Action Sports, Skateboarding and Skydiving in Seattle

By Barbara Smurlo


Few things in life can match the pure, unadulterated rush of jumping from an airplane or building with only a parachute (one that hopefully opens) on your back. For only a few seconds, one can feel the grand power of Earth's gravitational pull. Welcome to action sports in Seattle. Action sports in Seattle includes a wide range of events. Whether it's snowboarding, skateboarding, skydiving or supercross, there is not any lack of adrenaline pumping fun and excitement.

Sky-diving in Seattle

Are you a noob looking to take your first plunge? There are multiple businesses available for you to hire, and no shortage of beautiful landscape for you to look down at while you hop into the unknown from a plane door. A preferred company in Seattle, skydiveseattle.com, offers first time plunges for noobs, advanced verification for those desiring 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 extremely threatening sport when it comes down to skydiving in Seattle. You won't be jumping from planes, rather planes, you will be jumping from bridges, buildings, antennas, 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 supply 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 assorted skate parks in Seattle that dot the city's landscape. Actually, Dot might be an understatement. Seattle is home to just below 83,000 sq. feet in skate-able park, with 8 new sites to open in the following twelve months. So don't hold back. Grab your board and spend one or two days going to park to park and see what Seattle has to offer.

Snowboarding in Seattle

Wrong time of season for skateboarding? You're the lucky one there too. The state of Washington boasts around 10 mountain resorts for visitors to check out. Though some of these could be a bit if a drive, The Summit and Snoqualmie is a mere one hour away, and Mt. Baker near Bellingham is not significantly further. Together with tons of places to stay, and year around events, Seattle snowboarders will have much to look forward to.

Supercross in Seattle

Seattle just actually is home to a premier Supercross event, hosted by Monster Energy at CenturyLink Field on April 21, 2012. Supercross is a hybrid kind of the more widely recognized motocross. Not being held out of doors, Supercross is an indoor event, regularly held at indoor sports arenas. As a result, the tracks are way more technical, featuring tighter jumps and turns, and obviously, more action. Who doesn't want more action?




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