The WOW factor of extreme sports
In the present times, a large number of people are turning toward a variety of extreme sports that while being dangerous and requiring mandatory safety precautions are nevertheless sought after by adventure enthusiasts looking for a thrill. Here are some of the most intense extreme sports currently played by thrill seekers. A development on the concepts of skateboarding and snowboarding, the now popular extreme sport mountain boarding calls for a swift descent down a hilly terrain on a board with wheels. Zorbing is another recently trending variant of extreme sports in which you sit inside a giant inflatable ball and then roll down a hilly slope along with the ball. Kiting, which is also known as kitesurfing, requires the use of a kite that is harnessed to a snowboard that captures the wind and uses it to propel forward. It is an extreme sport that is especially exciting when a good strong wind is blowing. Parasailing is a form of extreme sports in which you are drawn along by a rope that is suspended several hundred feet over a water body. It gives a whole new spin on the more conventional beachside parasailing. You might consider scuba diving as a pretty tame diving activity, but its classification as an extreme sports comes from deep sea scuba diving in shark infested waters where unknown predators lurk in dark waters.