Sporting activities boost your adrenaline and enhance your health. They are also known to shape your overall personality development. And while the majority of people practice regular, every-day sports like jogging, swimming or tennis others have stretched their imagination and physical capabilities and are engaging in some pretty dangerous activities. Here is a list of the top dangerous sports that people enjoy today.

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1. Boxing

Boxing needs no explanation or justification of why it is ranked among the top dangerous sports in the world. You need not confront Mike Tyson to break a bone, nor is Mohammad Ali essential for a knock out. There have been some calls for boxing to be banned due to the risk of brain injury but it is still an official sport worldwide. While boxing could be brutal, a lot of people have a passion for it.

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2. Street lugging

This is one of those power extreme sports you might have seen on the Discovery Channel. The players lie on wheeled boards similar to skateboards and storm along the winding roads towards the slope. They are a few inches above the ground and often go over 70 miles per hour.

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3. Motorcycling

Motorcycling is a sport which allows for speed and freedom with the constant danger of a fatal fall. Many motorcyclists ride as a way to relieve stress, to "clear the mind."

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4. Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with his or her mental control. It can be a dangerous sport and knowledge of proper climbing techniques and usage of specialized climbing equipment is crucial for the safe completion of routes.

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5. Cheerleading

While many look at cheerleading as an eye candy sport it is unquestionably one of the top dangerous sports in the world. The performers do not reach high linear speeds but imagine the fast jumps and rolls taking into account the minimal safety equipment they use. With nothing to guard them, the accidents that occur can have brutal results.

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6. Bull fighting

Bull riding and fighting are also dangerous sports. The bull has been trained to attack the rider and any small error can result in alarming injuries. In addition to being a risky sport, bullfighting generates a lot of controversy in Mexico, Spain, Portugal and Peru. Supporters of bullfighting argue that it is a culturally important tradition, while animal rights groups argue that it is a blood sport because of the suffering of the bull and horses during the bullfight.

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7. Heliskiing

Heliskiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, not a ski lift. Heliskiing is essentially about skiing in a natural environment in search of powder snow, tree glades and extreme slopes. The primary dangers of heli-skiing (e.g. avalanches, deep tree wells, "snow mushrooms" dropping from trees and suffocation after falls in very deep powder) make it one of the top dangerous sports.

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8. Cave diving

Diving in itself is dangerous. Diving underwater in untouched caves around the world is positively super dangerous. It requires a wide variety of very specialized techniques. Divers who do not adhere strictly to these techniques, as well as equipment specifications, greatly increase the amount of risk against them.

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