The Top Ten Most Extreme Sports

The first time I ever heard about extreme ironing I was hooked on the whole concept of the idea. People actually strap themselves to taxis, climb exceedingly high mountains or even dive 4,000 metres into the ocean just to iron for sport? To me that just seems awesome. So I have come up with a list of the the top ten most amazing extreme sports in the world.

1. Crocodile Bungee

Bungee jumping into a sea of hungry reptiles? well you can't say that's not in the least extreme. It's a craze among Aussies who wanted to spice up the sport of bungee. The video below is a must see!

2. Extreme Ladder Climbing

Yes, this is in fact classed as a sport, who comes up with these? but you can't deny that it's not the strangest and fastest way to reach the top. This short clip below gives an interesting insight into the world of extreme ladder climbing.

3. Limbo Skating


A big hit in India, this is an impossible sport which requires you to be nearly as flexible as rubber. This kid in India holds the unofficial world record for limbo skating beneath 57 cars! What a champ! 

4. Volcano Boarding


A new sport which involves racing down an ACTIVE 2,390 ft volcano at speeds of up to 50mph armed with only constructed plywood as protection. Well it beats going down a hill on your sledge. Here's a sneak peek of these thrill seekers in action

5. Train Surfing

This is definitely an illegal sport, but that hasn't seemed to put some people off. Train surfing is the act of standing on top of a moving train or by clinging on to dear life by the side at ridiculously high speeds. Don't think I'll be trying this at home anyway.

6.  Bog Snorkelling

It's a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a 60-yard water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible. It's that serious a sport that they even have the World Bog Snorkelling Championship held each year. oh dear...

7. Zorbing

Although zorbing was invented in 2000, it has only just recently begun to take off around the world. It's the art of effectively throwing yourself down a slope in a gigantic ball.It originated in New Zealand, check out the video below. Looks pretty awesome. 

8. Chess Boxing

Chessboxing is a hybrid sport that combines chess with boxing in alternating rounds. It allows a mixture of intelligence and brute strength. Who said chess was just for old folks?

9.  Cliff Diving

It may sound to me like a suicide mission but cliff diving is defined as the acrobatic perfection of flinging yourself off an extremely high and dangerous cliff. The sport originated from the Hawaiian islands. It's supposed to show immense courage, focus and thrill for the participants involved. 

10. Cheese Rolling

Some class it as a sport, others class it as pure madness. However this tradition is worshipped in coopers hill which holds the annual antics of cheese rolling, which involves hundreds of people getting battered and bruised fumbling around the hills chasing cheese. This ones definitely for the hardcore thrill seekers...