{"id":11206,"date":"2017-09-25T06:34:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T11:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=11206"},"modified":"2023-01-27T03:45:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:45:27","slug":"extreme-sports-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/extreme-sports-fatalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Sports Fatalities: How Dangerous Is It Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By name, extreme sports have an inherent level of danger that comes with participating in them.<\/p>\n

While advances in safety technology have made most sports safer than they were a few decades ago, the thirst for adrenaline some athletes have will always see them pushing the envelope beyond limits that can guarantee their safety.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this means fatalities are inevitable. Warning: This post contains videos of serious accidents that may upset some readers.<\/p>\n

The Deadliest Extreme Sports<\/h2>\n
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Most action\/adventure sports athletes don’t have anything remotely close to a death wish, and it’s unfair to act like freerunning, free diving, and cliff diving all are equally as dangerous.<\/p>\n

So statistically, what are the biggest killers in extreme sports?<\/p>\n

It’s not the easiest thing to study, but most tallies of extreme sports deaths list BASE jumping (jumping off a tall building, cliff, tower, etc. with only a parachute) as the most lethal sport.<\/p>\n

Illegal in many places, some reports estimate there is one death for every 60 participants. BASE jumping deaths have been so common over the past few decades that a comprehensive fatality list doesn’t even exist, though a few<\/a> sites<\/a> have made the attempt.<\/p>\n

A level beyond BASE jumping is wingsuit jumping, a newer variation which sees jumpers wearing a flying squirrel-esque suit that allows the wearer to fly horizontal to the earth at speeds up to 140MPH.<\/p>\n