Hell what about Kevin Pierce? It didn't happen in X-Games, but it could just have easily did.

 

True. Lots of madness in these sports in general.

Sarah Burke
Lusk
Jim McNeil

Jeb Corliss
Stephan Murray
Hoffman

all dead or majorly injured. These guys all get hurt bad. It's crazy. Hell my coworker pretty much has no knees left and he's younger than I am. It's a dangerous pursuit.

 

Yea, look at Travis. He could be in the Guiness Book of World Records for the most surguries with how many he's had.

 

man... you guys see this... never know how or when you're gonna go.
Boxer Omar Henry dies at 25, not long after writing he hoped to live to his 26th birthday on Feb. 8 | Boxing Experts Blog - Yahoo! Sports

 

I think this is more dare devil than sport.

 

Saying its more dare devil than a sport is bull**** and takes away from what they've accomplished as athletes. These are sports, it takes skills. Anyone can be a dare devil, but not everyone can get on a snomobile and land a backflip.

 

Not everyone can play piano, that doesn't' make it a sport, and it takes skill. You call it a sport, we get it, now move on.

 

I lol'd. Well played sir.

 

Um. You don't have to be athletic to play the piano. You don't even need to be creative if you can read sheet music.

One thing I don't understand, and is often referred to as sport, is any form of hunting. It's not like the animals are on even terms with the hunters.

 

It's not easy to sneak up on a wild animal and shoot them. Not to mention that not every hit is dead on the spot. You ever had to follow a boar through the woods for a few hours????

Hard to call it a "sport" but it is done competitively so it fits and it does take a physical skill. As much physical ability as curling or bowling or even golf. You don't necessarily have to be able to run a marathon to be good at it but it helps.

 

Lack of marksmanship doesn't make it a sport. Someone could easily set snare traps and do the same thing as someone with a rifle.

I don't think it's a sport because it stems for the need for food and survival. Now, trap shooting is a sport because of the advanced skills needed and the fact there is a scoring system.

 

You don't think sprinting started out as a survival activity?

Don't have to outrun the sabertooth tiger... just have to outrun the other guy.

 

That was harsh to watch, the snow mobile land on his back/neck/head.

My take on it? You know you can have big injuries if not death playing these kinds of sports, so they kind of know that.

Just like in football you know you have a chance... if hit the wrong way you won't ever walk again. A lot of sports are like that, violent in nature.

We are a barbaric race, we enjoy watching others get hurt. It's just the nature, that's why all the fighting/hard hitting sports are exciting, especially ones with physical power and speed. We pay a lot of entertainer millions for this type of stuff.

We want action, you got it. People do **** with cars going crazy fast all the time, nascar anyone?

It's just going to happen, with the sports made today it's just incredible it doesn't happen more often.

 

Nobody said anything about being athletic. There are plenty of sports where you don't need to be a top athlete to be good. Eating hot dogs is called a sport, but really, what "qualifications" do you need for that besides the ability to eat a lot?

Hunting I don't really see as a sport either, but marksmanship I do. Hunting utilizes the same skill set basically though, so it could go either way, but I don't see the "sport" in killing something that is just living its life. On the other hand, I have ground squirrels up the wazoo and they are extremely destructive, so I shoot them, but that's not for sport. Those little bastards are quick and there's no getting close.

I can hit something the size of a person at 100yds with a pistol. With a rifle, well there are plenty of hunters that can easily take medium game at over 500+ yards because a good rifle set up with good optics can definitely get you to 750yards right out of the box. I got to shoot the 500yd gong when I was in Arizona with my buddy's sniper rifle. That was fun. At 100yds you can see your breathing; at 500yds, your heartbeat becomes visible in the optics.

Side story to that, my buddy and his brother were hunting hogs. He accidentally came upon a ~400 pounder and had no choice but to shoot because it would come after him. He shot it straight on and hit, but hit in the shoulder where it was protected enough that it didn't go down. It charged...he said if his brother hadn't been there to get it from a different angle, it would have killed him. That's a whole different world of sport.

 

Hahaha.

Well shooting didn't start with skeet shooting, but evolved into a sport from marksmanship and from wanting to compete.

Dog sledding was also needed for survival/travel before it became a sport. If an Eskimo is going and trading for food today, he isn't competing in a sport. But if he enters the Iditarod, then he would be competing in the sport of dog sledding.