7-of-the-worlds-most-perilous-sports

There are different categories of sporting activities in the world and truly every sporting activity out there has its own risks; I mean, we’ve read and seen footballers collapse on the fields or become incapacitated due to injuries sustained while playing but even football as a sport cannot hold a candle to some the sporting activities on this list.

1. Mountain Climbing

Climbing a mountain might be fun to watch but trust me; it’s not all that fun when you are the climber. Mountain climbing is one of the riskiest sports in the world whether you are climbing up or down. The mountain climber runs risks of falling which could mean death, or other injuries like back injuries, broken bones, twisted ankles, torn ligaments and many other types of injuries and let’s not forget that the weather on top of the mountain is not the same as what we have down here.

 
2. White Water Rafting

This is another fun game to watch but highly dangerous for the participants. Participants of the sport have to navigate their way through rough white atop an inflatable raft and run risks of getting tossed or smashed by solid hard rocks and being trapped by foot entrapments between the rocks. Accidents during this game are mostly always fatal.

3. Big Wave Surfing

Big wave surfing is a unique discipline of surfing which involves surfing in waves that are 20 feet high or more. Whoever is able to ride the waves to 100 feet is considered the winner and rewarded with huge amounts of money. However participants run the risk of drowning in high velocity currents or having their heads smashed against rocks in the water.

 

4. BMX

BMX is a popular cycling sport which is also called The Bicycle Motocross. Participants would have to perform a number of bicycle stunts and acrobatics in offshoot areas whilst riding on special bicycles known as “BMX Bikes” Should a biker become unlucky during the game, they could fall off while performing these mid-air stunts and run the risks of sustaining fatal injuries.

 

5. Street Luge

Street Luge is skateboarding in a supine position. The skateboards used for this sport is known as a Luge and participants run a high risk of getting smashed during this high gravity-powered sports.

 

6. Bull Riding

I personally love bull riding but it’s so risky that I fear I may never be able to try it out. Bull riding Is a popular rodeo sports amongst American Cowboys. It involves mounting on and riding a raging bull. These raging bulls are not so happy to have the riders on their backs and struggle hard to throw them off. If the bull succeeds in throwing them off, the injuries could be serious but death is rarely recorded amongst participants of this sport.

 

7. Cave Diving

Another dangerous sport which participants seem to always enjoy is cave diving, which involves diving in underwater caves which are partially filled with water. Equipment failure and poor visibility during this game could result in participants dying due to shortage of oxygen supply, head smashing and other similar risks.