Extreme Sport??

Paintball is the third largest extreme sport with 9.8 million players. thats great but why is it considerd an extreme sport?? Look at extreme sports, they are made up of A single person (not a team) doing a trick to win. there is no set goal. Paintball is a team sport wich has one goal, elimiate the other team, pull and hang the flag. some of you might say an extreme sport is anything you can get hurt in. Well paintball you dont get hurt in. And what about hockey you dont think ppl get hurt in that. So my qeustion is why do they call it an extreme sport???

Becasue people are idiots.

Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. They often feature a combination of speed, height, danger and spectacular stunts. Levels of danger vary widely, but there is always an element — an "extreme" factor — that causes an adrenaline rush which keeps participants loyal to their sport.

The distinction between an extreme sport and a conventional sport is often as much due to marketing as the level of danger involved or the adrenaline generated. For example, snowboarding has a more extreme image than skiing mainly because it is newer, even though skiing is a faster and at least equally dangerous way of getting down the mountain. Also, only individual sports are generally considered to be extreme, so a sport like Rugby Union, even though it is dangerous and adrenaline-inducing, is disqualified both on the basis of its traditional image and because it is a team sport.

The term gained popularity with the advent of the X Games, a made-for-television collection of such events. Advertisers were quick to realize the appeal of the event and competitors and organisers are now flooded with sponsorship.

Worth noting is the inclusion of several extreme sports in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, particularly snowboarding.

Extreme sports are most often pursued by young adults who wish to push their own limits of fear and physical ability, and in doing so, also help to push the limits of their sport as a whole.

Because of this youthful demographic, extreme sports often attract their own kind of youth culture with associated clothing fashions and music. Some participants termed 'adrenaline junkies' develop an obsession with their sport and even claim to be "addicted to adrenaline". (This is the result of a misnomer, since often the high obtained is a product of increased levels of dopamine endorphins and serotonin)

Some extreme sports have been around for many decades and the proponents span many generations, often including well known personalities. For example rock climbing and ice climbing has spawned such immortal names as Edmund Hillary, Chris Bonington and more recently Joe Simpson. Another example is Surfing, which was originally invented centuries ago by the native inhabitants of Hawaii.

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i know i'm agreeing with you...extreme sports are just more popular mainstream activities...i'm glad paintball isn't considered an extreme sport

To Teh Xtreme!!!!

FROG MAN wrote: Look at extreme sports, they are made up of A single person (not a team) doing a trick to win. there is no set goal.

isnt winning a goal? and um...street louge has no tricks...its a race. with a goal..to win.

matt06 wrote: FROG MAN wrote: Look at extreme sports, they are made up of A single person (not a team) doing a trick to win. there is no set goal. isnt winning a goal? and um...street louge has no tricks...its a race. with a goal..to win.

no set goal as in theres many ways to win. and thats true about street lauge. but that fits in what shocker was saying.