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Extreme Sports

1# The number and kinds of death-defying pursuits that are becoming common throughout the world are limited only by the imagination of those willing to create new ones.

2# A psychologist predicts that extreme sports, in which participants live for a while on the edge between life and death, “will become the major spectator and participant sports of the 21st century.”

3# Many sports extremists defend their participation in death-defying stunts as an escape from boredom. Bored by routine jobs, some have left their work and have pursued a new career in the world of extreme sports.

4# “I started to use bungee jumping as a drug, as a way to clean my slate,” said one. “I would jump and I’d be like, ‘Problems? What problems?’” Declared another extreme sports participant: “Time stands still. You couldn’t care less about what’s going on in the world.”

5# Newsweek magazine commented: “All of them are hellbent for thrills. ” Some psychologists have done extensive research into thrill seekers.

6# One categorizes them as a type T personality. The T stands for “thrills” – risk taking, stimulation seeking, excitement seeking, and arousal seeking.

7# He says: “There are some people who hold on to the handrails of life – the rules, the traditions. The Type T let go of the handrails. They create their own life.”

8# He claims that studies have found that type T personalities have twice as many highway accidents as others. “Accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers, often because they put themselves in a dangerous position from a need for thrills.”