Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed episode. This week we explore some of the most dangerous sports around today that range from fast-paced competition to rough physical contact and harsh weather conditions. They range in their levels of excitement, intensity and risk and provide exhilarating sensations and challenges that push competitors to their limits. Some of what we will discuss include.
- A sport that involves catching the world’s biggest and most powerful waves.
- A man who has been a pioneer of his sport, has revolutionized new water sports and inspired and educated many through his inventive training techniques and healthy nutrition.
- A popular female sport that featured in a popular film series and involves numerous routines and dangerous stunts.
- The dangers involved in well-known sports such as cricket, motor racing, horse racing, mixed martial arts, skiing.
- Rock climbing, mountaineering, abseiling and hang-gliding.
- Cliff diving and sport diving, free diving.
- Base jumping
- Bullfighting and bull riding
- Street luging
- Jai-lie.
We give our Claps and Slaps for the week and Glenn has a few crackin jokes. We also have our Quiz and What Am I? and Where Are they now? segments.
Dangerous sports sources
1. https://www.britannica.com/sports/extreme-sports
2. uniqgene.com ‘what is the most dangerous sport? Top 13 most dangerous sports in the world’.
3. runnersathletics.com ‘the 20 most dangerous sports in the world in 2023’.soph, 19/11/23.
4. gitnux.org gitnux market data report 2024 'statistics about the most dangerous sports in the world’, by jannik lindner, 7/2/24.
5. Cbc. sports.com ‘7 world class competitive skiers who died’, cbc news, 11/3/2012.
6. abyss.com abyss scuba diving ‘how deep can you dive’, Peter L, 19/5/2022.
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_diving_(sport)
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping
9. finder.com.au ‘most dangerous sports in australia’, by nicola middlemiss and james martin, 21/8/23.
10. IMDb.com ‘bring it on’, michael rokeefe, 29/8/2001.
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading
12. Cheer theory.com ‘cheerleading will not make its olympic debut in los angeles 2028’, 19/10/23.
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It_On_(film_series)
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_solo_climbing
16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold
17. Duane, daniel ‘opinion. El capitan, my el capitan”, new york times 9/6/2017.
18. Unofficial networks.com ‘7 surprising facts about ski deaths and injuries’, 26/3/2017 researchers at john hopkins.
19. espn.in ‘study: MMA brain risk injury risk higher’, by associated press, 29/3/2014.
20. Human condition ‘the history of jal alai, america’s forgotten sport’, footage getty, benny bueno and leon shepard. 26/4/2018.
21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_wave_surfing
22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatalities_while_playing_cricket
23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilf_Slack
24. Kenny loggins- ‘danger zone’, (official video, top gun), 25/3/2011.
25. https://lairdhamilton.com/
26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Hamilton
27. Rapture supercamps.com ‘7 of the biggest waves in the world’, by gloria mathew.2024.
28. redbull.com ‘10 biggest waves ever surfed’, by esther hershlkovits, 17/11/23.
29. redbull.com ‘the right. Like you’ve never seen it before’, by mimi la montagne, 5/11/23.
30. https://www.xptlife.com/about
31. amazon.com ‘liferider: heart, body, soul, and life beyond the ocean’, by laird hamilton, 19/3/2019. Clarkson, potter/ten speed.
32. https://www.redbull.com/au-en/event-series/wsl-big-wave-surfing
33. redbull.com ‘lucas chumbo chianca goes big to win tudor nazare big wave challenge’, by chris binns, 25/1/24.
34. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eddie
35. The guardian.com ‘riding the giant:big wave surfing in nazare’, by tim lewis,
