Thursday, 12 September 2013

Action Sports and Skydiving in Seattle

By Barbara Smurlo


Few things in life can match the pure, unadulterated rush of jumping from an aircraft or building with only a parachute (one that hopefully opens) on your back. For only a few seconds, one can feel the grand power of Earth's gravitational pull. Welcome to action sports in Seattle. Action sports in Seattle encompasses a wide range of events. Whether it is skateboarding, skydiving, snowboarding or supercross, there isn't any shortage of adrenaline pumping fun and excitement.

Sky diving in Seattle

Are you a beginner looking to take your first plunge? There are multiple firms available for you to hire, and no dearth of attractive landscape for you to look down at while you hop into the unexplored from a plane door. A popular company in Seattle, skydiveseattle.com, offers first time plunges for beginners, advanced ratification for those desiring more, and also gift certificates for memorable occasions. For more experienced skydivers, Seattle also has a BASE jumping community. Not familiar? BASE jumping is an extremely threatening sport when referring to skydiving in Seattle. You won't be jumping from planes, rather planes, jumpers be jumping from antennas, bridges, buildings and cliffs. Check some BASE forums to see if you can connect up with some local jumpers. Not your thing? The people at iFly offer an indoor supply a absolutely secure experience that looks like the actual thing.

Skate Parks in Seattle

So possibly you'd rather stay on hard ground. So would David Gravette and Cory Kennedy, both Nationally known skaters who grew up skating the Seattle urban landscape. Take a look at the varied skate parks in Seattle that dot Seattle's landscape. Actually, Dot might be an understatement. Seattle is home to just below 83,000 square feet in skate-able park, with 8 new sites to open in the following year. So don't hold back. Grab your board and spend one or two days going to park to park and see what Seattle has to offer.

Snowboarding in Seattle

Wrong time of the year for a skate sesh? You're in luck there as well. The Seattle-Washington area boasts around 10 mountain resorts for snow bunnies to enjoy. Even though a number of these may be a bit if a drive, The Summit and Snoqualmie is a mere 1 hour away, and Mt. Baker near Bellingham is not too much further. Coupled with loads of places to stay, and year around events, Seattle snowboarders will have much to look forward to.

Supercross in Seattle

Seattle just happens to be home to a premier Supercross event, hosted by Monster Energy at CenturyLink Field on April 21, 2012. Supercross is a composite kind of the more well known motocross. Instead of being held out of doors, Supercross is an inside event, regularly held at indoor sports arenas. As a consequence, the tracks are way more technical, featuring tighter jumps and turns, and of course, more action. Who doesn't want more action?




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