Your Life Is on the Line: How to Choose a Solid Company for Your Extreme Sports Adventure

Your Life Is on the Line: How to Choose a Solid Company for Your Extreme Sports Adventure

When it comes to buying laundry detergent, office supplies, or gasoline bargain hunters usually come out smiling. However, when you want to dip your feet into the world of extreme sports, saving a few bucks could cost you big in the end. If you’re looking to Scuba dive, climb, paraglide, and skydive you’ve probably already come to the understanding that you are embarking on a more elite, exclusive experience than handball or Frisbee; so instead of looking for a bargain, look for the …

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The Pros and Cons of Scuba Diving

The Pros and Cons of Scuba Diving

One of the things that you would definitely want to try out when you are on vacation on some beach resort that features several dive sites is to go on a scuba diving adventure. Scuba diving is considered as one of the best leisure sports that anyone should indulge in if they have the opportunity to do so. In fact, it has become quite popular that most beach resorts actually have dive shops where you can rent diving gear for that exciting underwater exploration. However, just like any sport, it also has its …

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An Introduction to Parkour

An Introduction to Parkour

Seen in almost every other movie, advertisement and mainstream media nowadays, Parkour has evolved into more than just a sport – it has become a lifestyle for its true practitioners. It is an art of discipline, where a traceur (practitioner of pakrour) uses his body and environment to get from one place to another.

One can jump, vault, flip, climb and roll under and over obstacles, while making it look extremely seamless.

Moves

Although there are no limitations in Parkour, there are certain fundamental movements that one should master in order to become an advance practitioner. …

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Space Diving Is the Ultimate Extreme Sport

Space Diving Is the Ultimate Extreme Sport

Space diving is when a person jumps from a plane or spacecraft high enough to enter the Earth’s atmosphere. According to a 2007 article in the Telegraph out of the United Kingdom, this extreme sport will soon become a popular daredevil sport just like bungee jumping and skydiving.

In 1960 US Air Force captain Joe Kittinger jumped from an altitude of 20 miles and reached a speed of 700 miles while diving from space. Now skydiving enthusiasts want to break this record. Those who wish to engage in this extreme sport should also …

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Learning to Skydive – The Basics Explained

Learning to Skydive – The Basics Explained

If skydiving is of interest to you, but you are looking to find out a bit more about it before signing up, then read on…

When you first exit the plane whilst skydiving, the resistance of the air is far outweighed by the force of gravity, and this causes you to rapidly accelerate downwards. After you pull on your parachute cord, you will then begin decelerating due to the sharp increase in air resistance, and you will float down at about 10 mph, which is a perfectly safe speed to land at.

The …

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A Guide to Fun Dives in Kuta Lombok

A Guide to Fun Dives in Kuta Lombok

Scuba diving is a great hobby; nothing is more amazing than going from country to country exploring the unique dive sites and swimming alongside the different marine life that each country offers.

If you’ve been diving for a long time, it can be rather hard to find new places that you haven’t explored and though going back to a diving site you’ve dived at before can provide a good time, it wont give you that thrill you get from exploring un-dived territory.

One place I’m sure you’ve not had the pleasure of …

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How To Parkour: 3 Simple Steps To Get Started In Parkour Training

How To Parkour: 3 Simple Steps To Get Started In Parkour Training

If you want to learn how to parkour, you have to build the muscle strength and coordination to do it.

If you don’t condition or train your body for parkour, you will find when you try to do the basic parkour movements, like the wall run, you will come up short, STRUGGLE to climb up the wall, and likely pull a muscle or injure yourself.

You will find yourself scared before big jumps and not confident in your movements.

When you do condition your body and develop the …

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