Talk:Extreme sport

who decides what is 'extreme sport'?

Why do you think extreme sports came to be?

Marketing. Extreme sports is just a name that sounds "cool" in advertisements and TV-programming lists. Tp 11:17, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot more to extreme sports than "just a name that sounds 'cool' in advertisements and TV-programming lists." Extreme sports are a whole different genre of sports and sometimes aren’t given the respect that they deserve. If the current trend continues, extreme sports will become more and more popular games. Look at snowboarding for example, it used to be just another extreme sport but in 2002 it was introduced in the Winer Olympics. 21:46, 23 May 2005

I think there is an issue here with formally constituted 'extreme' activities' groups and what the general public might regard as being an 'extreme' pastime/event/activity. Just like the term 'sport' itself; we can't limit discussion/pages to simply what has official bodies. I guess some time ago bungee-jumping was outside regulation..? ;o) Grroin 17:26, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

horseback riding

I removed the following statement because it appears to be POV: Please Note: Horse Riding, Cross Country Riding, Show Jumping, Hunting and any other form of riding a horse is not an extreme sport. And should never ever been considered an extreme sport.

I wasn't aware that anyone was ever trying to consider horseback riding or anything similar as an extreme sport. The statement just appears to be too much of a violation of NPOV (though there's still a little bit of POV here and there in this article). --Elkman 20:56, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Poor standard of literacy for such a major activity

I have taken some time to pull the socks up on this article; the editorial standards are not what they should be for such a major activity. I am ex-Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club btw.. and I was there a while back - before the phrase extreme sports was even thought of! And yeah; I should be literate as I studied as hard as I .. Grroin 14:25, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Clever self promotion or just fun - urban golf

Have put urban golf up for delete and maybe the link should go from here. By no stretch of the imagination should this be in extreme sport listGrroin 01:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yatching and Unicycling

I really do not consider these two extreme sports. If someone does not give me a good reason to keep them then I will delete them. It is not something I would qualify as a risky activity. Unless you are yatching around antartica, or riding a unicycle over a cliff QzarBaron 02:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]