Adrenalin Junkies

[R6_kid]

Are there any others out there? And what other than biking gets your heart going?

Im talking bungy jumping, skydiving etc... EXTREME kinda shit.

Prefer to know who the compulsive types are that do it as a hobby or sport.

Sooooo... whats your buzz?


Personally i've done: Skydiving (10,000ft), Bungy Jump (harbour bridge x2), Hang-gliding, Vertigo challenge (pretty boring), and Aerobatics.

Want to do: solo free fall, Nevis Bungy (137m) and more aerobatics!!! (probably when i make it to the air force)

Considered getting into skydiving or hand-gliding as another past time but couldnt afford to own/run a bike and own another one or the other... maybe once i get out of student life!

[marty]

fly this pitts for shits and giggles >>

i also jump out of planes, but prefer to watch others jump from my seat up front (this is not me jumping, but it is the C206 I fly)

[The_Dover]

why have you excluded us regular junkies?

snob

[Filterer]

Yip ive done a skydive from 12,000 ft and harbour bridge bungy 2x (one after the other) and scuba diving(does that count?).

I love the shit but finances are definalty the limiting factor for me, looked into getting a skydiving license after i did my jump, if memory serves me right its approx $4000+ or so. In the right conditons the record was 4days to get it, jumping dawn to dusk.

[bobsmith]

..... okay.... since when was aerobatics and hang gliding "extreme"?????

working to get my aerobatic rating at the moment... or rather I was until I fractured my hand last weekend.... damn this is going to set me back....

[insane1]

how about driving a 800hp super saloon on speedway race track with 20 other nutters doing the same thing.

[Indiana_Jones]

I'm not dumb enough to jump out of a plane......yet. lol

Na, I don't like hieghts so I doubt you will ever see me doing shit like that. Though I would do the opposite and go to the bottom of the ocean.

-Indy

[scumdog]

Done it all, now I'm over 50 I find life is boring (but not been shot at -yet!!) but hey, nowadays just staying alive is great without risking that status too much.

Cruisin' on the Superglide with C.B. on behind while heading to a place of solitude and some fine wine just suits me fine these days - luckily we've got plenty of that down this end of the country!!:2thumbsup

[SARGE]

tell your mrs that her sister is a better shag...

[The Tazman]

5 Bungy's One with a summersult and another blindfolded. baclwards doing it elivator stlie.

White water rafting finishing with the highest commercialy rafted water fall in the southen hemersfier (fu*k knows how you spell that)

12,000 ft sky dive (found that quite borring)

Other great Kiwi things like Jet boating & black water rafting all good fun

A stunt plane session (not bad)

Scuba diving but I find that quite relaxing. Might be a bit different with some sharks arround!!!!

I'd like to try the old hangliding.

I think that one of the biggest buzz's would come from base jumping though! ! ! !

I still get a great buzz from Track days though.

[scumdog]

Mehhh, seeing as I'm old and all I find a 20km pursuit of a car driven by a drunk disqualified driver or dealing with a drunk armed with a large length of waterpipe does it for me - oh, on a quiet Sunday night a wrestle around with a mental, drug enhanced fuck-wit does the trick too.

[Edbear]

I went on a rollercoaster once...:baby:

[Str8 Jacket]

Ive done the Taupo bungy, that was awesome! Im hanging out to try Sky Diving next :D

[Street Gerbil]

Hell you guys are so cool.
But seriously, does commuting from A to B day in day out in Auckland qualify?

[Str8 Jacket]

Hell you guys are so cool.
But seriously, does commuting from A to B day in day out in Auckland qualify?

Yes, im very cool. Thankyou.

I dunno about the commuting in and out of Auckland, to be honest I think going anywhere on a motorcycle can be dangerous and if you are stupid enough to live in Auckland......


(p/t)

[Fishy]

Mountain biking and snowboarding are a good buzz, so is riding through South Auckland wearing a KKK uniform.

[bobsmith]

White water rafting finishing with the highest commercialy rafted water fall in the southen hemersfier (fu*k knows how you spell that)


Just in case you actually wanted to know....

It's hemi and sphere put together : hemisphere - meaning half sphere

[skelstar]

Bridge swinging (set up the rig myself), alpine, ice climbing and rock climbing is pretty much my limit. Im scared of heights so it precludes me from several activites. I think I could jump out of a plane but am not in a hurry.

[jonbuoy]

5 Bungy's One with a summersult and another blindfolded. baclwards doing it elivator stlie.

White water rafting finishing with the highest commercialy rafted water fall in the southen hemersfier (fu*k knows how you spell that)

12,000 ft sky dive (found that quite borring)

Other great Kiwi things like Jet boating & black water rafting all good fun

A stunt plane session (not bad)

Scuba diving but I find that quite relaxing. Might be a bit different with some sharks arround!!!!

I'd like to try the old hangliding.

I think that one of the biggest buzz's would come from base jumping though! ! ! !

I still get a great buzz from Track days though.


Mate you must need some serious stimulation to get your fear glands pumping if you found a skydive boring!
There's always the oxygen assisted helicopter option if you want a bit more of an edge.

[Dai]

Done it all, now I'm over 50 I find life is boring (but not been shot at -yet!!) but hey, nowadays just staying alive is great without risking that status too much.

.....

Know how you feel. Just hit 50.

Jumped from planes in the military, had a few pieces of lead pass by me a couple of times. Abused the body so much in the younger days that I now take it as easy as I can.

Wake up inthe morning with all the aches and pains. A few km on the bike and they all disappear.

Still have one ambition left to fulfill, with regards to adrenilin rush. 200 mph on a bike. Closest I've been is 185mph.

[dnos]

iv done a bungy and a skydive, jumping out of a plane was WAAAAAAY more fun. Would love to do more of that kind of stuff but its all about time and money. And there is so much stuff I like doing that ya can't do it all eh.
Has anyone tried those street luges, they look pretty insane?

[sAsLEX]

Mate you must need some serious stimulation to get your fear glands pumping if you found a skydive boring!
There's always the oxygen assisted helicopter option if you want a bit more of an edge.

Or HALO for a bit of danger

[marty]

Yip ive done a skydive from 12,000 ft and harbour bridge bungy 2x (one after the other) and scuba diving(does that count?).

I love the shit but finances are definalty the limiting factor for me, looked into getting a skydiving license after i did my jump, if memory serves me right its approx $4000+ or so. In the right conditons the record was 4days to get it, jumping dawn to dusk.

no way. about $200 for the full static line course, then $30-$40 a jump after that. 10-15 jumps for licence and accellerated freefall.

a 2nd hand chute will set you back $4k though.

you can do it on a student loan now :)

[marty]

..... okay.... since when was aerobatics and hang gliding "extreme"?????

....

you need to get out of a 152 and into a 300hp pitts. i would say tumbling and inverted spinning is pushing the envelope

[bobsmith]

you need to get out of a 152 and into a 300hp pitts. i would say tumbling and inverted spinning is pushing the envelope

Haha, in my wildest dreams.....

Well at least I'm not stuck on a 152, we had a Robin for a while which is apprently much better than a 152 (never flown a 152 but I know some who have).... MMmmmmm I would love to get my hands on a pitts... or in fact any tail dragger........

[bobsmith]

you can do it on a student loan now :)

Nice is that true? Fuck being a pilot I need a change of profession....