You (Almost) Can Fly – Skydive
Satisfy your primal urge to fly. Skydive.
From Icarus to Superman, humankind has told some of its greatest stories about the joys, wonders, and dangers of free flight. People just naturally yearn for the magic power to defy gravity and soar above the earth. Until we evolve into creatures of the air, however, skydiving comes closest to recreating the exhilaration of free flight.
Although skydiving seems the most extreme among all the extreme sports, in fact, it numbers among the safest. No other sport places nearly the same emphasis on safety instruction and proper …
Skydiving is well known from a long time for raising charity money as these kinds of adventurous sports always encourage peoples to donate money for the noble cause. Some events of skydiving are arranged to support cancer patients or other patients who can’t raise money for their treatment.
Love the rush you get from jumping out of an airplane?
Dive lights are necessary for scuba diving in dark environments like the ocean at night. If you don’t have enough light to see clearly underwater, it’s not much fun, and it can get dangerous pretty quickly. Pretty obvious right? Dive lights have another purpose though, and its one that many people don’t think about.
Alicante is not only drenched in sun but also in history, dating back to as early as 7000 years ago. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, the Carthage and the Moors have contributed significantly to its deep-veined heritage. The town originally named Akra Leuka, so called by a Carthaginian general means White Mountain. Alicante has a stoic quality reflected during the outbreak of the Civil War when it was the last city loyal to be occupied by the dictator Franco. Then post-war it knuckled down to provide the tourism industry, as we know it today. Alicante is self-sufficient with its …
There are two general types of kayaks. When I say this, I mean that the types you sit on, and the kind you sit in. They both maneuver well in the water, but you need to figure out which would suit you best.
Each and every year, hundreds of thousands of people decide to take the plunge out of a speeding aircraft. Those brave souls risk falling to the earth in order to experience the thrill of free falling and soaring through the air. Before you’re allowed to jump, you need proper training and certification. This ensures the maximum safety and will help you get back to the ground in one piece. Many places all over America offer training and jumps for a fee. Here’s what you should expect once you locate a spot near …
You may be confused as to why anybody would look at a running video. What is so interesting about running anyway? Well, what is on these videos is actually called free running, which is a new type of sport that is really starting make waves.
Why call a sport such as Skydiving extreme, you may ask, when the sport itself seems to most people already an off the wall extreme thing to do? Many people have put this on their individual “bucket lists” as something to do before they die because of it’s extreme nature. You basically willingly jump out of an airplane at your chosen height and plunge down to the earth’s hard ground at speeds of 125 miles per hour or more with basically just a thin nylon parachute holding your fate.
When most people hear the word “parkour”, they immediately think of a scene from an action movie and they think that it’s inherently dangerous and not for them. This could not be further from the truth. People seem to be “afraid” to get into parkour the same way that they are afraid to get into any extreme sport, such as rock climbing or hang gliding. Be assured that parkour is very different in terms of danger and risk. You are in control. No one is running at you to tackle …