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Types of Adventure sports...

Overview

If you enjoy adrenaline rushes or thrilling adventures, then adventure sports could just be what the doctor ordered. Whether it's climbing the face of a mountain, jumping off a bridge, diving to see sharks or navigating through treacherous rapids, there is an adventure around most corners.

Whitewater Rafting

Whitewater rafting is the sport of navigating on rivers in an inflatable raft. Usually several people are in the raft, and each uses a paddle to help navigate. Rapids are categorized into six classes according to order of difficulty, which guides you to the whitewater experience that is appropriate for your experience level. Level I rapids are small, easy waves with no obstacles and don't require a guide. Level VI rapids include unrunnable waves and waterfalls that can be deadly. Rafting adventures are as close as the nearest river or across the country in locations such as New York's Salmon River, Oregon's Rogue River or the famous Colorado River.

ZORBING

Zorbing is a new-age recreational adventure sport where the rider gets into an inflatable, transparent ball called ‘zorb’ and roll down either on a gentle slope on a level surface.

There are generally two types of Water Zorbing available in Bangalore. i.e. Hydro Zorbing and Harness Zorbing.

Hydro Zorbing: In hydro zorbing, water is added into the ball making the experience even more enthralling, as the rider moves to and fro.

Harness Zorbing: As the name suggests, in harness zorbing, the rider is safely harnessed, generally at the shoulder, hips and feet.

Safety

Since adventure sports can be dangerous at times, places offering this sport ensure high standards of safety. Though it is safe for all age groups, patients suffering from the following conditions are advised not to indulge in this activity:

• High blood pressure
• Epilepsy
• Head, neck or back injury
• During pregnancy

What is Adventure Sport?

Adventure sports is also know (or called) as Extreme sports.Extreme sports (also called action sports, aggro sports) is a popular term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion, and highly specialized gear.The definition of an extreme sport is not exact and the origin of the term is unclear, but it gained popularity in the 1990's when it was picked up by marketing companies to promote the X Games and when the Extreme Sports Channel and Extreme.com launched.

Zorbing

ZORBING - Adventure sports

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Zorbing is a new-age recreational adventure sport where the rider gets into an inflatable, transparent ball called ‘zorb’ and roll down either on a gentle slope on a level surface.

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Zorbing (globe-riding, sphereing, orbing) is the recreation or sport of rolling downhill inside an orb, generally made of transparent plastic. Zorbing is generally performed on a gentle slope, but can also be done on a level surface in pubs and clubs around the UK, permitting more rider control. In the absence of hills some operators have constructed inflatable, wooden or metal ramps.

                                                                   

There are generally two types of Water Zorbing available in Bangalore. i.e. Hydro Zorbing and Harness Zorbing.

Hydro Zorbing: In hydro zorbing, water is added into the ball making the experience even more enthralling, as the rider moves to and fro.

Harness Zorbing: As the name suggests, in harness zorbing, the rider is safely harnessed, generally at the shoulder, hips and feet.

HISTORY

Hamster balls, hard plastic single layer spheres made for small rodent pets, have been manufactured and sold since at least the 1970s.^[2]A Russian article on the Zorb mentions a similar device having debuted in 1973.^[3] In the early 1980s, the Dangerous Sports Clubconstructed a giant sphere (reportedly 23 metres or 75 feet across) with a gimbal arrangement supporting two deck chairs inside. This device was eventually cut up for scrap, with some of the plastic remnants used to cover a compost heap.^[4] Human spheres have been depicted in mass media since 1990 when the Gladiators event Atlaspheres first aired, albeit with steel balls.

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In 1994, Dwane van der Sluis and Andrew Akers conceived the idea for a type of sphere in Auckland, New Zealand, calling their invention the "Zorb". With two other investors they created the firm ZORB Limited, and set to work commercializing sphereing. Their business model was to develop the activity world-wide via a franchise system. In 2000, van der Sluis exited from the company to return to his career as a software engineer; Akers continued to run the company as CEO until April 2006, when he resigned. Around this time, ZORB's European master franchise operator, Michael Stemp, and Hungarian master franchise operator, Attila Csató, ended their affiliation with ZORB and started a manufacturing and sphereing consultancy firm, Downhill Revolution^[5] and created the human cocktail maker called Spinfizz.^[6] Andrew Akers and his brother David Akers have since teamed up with Chris Roberts to create the OGO (Outdoor Gravity Orb) and The Fishpipe.

Sphereing is also referred to as Orbing or Zorbing, and Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 where it was defined as: "a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills".

SAFETY

Since adventure sports can be dangerous at times, places offering this sport ensure high standards of safety. Though it is safe for all age groups, patients suffering from the following conditions are advised not to indulge in this activity:

• Heart conditions
• HIGH Blood pressure
• Epilepsy
• Head, neck or back injury
• During pregnancy.