about downhill biking. First thing is sensation of a high speed descent. This high speed descent is resulted by steep downhill terrain. The second is the track is full of obstacle with some air time jump off. The obstacle of track is what makes downhill biking dangerous. Give the thrill that downhill bikers love. The last is, you must chose best path to finish the time trial. The best path can be the shortest line or the lime that can be travelled in highest speed. This thing determine how fast your record is. So, downhill is fun extreme sport for people who likes high speed sensation and thrilling challange.

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Riverboarding

Riverboarding is an extreme sport through river flows on a board without other tool. This sport is also known as hydrospeed in Europe and as riverboarding or white-water sledging in New Zealand, depending on the type of board used. Riverboarding is done individually. Every person will along the river and prone on their board. The essence of river boarding is to maintain balance over the rapids until finish line. If you’re an expert, riverboarding allows to perform certain maneuvers on the board. When driving above the rapids, sometimes we can rolled up by the river flows, and also thrown up due to the swift river.

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Surfing

There are some things to consider and be aware that there is danger of surfing as well. First, when the surf occurs Collision with objects can sometimes lead to injuries such as cuts and scrapes, and in rare  cases, death. second, occurs when surfing big waves that causes uncontrollable balance so carried away by the waves and surfers end in death. Finally, surfers also have to be careful of wild animals in the sea like a shark and other toxic marine fish. So be careful in doing so such as sinking, collision, and wild animals in the sea.

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BUNGEE JUMPING

There are three reasons why bungee jumping is categorized as an extreme sports. First, bungee jumping must be done in very high places. It gives a different sensation for the jumpers. Second, bungee jumping has a very big risk when people are not doing it properly. The jumper could lose their lives when they do not obey safety standards. Last, it can only be done by people who don’t have a phobia of heights, because to jump from a great height place takes enormous courage. Many people are afraid to do bungee jumping, because it has a very big risk, requires enormous courage, and gives a different sensation for the jumpers.

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Parachuting / Skydiving

Parachuting, also known as skydiving is a very dangerous sports but parachuting can be a safe sport if you follow these general procedures. First, you should know about the weather before. Parachuting in poor weather, especially with thunder storms, high winds, and dust devils can be dangerous. Don’t forget about equipment of parachuting such as google, parachute, and jacket. Then, you should know about typical altitude for jumping from airplane: between 1000 to 4000 meters. If jumping from low altitude, the parachute will deploy immediately. If jumping from high altitude, the skydiver may free-fall about a minute before activating a parachute to slow the landing speeds. Last, when the parachute opens, the skydiver can control the direction and speed for landing on a drop zone. In conclusion, the weather, jumping altitude and equipment of parachuting are very important for skydiver safety.

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