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Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death. [1] [2] [3] These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. [1] Extreme tourism overlaps with extreme sport.
Outdoor recreation can include established sports, and individuals can participate without association with teams, competitions or clubs. [5] Activities include backpacking, canoeing, canyoning, caving, climbing, hiking, hill walking, hunting, kayaking, and rafting. [6] Broader groupings include water sports, snow sports, and horseback riding. [6]
The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, formerly known as National Adventure Awards, is the highest adventure sports honour of Republic of India. [1] The award is named after Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer and one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary in 1953. [2]
Adventure racing (also called expedition racing) is typically a multidisciplinary team sport involving navigation over an unmarked wilderness course with races extending anywhere from two hours up to two weeks in length. Some races offer solo competitions as well.
Pages in category "Outdoor sports" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O. Outdoor Swimming Society; S.
Notable major classes of mountain sports (with sub-classes) include: Climbing-based: Mountaineering (including alpine climbing and expedition climbing ), ice climbing (including mixed climbing and dry-tooling ), rock climbing (including aid climbing , big wall climbing , and multi-pitch climbing ), and Via Ferrata climbing
A variety of water sports; from top left: diving, surfing, water polo, synchronized swimming, swimming, rowing, yacht racing, dragon boat racing, kayaking. Water sports or aquatic sports are sports activities conducted on waterbodies and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants.