The Sports/The Favorites

Well, since this is probably going to be one of my last posts, I will write about a bunch of things.....

Snowboarding...one of my favorite sports. People think it is easy. Yeah you go try it and see what happens. It was created in the 20th century by Sherman Poppen. It originally was 2 skis tied together

Surfing...Created over 3000 years ago by ancient fishermen trying to get back to shore faster. Not very extreme except when ^ That happens. Its not too difficult to learn, unless you try to ride a short board, and is very fun for all ages.

 

The air chair is very fun. Though one of the hardest to learn, it is the most rewarding. The air chair can be ridden by anyone, any age. It has immense possibilities in the future because the sport is relatively new.



Wakeboarding, again, one of my favorite sports, is a very easy sport to learn, yet is difficult to master. Learning tricks is probably the hardest thing, getting air is simple.

Skateboarding...I have a lot of dislike for this sport. The riders are tools who think they are good at what they do. I learned how to do a kick-flip in 30 minutes with ZERO prior skateboarding done. Yeah so I am going to say i have a passionate anger against skateboarders because they think they are awesome, but realistically....no one likes them.

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Extreme Water Sports

In recent years many water sports have divided and evolved into something else. For example the wake skate. It is a combination of skateboarding and wake-boarding. The rider uses a wake-board like board, except there are no boots, so it is like skateboarding. Also there is wake-surfing. A combination of wake-boarding and surfing, when the rider uses a very short surfboard, and rides very close to the back of the boat on the wake. There are other variations like trick skis, when the skis are very short and both ends are rounded, not just the usually 1 end. Another very new extreme water sport is the air chair. The air chair involves 1 giant slalom ski, a chair, a seat belt, and a hydro-foil. This created "the air chair". Using the air chair is very difficultly achieved through extreme balance and coordination. But, the results are incredible, pro riders are able to do multiple back flips with ease and can jump up to 25 feet in the air. It is a very new sport that isn't seen much on lakes or rivers. This means the sport is still young enough to make major changes that could be very beneficial and bring the sport mainstream. I know from experience that the air chair take a lot more skill than it looks.