Jessica 0 #1 May 19, 2004 I'm trying to refine something I might pitch to an editor. Can you guys tell me everything you think of as an extreme sport?Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,078 #2 May 19, 2004 >Can you guys tell me everything you think of as an extreme sport? Any sport that needs to get higher ratings on TV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #3 May 19, 2004 Oooh, another opportunity to link eXtreme diarrhea"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #4 May 19, 2004 Well odviously, I would consider Skydiving pretty extreme.... I think extreme sports are sports that can easily kill you if you don't know what the hell you are doing. So, Skydiving, Snowboarding, B.A.S.E jumping, etcGoggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #5 May 19, 2004 I think street luge is pretty extreme. P--- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #6 May 19, 2004 BASE, cave or tech (helium) diving, climbing -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #7 May 19, 2004 Quote I think extreme sports are sports that can easily kill you if you don't know what the hell you are doing. like tennis... nah... climbing - rock and ice - but especially mountaineering. Kaykaing, and not so much, rafting. skydiving, BASE jumping, skiing, snowboarding, surfing. There are more, but i cant remember... --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #8 May 19, 2004 Hey, instead of rehashing the same language used in marketing to every twerp with a skateboard, that you make a pitch with more interesting angles towards adrenaline and adventure sports and competition. Unless you're just going to make fun of the term "eXtreme". Then maybe people will realize that it's overused and I won't feel like shoving a fork in my eye every time I hear it. Here's one angle: The people who really do get into adventure competition don't drink Mountain Dew. They're ex highschool and college athletes or people who feel like they don't get enough out of their 9 to 5 job..."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 May 19, 2004 Quote>Can you guys tell me everything you think of as an extreme sport? Any sport that needs to get higher ratings on TV. Addendum - "Any sport that needs to get higher ratings on TV from the 18-34 year old male demographic." My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #10 May 19, 2004 QuoteUnless you're just going to make fun of the term "eXtreme". Then maybe people will realize that it's overused and I won't feel like shoving a fork in my eye every time I hear it. Don't be so reserved.... tell us how you really feel... Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #11 May 19, 2004 The phrase "extreme sports" was created by ESPN in conjunction with the "extreme games", a contest series that featured many different progressive sports hence unknown to the general public. This had the effect of killing a lot of independent contest series that had been running for a long time (this is true with BMX at least, the sport I'm the most familiar with). TV coverage did do some good for the sport of BMX and the other "eXXXtreme!!! sports", but it also did some harm. And a minor annoyance is within months of the inception of the extreme games, the word extreme was being used in marketing to label everything from tacos to toy dinosaurs. The word sucks. And Maddox rules.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catfishhunter 2 #12 May 19, 2004 If you can do everything right and still Die then it is eXtreme.... MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #13 May 19, 2004 QuoteHey, instead of rehashing the same language used in marketing to every twerp with a skateboard, that you make a pitch with more interesting angles towards adrenaline and adventure sport and competition. Very interesting. Can you expound a little?Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #14 May 19, 2004 this weekend I might try some X-TREME style and accuracy...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beej 0 #15 May 19, 2004 http://www.extremeironing.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- If the shit fits - wear it (blues brothers)-- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyRock 0 #16 May 19, 2004 Hahahahahaahah... Yeah, i had seen the extreme ironing before... I love that!! it is so hilarious!! -Seth :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pa2themd 0 #17 May 19, 2004 What about Wing suit flying without doing the leg straps up?? There seems to be quite a following already! "Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else!" Ivern Ball Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #18 May 19, 2004 IMHO, "Extream" sport as we see them on ESPN or elsewhere are defined my their market ability more than the nature of the event itself. Lets think about this - Skydiving is not much of an "Extream" sport as is skateboarding or rollerblading, or at least in the eyes of the television executives. Why?? Some little dweeb can watch a skateboarding show and then want his mom to take him to Wal-Mart to buy a Skate Board - other than maybe Marketing Tandems to a few attentive watchers, Skydiving has no real "Extream" appeal to the networks... Golly, I'm sure that little speech of mine here has been posted by hunderds of users in hundreds of posts before...=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #19 May 19, 2004 I hate the label extreme... What exactly does it mean? I dont think its the sport that has the label for the sports nature and possible out come - its the label these armchair sports people use as its too extreme for them to get their lazy asses outta their LazyBoy chairs and participate instead of wanting to be attached to these sports. I mean - even riding a bike is an extreme sport to them!! As for what people term more hardcore - it's all relevant, I know skydivers who wont BASE, I know BASE jumpers that wont cave dive............ whos to say what is more and what is less......... just my 2 hops worth....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glipazide 0 #20 May 19, 2004 Don't you need to have an offense and a defense for it to actually be a sport? Or am I missing something? http://sexygirlabs.com/url] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pendragon 1 #21 May 19, 2004 Weren't these kinds of activities once called "Adventure sports"? Ice climbing, mountaineering, kayaking, cave diving, hang and paragliding, BASE, skiing in La Grave... Then the skateboarders and BMXers came along with their baggy trousers and "extreme" attitudes... -- BASE #1182 Muff #3573 PFI #52; UK WSI #13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScubaSteve 0 #22 May 19, 2004 LOL.. now that is EX-Treme http://www.extremeironing.com/modules.php?set_albumName=ReadersIrons&id=Chicago_RSNA_2003_027&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #23 May 19, 2004 QuoteWeren't these kinds of activities once called "Adventure sports"? Ice climbing, mountaineering, kayaking, cave diving, hang and paragliding, BASE, skiing in La Grave... Then the skateboarders and BMXers came along with their baggy trousers and "extreme" attitudes... Wrong, wrong, wrong. BMX and skateboarding were around and thriving for DECADES before ESPN invented the phrase "extreme sports". I preferred (and still do) to call these "progressive sports". While I realize it was written partly as a joke, I take a little offense to your statement about BMXers, etc "coming along with extreme attitudes". Almost every BMXer I know HATES the way that words gets attached to their sport, and equally hates the way their sport is used in all sorts of marketing ploys now. Agreed, the word extreme sucks. But there is nothing more innacurate (and annoyingly ironic) than blaming the ATHLETES for the insurgence of the word exteme. I've said it once and I'll say it again - ESPN started that! You're blaming the victims.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #24 May 19, 2004 Quotefrom the 18-34 year old male demographic." I think you're being very close minded. I'm sure they're targeting 12-34 demographics And Jess, I'd include killer parrot training in there.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #25 May 19, 2004 When you get your list of "extreme" sports, let me know...........I wanna try some of them~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
