# Xtreme sports I'd like to see. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367 "2005-03-19T23:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rwjefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@rwjefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwjefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/1 "2005-03-19T23:51:23Z")
Xtreme Sports I’d like to see Counting coup on bears: Hunters are required to sneak as close as comfortable to the bear, then jump and shout “Shoo” before attempting to touch the bear. Points are awarded for chasing the bear (deducted for running), but close is not a coup. The highest honor is to the one that survives spanking (smack on behind with open palm) their Grizzly. What Xtreme Sports would you like to see? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/2 "2005-03-20T00:23:15Z")
I think most sports would be improved by adding the phrase “Release the ravening hounds!” to them. And, you know, actually releasing ravening hounds after saying that. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/3 "2005-03-20T00:27:37Z")
Full-contact chess. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/4 "2005-03-20T00:40:05Z")
Autogyro jousting. Locomotive chicken. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/5 "2005-03-20T00:41:06Z")
I’ve always pitched some ideas for golf to my buddies, but they never want to try them: - 1 free stroke for the longest drive on each hole. - Allowing noisemaking to distract your opponents. - Finishing a hole under par allows you to roll the remaining strokes over to the next hole. - Dual tee shots. - Players are required to drink 1 beer every 3 holes. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/6 "2005-03-20T01:15:57Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > Players are required to drink 1 beer every 3 holes. If you have to make this a requirement, you’re playing golf with the wrong people. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rwjefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@rwjefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwjefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/7 "2005-03-20T01:23:55Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/8 "2005-03-20T01:42:12Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > If you have to make this a requirement, you’re playing golf with the wrong people. 😃 My ex-roommate took his game so seriously he wouldn’t even think about it. I, on the other hand, know how much I suck and therefore don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Skellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Skellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skellington)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/9 "2005-03-20T01:53:01Z")
**Weelchair haki sack.** Rules: only one: If the sack touchs the ground then the person who passed it to the person who droped it must take a shot of their choice (I recoment cowboys or vodka). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/10 "2005-03-20T02:20:26Z")
Ski-jump skeet shooting. There are a couple of different rule sets you could apply. Some would make me more apt to watch than others. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/11 "2005-03-20T03:03:20Z")
I want to see a reality show called “Survivor” but have it be the real deal this time. Take a group of people and drop them off on an island with poor natural resources armed with only a blanket, one book of matches, and a hunting knife. The last one alive wins $1 million dollars. There is absolutely no other aid and no way off the island. However, they can’t murder each other. Each death has to be from disease, starvation, dehydration, accident or wildlife encounters. Murderers will be excecuted by the show. The game can last anywhere from days to decades. In the latter case, the winning contestant may be so mentally screwed up that he or she may refuse the money and leaving the island. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/12 "2005-03-20T03:07:06Z")
Well, shagnasty, if it lasts a bit too long, we could “dontate” some hungry wildcats to the cause…just sayin… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/13 "2005-03-20T03:20:43Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > - Players are required to drink 1 beer every 3 holes. My brother plays an annual social tournament where alcohol is used for handicapping. If one of the “handicappers” witnesses a really good shot they will order the player to drink a beer. Since they play very early in the day the better golfers are quickly “handicapped”. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/14 "2005-03-20T04:42:49Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I want to see a reality show called “Survivor” but have it be the real deal this time. Take a group of people and drop them off on an island with poor natural resources armed with only a blanket, one book of matches, and a hunting knife. The last one alive wins $1 million dollars. There is absolutely no other aid and no way off the island. However, they can’t murder each other. Each death has to be from disease, starvation, dehydration, accident or wildlife encounters. Murderers will be excecuted by the show. The game can last anywhere from days to decades. In the latter case, the winning contestant may be so mentally screwed up that he or she may refuse the money and leaving the island. Could you capture people and leave them staked out to be mauled to death by the hungry wolves? Or set booby traps like pits or snares that they would eventually starve to death in? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/15 "2005-03-20T04:52:47Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > Could you capture people and leave them staked out to be mauled to death by the hungry wolves? Or set booby traps like pits or snares that they would eventually starve to death in? The fate of contestants that conduct questionable actions like these will be left up to a dial-in poll of viewers from Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/16 "2005-03-20T04:55:07Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > The fate of contestants that conduct questionable actions like these will be left up to a dial-in poll of viewers from Texas. Whoo hoo, then it would be ok! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/17 "2005-03-20T04:56:41Z")
> [@rwjefferson](#): > > . . . sneak as close as comfortable to the bear, then jump and shout “Shoo” before attempting to touch the bear. . . Been there, done that. I was running along a beaver dam, which requires careful watching your foot placement. I neglected to look ahead to the other end of the dam. About three-quarters along, I ran into a black bear and shouted “SHIT!”, then backed away. It did not run away, but instead slowly ambled along toward me until we both were off the dam, at which point it went its own way. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/18 "2005-03-20T04:58:28Z")
- Motorcycle Jousting - Luge Jumping - Survivor: Sewers of NYC (thanks to **jinwicked** ) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/19 "2005-03-20T05:02:46Z")
I wanna see actual suicide as a sport. The heirs of the most creative suicides win a million bucks. There will be a special artistic award based on blood spatter pattern. 2nd choice: streaking through a pit of vipers. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367/20 "2005-03-20T17:29:25Z")
I’m thinking the two may be synonymous, _Boyo Jim_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtreme-sports-id-like-to-see/295367.md?page=2)