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Quotes on the thrill and business of extreme sports.

One speaker admits skipping extreme sports growing up despite living in Santa Cruz, preferring to stay middle of the road, while another is riveted by acrobatic feats like big-wave surfing and half-pipe snowboarding.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Freedom
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Nov 07, 2020

The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being marketed to them by commercial sponsors.

Quotes by Lucy Walker

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Nov 07, 2020

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

Quotes by Lucy Walker

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't play any extreme sports growing up. I never surfed, and I grew up in Santa Cruz. I was very good at doing what I was told, taking direction, and staying middle of the road. I mean, they called me 'grandma' in college.

Quotes by Julia Hartz

Nov 07, 2020

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box.

Quotes by Isla Fisher

Nov 07, 2020

I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.

Quotes by Dave Chappelle

Live
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.

Quotes by Charlie Kaufman

Nov 07, 2020

I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was that I would attempt a series of extreme sports - rodeo riding, jumping out of aeroplanes, paragliding, cliff diving. I thought, 'Yeah, it looks fun. It's six weeks having a laugh.'

Quotes by Andrew Flintoff

A more critical quote points out extreme sports are also big Business, marketed to kids as ultimate Freedom even as commercial sponsors shape the culture.

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