extreme sports

High-risk recreation

Extreme sports are athletic activities involving high speed, height, danger, or physical exertion beyond conventional athletics.

The category includes skateboarding, snowboarding, bungee jumping, BASE jumping, rock climbing, and similar pursuits where risk is part of the appeal.

He got into extreme sports after traditional team athletics bored him.

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Opposites
risk and intensity level

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Court game with sliding discs

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pace and temperament

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Strategic board game

checkers · fishing · birdwatching · meditation · card games

physicality and exertion

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Non-digital multiplayer entertainment

video games · darts · billiards · snooker · poker

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G