The first semester of the 2009-2010 school year has officially come to an end and second semester is in full swing which is both sweet and sour.  The beginning of second semester shines a light at the end of the tunnel that is the school year.  We’re all more than half way done!  But at the same time, as we move closer to the end of the school year, time seems to tick by a little slower every day.  We the students need something both productive and extreme to pass the time and to help us make it through these final months.
It has come to my attention that,  as seen on Fuel TV and the Unreel Sports videos on youtube, a list of extreme, on-the-rise sports has been compiled.  I have chosen the top five little-known extreme sports and I urge you to both get out there and try each and every one of them, and watch the videos on the internet to see how the pros do it as you draw another year to a close.

Danger Swimming
Supplies needed:
Large family sized swimming pool
Barbed wire or other sharp objects
Splintering picture frames
Fishing nets
Burning tanks of gasoline
A stopwatch
Rusty nails
A swimsuit
A positive attitude

To take part in Danger swimming, one must first realize that this sport is dangerous.  Once the individual has accepted the fact that they are in danger, they may fill their swimming pool with water and their acquired deadly materials.  This sport is a two-person action adventure.  As one person runs the stopwatch, the other attempts to swim from one end of the pool to the other as quickly as they can while avoiding the perilous obstacles.  Times will be recorded and a winner will be named.

Crawbling
Supplies needed:
Old person walker
The urban terrain of downtown Bozeman
Fully functional hip flexors

Crawbling is fairly simple.  Everyone has either seen extreme street skating or bmx videos or participated in the activities: now replace the board/bike with a walker and you have youself a new sport.  The sky is the limit in this rising hobby.  Grinds, gaps, and gnarliness are all a part of crawbling as one runs about in their urban playground, working with the terrain and pushing the limit of their old-person-walker skills.




Cross Country Snowboarding
Supplies needed:
A snowboard
Relatively flat ground on which one can skooch
Lycra
Goggles to protect against face shots and UV rays
MN

Cross Country Snowboarding, perhaps the most popular of the Unreel Sports, originated in the 20 feet after a snowboarder exits the lift where one must “skooch” on the flatland before the downhill.  CCS is the connection of the boarder to Mother Nature as he skooches through the woods on the flat ground.  Downhill skiers don’t like snowboarders, and cross country skiers don’t like cross country snowboarders, so if you are looking for an outsider sport of an outsider sport which you can do outside while dropin a duce or doin a oneys, cross country snowboarding is for you.  Watch out for skooch leg.

Extreme Parenting
Supplies needed:
A baby (in the case of a high school student it doesn’t necessarily have to be yours)
A stroller
Knee-pads
A helmet
A skate park
The will to endanger your child for the sake of extreme sports

Place the baby in the stroller and just rage.  Grind with the baby-filled stroller.  360 with the baby-filled stroller.  Double gainer with the baby-filled stroller.  As long as you are taking it to an 11 at all times, Extreme Parenting is a fool-proof way to pass the time and look like a badass while you’re at it.

Aggressive Walking
Supplies needed:
Aggressive-tread running/walking shoes
Athletic trousers
Extreme fitness

Aggressive Walking is the simplest, but most engaging extreme sport that one can participate in to pass the time even within the walls of the school.  Walk at a rapid pace (annoyingly faster than all those around you)While weaving in an out of pedestrians as you stride.  Wander the streets quickly, working with the urban environment in which you live to create art with you feet.  This sport is the most difficult to grasp the meaning of, but once you get out there, walking aggressively, you see the raw power of the human spirit while moving a little bit faster than everyone else.

These fine sports, and more, can be found in video format on youtube.  Reach for your dreams and just remember, only you can prevent forest fires.