Few things in life can match the pure, genuine rush of jumping from a plane or building with only a parachute (one that hopefully opens) on your back. For just one or two seconds, one can feel the awesome power of Earth’s gravitational pull. Welcome to action sports in Seattle. Action sports in Seattle encompasses a wide range of events. Whether it’s skateboarding, snowboarding, skydiving or supercross, there is no 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 lack of beautiful landscape for you to look down at while you hop into the blue from an aeroplane door. A popular company in Seattle, skydiveseattle.com, offers first time plunges for noobs, advanced certification for those wanting more, and also gift certificates for important occasions. For more experienced skydivers, Seattle also has a BASE jumping community. Not familiar? BASE jumping is an intensely dangerous sport when referring to skydiving in Seattle. Rather than planes planes, jumpers be jumping from bridges, antennas, buildings and cliffs. Check some BASE forums to work out if you can connect up with some local jumpers. Not your thing? The people at iFly offer an indoor provide a completely safe experience that looks like the real thing.
Skate Parks in Seattle
So perhaps 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. Check out the varied skate parks in Seattle that dot the Seattle 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 1 or 2 days going to park to park and see what Seattle has to show off.
Snowboarding in Seattle
Wrong time of year for skateboarding? You’re in luck there as well. Washington boasts around 10 mountain resorts for snow bunnies to enjoy. Although a few of these might be a bit if a drive, The Summit and Snoqualmie is a mere one hour away, and Mount Baker near Bellingham is not significantly further. Together with loads of places to visit, and year around events, Seattle snowboarders will have much to look forward to.
Supercross in Seattle
Seattle just turns out to be home to a premier Supercross event, hosted by Monster Energy at CenturyLink Field on April 21, 2012. Supercross is a hybrid form of the more well known motocross. Not being held outside, Supercross is an indoor event, frequently held at indoor sports arenas. As a result, the tracks are way more technical, featuring tighther jumps, tigher turns, and naturally, more action. Who doesn’t want more action?
Barbara Smurlo has had an interest in skydiving in Seattle for many years. She has written op-eds and editorial pieces for many online publications. For more information, feel free to visit her site.