Extreme Sports Not About Risk Taking

Those who assume extreme sports are for risk takers only lack information on this topic. I think that people participate for something more than because they're adrenaline junkies. I feel they participate in extreme sports because it is relaxing to them. For example, some people might like to go rock climbing when they have a lot going on. This might be because this sport helps clear their minds. I say it helps relax the participatory because they could have been having a bad day, so while participating in an extreme sport they are focused on the sport and not paying attention to all the negative that has happened that day. Everyone has their own happy place. It’s where they go to be at peace or to find peace. Some people’s happy place might just happen to be extreme sports.

I’d disagree if

The reason being is they plan for these sports and feel as if they are the ones in control. The author does say he knew people who put in 15 years of training into extreme sports. Also in the article “Extreme Sports Not About Risk-taking; Study”, Dr. Brymer states “Risk is about uncertainty, about not having control, and these people see themselves as in control,”, I’d say they see themselves as in control because of all the planning they do to avoid the risk. In the article, Dr. Brymer also states, “... while there is an awareness of risk it is not the reason most people are involved, but rather something they accept because they are looking for something deeper and more meaningful.”, although participants at some point may come in counter with some risky positions and feel the adrenaline, that is not at all why they participate. They are not involved in the risk, but for the sport. Like the article states there are just some things they’ve learned to accept about extreme sports. It is just like when you love someone, there may be some things you dislike about that person, but you choose to accept them with their