extreme sports, who does them?

do you take part in an extreme sport/activity?

  • yes

    Votes: 10 66.7%

  • no

    Votes: 5 33.3%
  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
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gordj65

New member
purely out of interest id be interested in extreme sports and who does them in this club. i know weve got a few sno boarders, at least one wind surfer theres a couple of bike racers what else have we got.please let me know what you do and why
 
Where do I start? Riding a motorbike for one! Parachuting, rollerblading, windsurfing, waterskiing, private pilot, martial arts..... (bet you're all thinking is this for real!)
 
I go scuba diving. Off to Mexico (Sea of Cortez) in September for two weeks followed by three weeks in Palau and Yap over Xmas and New Year.

Tam, although I used to dive after a couple of pints I don't do it now. Not unusual for me to have a raging hangover though, in which case a nice nitrox mix will usually clear the head. ;) :thumbs:
 
what do you class as extreme??

I have competed in or done the following at one time or another:

White water kayaking (big stuff ;) including rodeo, downriver and slalom)
rafting
climbing
abseiling
scuba diving
downhill mtb racing
x country mtb
canyoning
snowboarding
skiing
windsurfing (badly :D )
wakeboarding
motorbike racing
motocross (not competing)
 
centurysup said:
I go scuba diving. Off to Mexico (Sea of Cortez) in September for two weeks followed by three weeks in Palau and Yap over Xmas and New Year.

Tam, although I used to dive after a couple of pints I don't do it now. Not unusual for me to have a raging hangover though, in which case a nice nitrox mix will usually clear the head. ;) :thumbs:
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After a particularly heavy night in Vietnam my diving colleague actually threw up at 30metres below. The dilema was to do it through the reg or to remove the reg:confused: :confused:
Not a pretty sigh but ...man.... it sure brings in the big fishes:puke:
:D :D :D
totally agree that a nice nitrox mix will do the biz the morning after:thumbs:
 
Lily said:
what do you class as extreme??

I have competed in or done the following at one time or another:

White water kayaking (big stuff ;) including rodeo, downriver and slalom)
rafting
climbing
abseiling
scuba diving
downhill mtb racing
x country mtb
canyoning
snowboarding
skiing
windsurfing (badly :D )
wakeboarding
motorbike racing
motocross (not competing)
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ps I think you and I may be kindred spirits and get on well!!!
 
foxy said:
After a particularly heavy night in Vietnam my diving colleague actually threw up at 30metres below. The dilema was to do it through the reg or to remove the reg:confused: :confused:
Not a pretty sigh but ...man.... it sure brings in the big fishes:puke:
:D :D :D
totally agree that a nice nitrox mix will do the biz the morning after:thumbs:
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Free flowin reg boak. That's the one. Was gettin the sand loomin then goin away at the bottom and coudna hack it. And yeah the fish do love it.
Never dived deep enough for nitrous. Only got to 40 meters, and i love wake boardin. Did a lot of it out in Oman as we had plenty of time, finished work at 1pm every day so it was either boardin, water skiin, divin or golfin. Happy days.:D
 
only day I ever puked (hungover or not) was the day I had to stay on the boat in a storm to look after the puking punters that didnt believe best place to be was under the water ........ urghhh I suppose the customer is always right eh?!!!
 
you trying to make we're not 'ard, mate! :D

I began climbing age 17, fairly high grades for many years, culminating in E4/5 in the early 90's. Have several hard new rock climbs on the old CV in various parts of the country. Naturally this led onto Scottish Mixed and Ice Climbing up to Grade V/VI and stupid above. Lot's of high risk ski-ing chucked in also on such trips, still love attacking black runs in Scotland and the Alps. Over the last seven years or so I have tended to ice-climb only in the Alps where, although the routes are generally well equipped, i.e safer, the overall mountain experience is lacking. But the technical grades are higher - basically good news for ageing hardmen who need more creature comforts! :D

As a student I became also heavily involved in white water canoeing at extreme levels - I actually paddle Canadian style (kneeling with one blade) and was very lucky to have two national instructors/paddlers as mates so the pedigree was good. This was at the time when all boats were GRP not polyprop as now, which is where I got a lot of practical expererience making and mending them - we had to! Did much of the big stuff in the British Isles but never got to the Alps or Himamlayas. :(

Had a good eight years doing Scuba with BSAC, getting Second Class Diver and Advanced Instructor grade. Again only in the British Isles, but anyone who dives knows there is nothing really to challenge it - Scapa Flow, West Coast tidal, wreck dives etc. All on air, using wetsuits etc.

Kart raced in 100cc Senior Britain for five years, not very well, far too expensive and not really an adventure sport is it? :eek:

Started Shotokan Karate ten years ago, got Dan Grade and did a few competitions, taking on the three times National Kumite Champion in one bout - you can guess the result! Yes he died laughing before clobbering me.....:) Keep intending to do Nidan but somehow it seems so much harder now.........:confused:

Oh yes and about 1987 I fell in with a bunch of extreme cavers (almost literally!) and over a couple of years did some of the bigger (scarier) caves in the Dales - Gaping Gill, Langstoth Pot, Dowbergill Passge in Dow, Goyden amongst others and very briefly dallied with cave diving but couldn't get anyone else to try........:(

Oh yes and Mountain Biking. got my first proper biike, Spesh Rockhopper way back in 95 then bought a beautifull Marin Eldridge Grade Hardtail, a fantastic steel frame in 97. Within two years had left the day job (teaching Technology at Secondary level and Undergraduate too) and set up the shop. Now we ride most weekends, every Wed evening all year round. Scotland Wales, Lakes, Dales, Yorks Moors etc. The club has had trips to Moab Utah, Fruita Colorado, Whistler Canada and Sierra Nevada Spain over the last few years. It's a living :D :D

Then I got back into motorbiking, having started in 1965 on a BSA Bantam! Last five years I have had Kawa ZXR400, Kawa ZX-6R, 'Blade RRY, 996 and Sherco trials. And met you lot - the most extreme of all!

This year I am taking my lad and we're off to do paragliding - can't wait for that. He seems to want to do much the same things, funny that! :D

There was a thread while back asking for stories of best ride ever - I've got many many more stories from that lot above!

Well you did ask! Sorry.
 
Snowboarding from 1987 right through till 2002 when I had a FECKING almight accident and spent five days in a french hospital drinking morphine by the pint.

That leaves me with rock climbing, scrambling, and martial arts. Oh and I have to live in Wigan another dangerous sport.
 
Paul748 said:
Snowboarding from 1987 right through till 2002 when I had a FECKING almight accident and spent five days in a french hospital drinking morphine by the pint.

That leaves me with rock climbing, scrambling, and martial arts. Oh and I have to live in Wigan another dangerous sport.
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what grade do you climb at?
 
rockjock620 said:
you trying to make we're not 'ard, mate!

I began climbing age 17, fairly high grades for many years, culminating in E4/5 in the early 90's. Have several hard new rock climbs on the old CV in various parts of the country. Naturally this led onto Scottish Mixed and Ice Climbing up to Grade V/VI and stupid above. Lot's of high risk ski-ing chucked in also on such trips, still love attacking black runs in Scotland and the Alps. Over the last seven years or so I have tended to ice-climb only in the Alps where, although the routes are generally well equipped, i.e safer, the overall mountain experience is lacking. But the technical grades are higher - basically good news for ageing hardmen who need more creature comforts!

As a student I became also heavily involved in white water canoeing at extreme levels - I actually paddle Canadian style (kneeling with one blade) and was very lucky to have two national instructors/paddlers as mates so the pedigree was good. This was at the time when all boats were GRP not polyprop as now, which is where I got a lot of practical expererience making and mending them - we had to! Did much of the big stuff in the British Isles but never got to the Alps or Himamlayas.

Had a good eight years doing Scuba with BSAC, getting Second Class Diver and Advanced Instructor grade. Again only in the British Isles, but anyone who dives knows there is nothing really to challenge it - Scapa Flow, West Coast tidal, wreck dives etc. All on air, using wetsuits etc.

Kart raced in 100cc Senior Britain for five years, not very well, far too expensive and not really an adventure sport is it?

Started Shotokan Karate ten years ago, got Dan Grade and did a few competitions, taking on the three times National Kumite Champion in one bout - you can guess the result! Yes he died laughing before clobbering me.....:) Keep intending to do Nidan but somehow it seems so much harder now.........:confused:

Oh yes and about 1987 I fell in with a bunch of extreme cavers (almost literally!) and over a couple of years did some of the bigger (scarier) caves in the Dales - Gaping Gill, Langstoth Pot, Dowbergill Passge in Dow, Goyden amongst others and very briefly dallied with cave diving but couldn't get anyone else to try........:(

Oh yes and Mountain Biking. got my first proper biike, Spesh Rockhopper way back in 95 then bought a beautifull Marin Eldridge Grade Hardtail, a fantastic steel frame in 97. Within two years had left the day job (teaching Technology at Secondary level and Undergraduate too) and set up the shop. Now we ride most weekends, every Wed evening all year round. Scotland Wales, Lakes, Dales, Yorks Moors etc. The club has had trips to Moab Utah, Fruita Colorado, Whistler Canada and Sierra Nevada Spain over the last few years. It's a living :D :D

Then I got back into motorbiking, having started in 1965 on a BSA Bantam! Last five years I have had Kawa ZXR400, Kawa ZX-6R, 'Blade RRY, 996 and Sherco trials. And met you lot - the most extreme of all!

This year I am taking my lad and we're off to do paragliding - can't wait for that. He seems to want to do much the same things, funny that! :D

There was a thread while back asking for stories of best ride ever - I've got many many more stories from that lot above!

Well you did ask! Sorry.
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Feck me! Ever thought about applying for the James Bond job Pete????? :D :D ;)
 
rockjock620 said:
what grade do you climb at?
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I know what you are thinking, ha ha I am a complete novice ,top roping no higher that one pitch or 5 meters, I ain't coming climbing with you as I saw your face at the dock in Whitehaven "V diff" I know what that means. :) :) :)

Seriously, Grade 3 scrambling or very short pitches, or winter grade 3's.
 
Does flying a Supermarine Spitfire count as extreme sport?.....
 
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Davieravie said:
Feck me! Ever thought about applying for the James Bond job Pete????? :D :D ;)
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they turned me down - said I was too 'ard, reckoned I'd never be convincing enough for the public to believe! :D

When I was in teaching the kids jibed me with "action man" or "rock 'ard" - that's the 15/16 year old testosterone enriched knuckle scraping mekons (some of them were boys too!) - funny though, none of them EVER tried anyting on :D :D :D I was ACHING for the chance with one or two I can tell you! ;)
 
Paul748 said:
I know what you are thinking, ha ha I am a complete novice ,top roping no higher that one pitch or 5 meters, I ain't coming climbing with you as I saw your face at the dock in Whitehaven "V diff" I know what that means. :) :) :)

Seriously, Grade 3 scrambling or very short pitches, or winter grade 3's.
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I can be gentle and forgiving sometimes.......
 
....what about bringing 5 & 8 year old girls up?....:eek: :eek:
 
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