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    Ski Racing Research Paper

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    paced, awakening sport, that happens to have an uncommonly high rate of injury. Ski racing has always been a somewhat dangerous sport in which it is not a surprise when a downhill skier suffers a serious injury. This being said, there is a lot more progress to be made to reduce the frequency of injuries in ski racing. There are many studies being done to see exactly how dangerous ski racing is and many more to see how to reduce the rate of injury. Regulations implemented to the sport in recent years

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    Sports is an activity involving physical exertion and skills in which an individual or a team competes against another for entertainment. There is a lot of dangerous sports in the world that causes serious injuries or maybe even death such as football, hockey, and snowmobiling. According to Jeb Golinkin "a twenty-five-year-old Texan called Caleb Moore died from serious injuries sustained when his snowmobile came crashing down on his head after one of his tricks went horribly wrong during his run

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    or concept. This can be explored by considering a multitude of cases that have plagued the creative world over this past year to include: Patrick Cariou vs Richard Prince in the United States District Courts of copyright infringement this was an extreme case in which a whole gallery of art not only violated the fair use in my opinion but managed to have a manipulation of the copyright, and in this case, but it wasn’t the case as the litigation drove forward. In this case, specifically it worked out

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    seriously injured. Extreme sports are dangerous, extremely fatal, and are too risky for kids to be participating in. Kids should not participate in extreme sports. Kids should not do this because of how it can affect your life and the ones close to you if something goes wrong. Think about when you are a parent and your kid wants to do these death-defying stunts. Would you let them? Extreme sports are especially dangerous for kids because in the text “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports” written by Lauren

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    Base jumping is becoming known as one of the most extreme sports the world knows. To successfully BASE jump one must bound from an “exit point”, and free fall from very high places. People say it’s too dangerous, and should be outlawed completely. On the other hand, people like the late Dean Potter used to successfully jump with his dog in a backpack as he would leap off cliffs falling as much as 3000 feet towards the ground. BASE jumping is amazing, and isn’t for everyone, but it should at the least

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    This has extreme repercussions on the weather and other factors surrounding it, therefore having incomprehensible negative impact on the reef. This includes rising sea temperatures which has the biggest impact on the coral. Increased temperatures bleach the coral

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    Hiking Essay

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    simply turn around and go back to civilization. Occasionally, there is no motivation for the hiker to go hiking, especially if there is inclement weather. It was mentioned earlier that rock climbing was a more extreme form of hiking, but some say that rock climbing is an entire different sport with an entirely distinct set of problems. Despite these issues, hiking is still one of the best activities for people to participate in. Several of the issues are only what the public perceives of hiking, countless

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    Hiking Advantages

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    away, these benefits make hiking the best activity in the world. One reason for the sudden spike in hiking popularity is because of how many different levels of difficulty there that range from easy strolls to extremely steep hikes, and to a more extreme form rock climbing. Because hiking has such a broad spectrum of difficulty, people of all ages can hike making this a very family friendly activity in which the entire family whether they be eighty years old, or four. Hiking can be a very easy activity

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    simply turn around and come back to civilization. Occasionally, there is no motivation for the hiker to go hiking, especially if there is inclement weather. It was mentioned earlier that rock climbing was a more extreme form of hiking, but some say that rock climbing is an entire different sport with an entirely distinct set of problems. Despite these issues, hiking is still one of the best activities for people to participate in. Several of the issues are only what the public perceives of hiking, countless

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    though some believe extreme sports are meant to be calm, I believe that they are more like extreme risks. Author Clare Davison agrees with my claim and shows facts on accidents and deaths. Also in the article “With The Thrills Come Extreme Risks”, Author Jane E. Brody, also shows the true numbers of accidents and how people do it for the thrill. In the article “The World’s Most Dangerous Sports” by Clare Davison it shows the real reason why many people get involved in extreme sports. In the text it

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