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Most dangerous sports in the world

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rballs_
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I've been doing research to see which sport is the most dangerous. Most of the answers are suuuper mainstream like football or hockey, but no one really dies from those kind of sports. Some people are saying cheer-leading is one of the most dangerous sports in the world, which is a complete joke. I'd say skiing is one of the most dangerous/fatal sports in the world. What do you think, NS?
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choob
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bear wrestling?
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yeahno
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iFlip
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There are many sports that are fringe enough to be practiced by only the dedicated few, and those few have (for the most part) taken the necessary steps to practice these sports safely. For example, apnea freediving would be extremely dangerous (surely fatal) if attempted to extreme depths/lengths of times by an amateur. No amateur could manage 200 ft deep and 15 minutes of breath hold. The same holds true for freesolo rock/ice climbing...fairly safe when practiced by those who are adept at what they are doing but fatal when practiced by an amateur who saw it on TV and thought it looked cool.

As far as most statistically dangerous sport, it's hard to top proximity wingsuit flying/base jumping. The fatality rate is terrible. High-altitude mountaineering is inherently dangerous when practiced in the great ranges and on mountains such as K2 (pansy-ass Everest does not qualify).

Another sport that probably flies under the radar of most that is extraordinarily dangerous is cave diving. There is so much that can go wrong and no margin of error.

I'm sorry, skiing does not belong on this list.
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rballs_
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iFlipThere are many sports that are fringe enough to be practiced by only the dedicated few, and those few have (for the most part) taken the necessary steps to practice these sports safely. For example, apnea freediving would be extremely dangerous (surely fatal) if attempted to extreme depths/lengths of times by an amateur. No amateur could manage 200 ft deep and 15 minutes of breath hold. The same holds true for freesolo rock/ice climbing...fairly safe when practiced by those who are adept at what they are doing but fatal when practiced by an amateur who saw it on TV and thought it looked cool.

This is like putting a beginner skier on an Alaskan spine. Of course they're not gonna do well.
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FreedGucci
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You can't really describe a sport as being the most dangerous because there's always some way to make it more dangerous such as climbing k2 blind
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Russian roulette?
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El_Barto.
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Cyanide tasting
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Mr.noodle
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ButteryLlamaRussian roulette?


Yeah I hear 1 in 6 people die in each game
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Rachy
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Speedflying or low base jumps. I say this because with wing suits, you have a reserve. Low base jumps you are usually too low to throw a reserve. Speedflying you don't even cary a reserve.

I didn't think speedflying was too scary until I was coming in to land and hit an area of sink, came down about 200 feet and then crashed super hard into sage brush which actually probably stopped me from serious injury. Instead I just looked like I got into a fight with a cat.

Out of 10 people I have flown with, 1 has died, 4 have been seriously injured, 2 with minor injuries and the others just tell me, "if you walk away from 10% of your flights, you're walking away from 90% of your injuries."

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/750798/Hardcore-speedflying---Lauterbrunnen---SpeedFlyJunkies
10 years ago
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Casey
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It seems like every time you turn around someone is dying or hospitalized from a snomobile big air comp.
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theabortionator
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Larping
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soulskier
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choobbear wrestling?


*bare wrestling
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toastyteenagers
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paraskiing.

Its all the risks of skiing but with an added parachute to fail
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JGWI
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Free climbing without saftey gear.
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cydwhit
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iFlipThere are many sports that are fringe enough to be practiced by only the dedicated few, and those few have (for the most part) taken the necessary steps to practice these sports safely. For example, apnea freediving would be extremely dangerous (surely fatal) if attempted to extreme depths/lengths of times by an amateur. No amateur could manage 200 ft deep and 15 minutes of breath hold. The same holds true for freesolo rock/ice climbing...fairly safe when practiced by those who are adept at what they are doing but fatal when practiced by an amateur who saw it on TV and thought it looked cool.

As far as most statistically dangerous sport, it's hard to top proximity wingsuit flying/base jumping. The fatality rate is terrible. High-altitude mountaineering is inherently dangerous when practiced in the great ranges and on mountains such as K2 (pansy-ass Everest does not qualify).

Another sport that probably flies under the radar of most that is extraordinarily dangerous is cave diving. There is so much that can go wrong and no margin of error.

I'm sorry, skiing does not belong on this list.


Yeah, numerically there is no way skiing should be anywhere near this list. Some sports that people automatically assume are dangerous, like most climbing really are not, and the numbers back that up. From what I have heard proximity wingsuit flying/base jumping really is the worst statistically, and, unlike many other sports these injuries/fatalities do happen to people at the top of the game. One of my buddies is getting in to it right now, and he is basically mentally prepared to die doing it. I've heard a lot of numbers thrown around about base fatalities, most of which seem to be based on no actual facts. Cave diving is insane (and I kind of want to get in to it) but it's really not mainstream/most people have no idea what it is so it doesn't get the press that stuff like base jumping does
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theabortionator
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Masturbating. You might be thinking how is this dangerous? I just jerked off and nothing happened, nobody died, and honestly it felt good. The reason why I say it's so dangerous is that you are gambling with your soul. God gave you the option of free will. You have the choice to follow in his word or live a worldly life and deny your maker. Sure masturbation feels good, as most sin does, but that does not mean you should give into the temptation. Life is eternal, whether the bulk of it be in heaven or the lake of fire. The choice is yours. Jesus loves you and died for your sins, you can ignore that, laugh about that, deny that, but it doesn't change that it's a fact. One day you will have to answer for each and every sin you committed.

I'm not saying anyone is perfect, or that we can be. l I'm asking is that you think before you act. Is a few minutes of pleasure worth turning your your back on God, and risking going to hell?


Think about that before you act.

Jesus loves you, the next time you go to flip on some pornography I hope you remember that.
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Jai alai
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AT-AT
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Freestyle skiing Big Air.
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Toaster-Tony
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iFlipI'm sorry, skiing does not belong on this list.


I'd say skiing deserves a spot on the list... nothing inbounds of course, but possibly some of the big mountain shit that the elitists do. Skiing, in a way, almost combines some of the things that you mentioned before, especially in the case of McConkey and other legends who have died combining skiing and base-jumping. But even in watching someone fly down a 'no-fall zone' on a big mountain line, you can't help but think if they fall, it could very well mean death.
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Playing chicken with a train
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motorcycle polo
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JGWI
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Limo Jousting

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