Extreme sports are also called action sports, agro sports, and adventure sports are popular terms for certain sports that are perceived as activities that have a high level of danger attached. These activities often involve speed, altitude, high level of physical activity, and highly specialized equipment (source: Wikipedia)

Speaking of Sports, has its own way to do things that are not supposed to be done dangerous with a big risk, so that it can cause death. Yes it can be said that the sport is a sport that does not respect life, everyone in the world knows that what extreme sportsmen face when they react is the life of a bet. However, even the slightest mistake can come to death but still do it. The same thing has been realized by extreme sports ready to be borne is death. That is for sure.

Here are the Extreme Sportsmen who died

Patrick de Gayardon

This is the most dangerous recreational sport in the world, as did Patrick de Gayardon. Gayardon is a famous extreme sportsman and is always looking for the latest innovations to make his adrenaline more stimulated. Patrick is a revolutionary world of skydiving and BASE jumping. And he became the first person to do skydiving using a skateboard.

In every action, Gayardon always maneuvered to make his action even cooler. he also made quite a lot of dangerous maneuvers on wingsuit flying sports. And never satisfied with all the actions he did, Gayardon while doing one different thing ended in death. Gayardon made modifications to the parachute he used for skydiving. This test failed and the action claimed his life.

Shane Murphy

Imagine if you fly at high altitude. This sport requires a high place to jump, and slides down using winged clothes and about who are the most famous wingsuit jumping sportsmen, surely many will answer the name Shane Murphy. Wingsuit jumping with BASE jumping that has similarities with both jumping from a high place. The difference is, BASE jumps to have more special clothes. There are special parts in the legs and hands that resemble flying squirrels or bats.

Shane Muprhy is that it can be recognized not without reason. He succeeded in making 1,000 successful jumps throughout his career in sports. However, his final leap over the summit of the Alps became his last jump for him. So nobody knows for sure why Murphy could have an accident. Since then, changes have been made to the equipment needed to make wingsuit flying safer.

Sarah Burke

Well...Extreme sports are not sports that are exclusive to men, for women if they wish they can also do extreme sports. She was Sarah Burke, an example of a woman who dared to test herself on her adrenaline to the maximum. he is a professional skier who has won the Winter X Games many times.

The performance that impressed Burke when playing made him get the chance to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Burke managed to prove himself skiing professionally at the event. Until a terrible incident happened to him in 2012. At that time Burke was practicing at Park City Mountain Resort Eagle in Utah. On the jump he failed and Burke landed with his head, leading to heart failure. Some time after being helped, he went into a coma and finally died after a week later.

Michael Ybarra

Not only being a journalist from extreme sports does not make Michael Ybarra satisfied. Feeling surprised why there were people who were so addicted to sports that could endanger their own lives, after that Ybarra also tried the extreme sports action. Climbing the mountain, that's the extreme sport that he follows.

When you're not behind the desk, Ybarra chooses to spend her time climbing mountains. His ascent at Yosemite Sawtooth Ridge unfortunately became his last ascent. Ybarra while climbing fell from a height of 60 meters from the hill and immediately died. He died at the age of 45 years.

Antoine Montant

BASE jumping can be said to be one of the most popular extreme sports, popularized by Carkl Boenish in 1978. BASE itself stands for Base which means building / building, A for antennas / antennas, S for high spans. and E for earth / earth. This exercise is done by jumping from a high place without using a parachute. Parachutes exist, but only to be opened when they want to land.

Antoine Montant is one of the most popular jumpers from France. Although holding professional status, it does not rule out the possibility of an accident. Montant had an accident while doing BASE jumping in the ALpen Mountains. The Montant Parachute failed to open, causing it to fall thousands of feet from the sky, eventually killing the world.

Erik Roner

Indeed there is no more extreme sport than skydiving. Plunging from a plane at an altitude of hundreds of meters from the ground can only be done by those who have strong physical and mental strength. This extreme sport is definitely a big risk, where you have to be ready to meet death when something undesirable happens.

The same bad thing happened to a skydiver, Erik Rooner. Erik Rooner is a lover of extreme sports from Germany who is famous for MTV shows, Nitro Circus. Rooner died while doing their favorite sport. Rooner did not jump alone, he was accompanied by 2 other skydivers where both of them managed to land safely. While Rooner died while doing skydiving scenes in welcoming the opening of a golf tournament conducted by celebrities in California. he hit a tree, got stuck, and hung on a tree. Rooner died at the age of 39 when he was saved from the tree.

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Articles about extreme sportsmen who died, and maybe there are many more that I don't mention. All I quoted from various reference sources.

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Extreme Sports Dies Tragically

Extreme Sports Dies Tragically

Extreme Sports Dies Tragically