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HANGBOARDING (HYBRID OF SNOWBOARDING AND HANGING)
Extreme sports are increasingly attracting those wishing to get a fair amount of adrenaline. There are already many winter sports that are considered extreme, among them several types of snowboarding: snowboarding, it’s just skiing from the mountain with the help of a board. A more extreme sport is freeride, when a descent from a mountain with a board passes along a virgin snow, and a halfpipe is a descent from a mountain with a board while performing acrobatic jumps and upheavals. Just getting down from the mountain on the board became boring, so we decided to add a technical pepper. Continue reading
HIGH DIVING
For a long time people were attracted by the opportunity to jump into the water from a great height. Sometimes it was an indicator of the jumper’s courage and courage. From here came such a sport as ski jumping. High Diving is a kind of diving, but with its own characteristics and differences. In other words, it is jumping from extreme heights. This sport is similar to cliff diving, which was established in 1992, and the first high diving competition was held in 1996. At the same time, the world high diving association was formed. It happened in the Swiss city of Aveno, where it is still located.
This sport is not professional, but is considered amateur and extreme. But this does not mean that it is less spectacular and worse than others. One of its features is that competitions are held in open waters, and jump platforms are set on rocks, buildings, etc. located next to it. Continue reading
