Does anyone have an EXTREME hobby?

[_Maya_]

Dolphin Racing

Does anyone have a hobby that would be considered extreme? Things to come to mind like skydiving, swimming with sharks, wrestling gators and so on...

[BoopBoopBeep]

I do half marathons and marathons (and next weekend my first ultra) carrying 34-45lbs on my back. Same with obstacle courses. Really like those.

I've also really enjoyed HALO jumps and nighttime shooting, or shooting very large caliber weapons. Nothing says "reach out and touch someone" like 20mm rifles, even if Interventions do stay the record makers. My vacations tend to get kind of intense too.

I EXTREMELY enjoy raising rescue kittens, though I'm not sure if that counts. What about when they go rawr! and pounce on my toes?

[_Maya_]

Exteme kittens! 😆 The image in my head is too cute lol.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Heck yeah! They can get pretty ferocious when they see these little blue irridescent lizards outside. One of my kittens was charged by a cardinal one time. Granted it was a pretty fat cardinal. She fell out of the picture window and played dead like a opossum. A year later and she'll sit by the sliding glass door or conservatory and watch the birds eat... gives them no grief... but there is ONE fat cardinal that shows up and she'll bang on the glass like a prizefighter until he flies off. She's pretty extreme. My other one plays fetch with a stick for hours.

[_Maya_]

That is adorable. That is nice that you have something you enjoy and helps out animals. I am an animal lover so copletely understand why you like rescuing them.

[BoopBoopBeep]

I brought a dog back from Afghanistan that they did horrible things to. He's with my mom now. Brought back a cat whose tail they lit on fire. She's with a former teammate's grandma at this house in the woods with a giant catio out back living the good life with a little chariot puppy friend. I'd have brought back more if I'd known how to do it earlier. I'm kind of addicted that way.

[_Maya_]

That is not a bad addiction to have... helping animals. Very sweet and such a good deed.

[BoopBoopBeep]

If I could just get my rescue kittens to not hate EACH OTHER... wow my life would be easier.

[_Maya_]

Yeah how does it go when you introduce a new one? Are there some that take it better than others?

[BoopBoopBeep]

We've been doing introductions for nearly a year. Multiple behavioralists have come and gone. Aromatherapy. We sit down and have dinner together (with a baby gate in between them) and I alternate sides. Everything will be cool. The gate comes down the claws come out.

[_Maya_]

Huh that is a good idea there. Interesting.

[nexiside]

I can't help this but this reminds me of a time when I heard my grandpa ask a little boy and a girl if they liked his animals (it was my nephew and niece) and the boy was like (sorry no names, incase someone sees this lol) the boy goes I like the chickens and turkeys and the girl is like " I love the rabbits" and the boy interrupts her, and goes ," Yeah! I like those the best, especially when grandpa kills them and skins them, I love to help and I think they teste better than chickens" lmao, I still can't get that out of my head when someone asks "Do you like animals?"

[nexiside]

forgot to add, the expression on the girls how it turned from a happy face to something I can't even describe, but it was a terrified face expression ( she never seen a farmer or grandpa do these things, she was always protected by her mother from such things lol) just priceless

[lightbulb27]

little kitties are a lot of fun! I raised a hord of em. They are all individuals as well.

[lightbulb27]

Raced dirt bikes as a kid and did some jumps crazy for the time. Not extreme by todays standards.


I admire these people that so parkour and free running. If i was young strong and stupid id try it.

[provokeesmokee]

I don't consider my hobbies extreme because they're fairly safe and controlled.

But other people think I'm extreme because I do combat sports and rock climb.

[catiecatie]

I do running and kayaking. I wouldn’t really call it extreme but archery is an expensive hobby as well as flying, but maybe I’ll turn that into a career.

[_Maya_]

That would be a cool career as a pilot.

[FunkyMonkee]

I have an extremely large record collection.

[_Maya_]

Qualified

[FunkyMonkee]

Just over 62,000 records.

[gorydetails]

I scuba dive, which I guess ticks off a couple of boxes. I swim with sharks, and regularly dive down around 100ft/30m

[_Maya_]

Something I have always wanted to try.

[gorydetails]

Do it. Don't wait.

[_Maya_]

How long does it take to get certified? Gonig down the the Keys next summer so would be a good opportunity.

[gorydetails]

@_Maya_ that would be a great time to do it. Generally, the training is a self-directed online course, a couple of pool sessions, then 4 dives in the open ocean. Which keys are you going to? I can give you dive shop recommendations.

[_Maya_]

Thanks for the info! There is a local school that does dive classes throughout the year. Last couple of times I have gone I stayed in Marathon. I really like it there.

[gorydetails]

@_Maya_ oh, that's probably your best option! What you can do is take the online course and pool sessions at home, then they'll give you a referral to do your open water dives at the center in the Keys. They'll know which shops they work with (which training agency). That will save you precious vacation time and allow you to focus on the fun part down there.

[_Maya_]

Sounds perfect! I did some snorkling out at the reef lighthouse off Marathon and then down by Bahia Honda. I'll do a little research and see when they have classes next. I see them advertised at a local high school. I can get the online part done during the days before I start back to school. The might even have them at the college I go to. I will check that out too. Thanks for the help and definitely will get this process started.

[LiamJHayden]

I've gone skydiving four times, but I wouldn't really call it a hobby. I went. Then three separate times friends wanted to but not alone.

[_Maya_]

Oh boy. Yeah that is what I call extreme. Not sure I could. My poor hair lol

[exitseven]

I used to run marathons. Now i have a fake hip.

[_Maya_]

Yeah imagine that puts a bit of a damper on the marathons.

[lightbulb27]

From Kick start 500cc motorcycles or too many chubby checkers dance a thons? :)

[exitseven]

the doc sait that was probably how I got there in the first place/

[Andres77]

Long distance kayaking. I had to hang up my parachute after an unrelated accident

[_Maya_]

Wow how far do you go? Is that like overnight type of trips? Very interesting.

[Andres77]

150 miles down the coast to Charleston was the longest. It’s kinda dangerous but I slept wherever I needed to stop. I’m planned a much longer trip but I had to wait for my back to heal and then my schedules changed

[Andres77]

It was a bit too ambitious though. So lately it’s mostly day trips

[_Maya_]

Yeah that is pretty extreme. 150 miles is a long way and just sleeping out wherever would be enough for me to be nervous. That is really cool and I bet somewhat relaxing too just paddling in peace and quiet.

[BoopBoopBeep]

That's so awesome! I always wanted to do that!

[Andres77]

I was younger exceptionally fit. I had an emergency radio and a gun.. and a good map, and a GPS. This was before cell phones.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Is dolphin racing an actual thing? It sounds made up..

[_Maya_]

Yeah its made up.

[Iron_Man]

What about boxing other human beings in the past isn’t that extreme?

[_Maya_]

Yup.

[Iron_Man]

Good

[Christoff92]

Powerlifting, weightlifting, and power Bodybuilding

[_Maya_]

You lift a lot?

[Christoff92]

Yes I do

[clampfan101]

Not at all. lol
Is dolphin racing a real thing? 😮

[_Maya_]

Oh God I hope it is a real thing 😆

[Subflics]

Alligator wrestling. I don't seek them out it just happens

[_Maya_]

😆😆

[Nikki1989]

I went through a bungee jumping stage for a while.

[Breanna94]

@Nikki1989 love bungee jumping also rock climbing. I had sex once while rock climbing 💋

[slatyb]

The most extreme hobby I had was hot-lapping cars at track. That's not all that dangerous.

[andreasderjuengere]

I enjoy exploring caves all by myself.

The extreme part: without the help of a hand phone

[Staximus]

It used to be racing people on the freeway back in the late 90's. Now it's just racing to Jack In The Box or In-N-Out before they close for the night.

[rebeliouse]

haha defo one for a dm and not in public lol

[_Maya_]

Oh lord...😆

[rebeliouse]

so u brave enough lol

[DaBiggestBird]

I kind of pull of a Sight Sharing and visit other universes.

[DaBiggestBird]

*pull off

[Imsmurter1]

sometimes I like to tightrope across skyscrapers and jump through flaming hula hoops blind-folded with my arms tied how about that

[Charliefretz329]

Dating/marrying crazy women I guess… and risky bedroom stuff

[Rollingstones84]

Scuba diving is the most extreme I've done, can certainly die doing that

[Xia_girl]

It's not that extreme for me, but I love climbing, like mountain of 100 m of vertical wall.