# Suggestions for risk-taking activities that are not extreme sports. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315 "2009-01-14T20:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/1 "2009-01-14T20:39:57Z")
I’m all about thrills and rushes, but for some reason “extreme sports”, like the ones mentioned [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501614), doesn’t interest me that much. I’m a lot more into activities and actions that pose legal, social, and financial risks. When I was younger, I would purposely start fights and arguments, but that’s just stupid. I’m over that. I enjoy gambling, urban exploration, streaking or other forms of public nudity. But, sometimes those things get old. I am looking for new ideas. It doesn’t necessarily have to be risk-taking, but anything that could give you a good rush. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/2 "2009-01-14T21:03:27Z")
Bank robbery. What? How about city jumping or guerilla gardening? ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/3 "2009-01-14T21:07:42Z")
Venture capitalism. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/4 "2009-01-14T21:09:26Z")
Get a hooker, refuse to pay. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/5 "2009-01-14T21:12:10Z")
Options, futures, or foreign currency trading. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/6 "2009-01-14T21:13:06Z")
Theater, stand-up comedy, or other forms of high-pressure public performance. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/7 "2009-01-14T21:15:11Z")
Sanctioned drag racing, bracket racing in particular. I mean on a track, not street racing. In its simplest form, you floor it on the green light and go a quarter mile down the track. The track will require you to get more and better safety equipment as you progress to higher speeds/quicker runs. Hey, it’s short attention-span racing at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/8 "2009-01-14T21:18:00Z")
Mountainbiking or “[Urban](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3cg8n33wug&feature=related)”. May be a bit exreme-ish but not death-defyingly so. Can be illegal if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/9 "2009-01-14T21:19:42Z")
Move to one of the less nice parts of Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/10 "2009-01-14T22:38:54Z")
[Urban spelunking](http://urbanexplorers.net/content/section/4/31/) ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/11 "2009-01-14T22:44:06Z")
I’m particularly fond of running around naked in a stranger’s backyard. Both dangerous, illegal, socially unacceptable and fun! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/12 "2009-01-14T23:24:14Z")
Protesting the Rodeo. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/13 "2009-01-14T23:31:42Z")
International drug mule luge sledding Go to a college campus with a clipboard and pretend you’re taking a sex survey for the Kinsey institute. Ask outrageous questions and get kicked off campus or arrested. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/14 "2009-01-14T23:48:33Z")
I have got **just** the [thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7S5BP-tvR8)! ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/15 "2009-01-15T01:21:57Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I’m all about thrills and rushes, but for some reason “extreme sports”, like the ones mentioned [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501614), doesn’t interest me that much. > > I’m a lot more into activities and actions that pose legal, social, and financial risks. When I was younger, I would purposely start fights and arguments, but that’s just stupid. I’m over that. I enjoy gambling, urban exploration, streaking or other forms of public nudity. But, sometimes those things get old. I am looking for new ideas. It doesn’t necessarily have to be risk-taking, but anything that could give you a good rush. You are a strange one, you know that, right?? ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/16 "2009-01-15T02:53:07Z")
How about infiltrating a cult? That could be very interesting as well as risky. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/17 "2009-01-15T03:15:23Z")
A lot of unprotected sex? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/18 "2009-01-15T05:35:07Z")
I can highly recommend [my hobby](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369540). ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/19 "2009-01-15T06:53:39Z")
Go to major fandom movie and publicity events- Harry PotterTwilight , series, and comic book movie premieres and midnight releases, for instance- and loudly mock the film and the people there to see it. Then run away quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315/20 "2009-01-15T14:34:37Z")
Go to youtube and look up Super Dave Osborne. That should give you lots of ideas! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-risk-taking-activities-that-are-not-extreme-sports/481315.md?page=2)