Preserved Topic: Dangerous Hobbies :) (Page 1 of 1)

Do you have a dangerous hobby or past-time? Care to tell all the loonies about the things you do for fun that could very nearly get you killed!!!

Then please do!

I've always had a think for fire, so it's only natural this should happen:

Fire Photo 1: Me looking a little too serious.. humm

Fire Photo 2: Me and Luke showing off

These photo's were taken some time ago at a night club I worked for doing fire acts. I must say it's odd getting paid to burn things.....

I got involved it fire dancing one summers day in 98 when a whole bunch of people crashed my house warming party. I didn't mind as they were rather cool and they had some nifty fire toys Needles to say I was addicted instantly.......

im doing extreme skiing!
look here: http://www.embege.f2s.com/images/fotos/bonecrash.jpg

that's me last winter. i tried to make a railslide...
i saw this in a video before and it looked very simple and cool, but it really wasnt. and that really hurts!

edit: typo


[This message has been edited by GRUMBLE (edited 05-30-2001).]

Not a hobby...
but I work with explosives all day.

You what! taxon... is there something about you that you havent told us.... your not with the KGB are you? hehehe

I have three daughters

One of them's off to college next year

wohooo, steve!
how old are they? do they already have a boyfriend?

I'm with GRUMBLE.

i'm not allowed to do anything dangerous

Spam is yummy
~babamba

For those of you who aren't old enough, or don't have kids. Take my word for it:

Steve wins in the dangerous award, hands down.

I have three also Steve, just one of them a girl. That's enough worry for me, I can't imagine it three fold.



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That is definitely dangerous Steve. Especially with guys like taxon out there! Where's she going to school? Hopefully nowhere close to Okinawa.

I teach 8th graders right now (today's the last day of school)... That has to count for something doesn't it?

hehe.. yep... steer clear of Oki.... .. especially while I'm here messing with explosives...

I can't tell exactly what you're doing there, Drac, but it looks like you're spinning torches. Brings back a couple things for me...I have a set of Renegade torches I used to juggle with some friends of mine. Oh, and I also did a bit of fire eating...dig out a bottle of Ronsonol at a party and I could everybody's attention.

I play soccer in a crap league where my team is getting physically beaten every weekend because we dominate. That sounded kinda bloated, anyhow... this season our team has suffered a broken ankle, shattered collarbone and an ACL tear. These are just the injuries that have required surgery, and we've only played 7 games! Can't count the bloody gashes, concusions and sprains. Fortunately we'll get to go to the state competition and play some teams with a little class

Never thought of soccer as an extreme sport til just recently

Jason

Not a hobby.

Occasionally I use a weedeater. And I eat while I'm swimming.

haha.... good one Jeni....

i jump and generally endanger my life and that of others, especially small dogs, on mountain bikes.
Thats pretty dangerous, i have the scars to prove it and the broken bones. Still it pales in comparison to bringing up children as far as i can see.

.:relain:.

cool! fire twirling is fun! as for dangerpus stuff...me and my friend play this game where we go club hopping, (even though we're under age) if we get ID'd we offer the bouncer some weed, and then have fun getting chased by the cops... we havent been busted yet... only oneday the bounce agreed to let us in for a joint! :P

and its hell fun being chased by the cop when your wrecked. more ppl should do it!

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I juggle torches and swing poi/torches and all that other good fire stuff but i wouldn't really consider it dangerous, just flashy...

My most dangerous hobby is riding my bike, drivers and road-planners in my town have no regard for bikers; oh and eating at some of the local mexican fast food joints, very dangerous.

I'm learning to fly, does that count...?

ok, how about if I add in that I've had an engine failure and got to land "deadstick"...?


edit: still no...? how about if I throw in 3 teenaged kids...?



[This message has been edited by Penny Lane (edited 05-31-2001).]

Here's my version... the things a camera can get ya into.. heh
Oh yea, I also have a 7 year old boy.

dangerstuff

cyoung

Being in Law Enforcement, my job is inherently dangerous (but a blast nontheless). But my hobbies including riding my motorcycle, as seen here.

KITES!

Definition= "tethered flight."

Possibilities are endless... small child is anchor... earthmoving equipment is anchor. Injuries range from minor 'kite-bites' to *death.*

D: 'kite-bite' = flesh in contact with 'run-away'line (string). most usually with smaller kites occurs when kite is caught by sudden strong winds and pulls string most usually across index finger at a force equal to and often far exceeding the trophy fish of your choice. Line cuts through flesh with laser precision. can go down to bone and not bleed. Advice... make it bleed! Suck on that sucker..for all you're worth. Won't repair itself without some blood.

*NEVER* get a kite *up*.... hand it to a small child and walk away. *NEVER*

Gloves are pretty much mandatory.

Never use *nylon* fish line. absolutely the worst. Mono-fil,,, going through your hands/across your fingers will absolutely amaze you. You will not believe the precision cut.

Kites can be the smallest things you can imagine... smaller than your pinky (liitle finger) finger*nail* flown on a line of human hair.... which is attached to a turn-table that in turn is creating the required 'wind' if you will.

Absoletely tame.... absolutely wonderful imo.

Now go from there to a a kite of 1 thousand square ft 'anchored' in the *ground. line is 5 thousand lbs test.

Now up to a kite with a 25 hundred foot tail... anchor is a *large" backhoe... line is now big time test...

On either of these you don't want a "kite-bite." because your pinky aint the issue now.... we're talkin' your extremeties. legs arms heads. and I'm not talking just your extremeties... 'm talkin' 'bout the stremities of the other 5-10-15 etc... ppl who want to make this thing fly.


Tragic example of many years ago... well known fella in the world of kites was killed trying to untangle the shrouds of a parafoil. The 'kite' was 10 thousand square feet. Anchor was a couple of earth-movers. Sudden gust of wind as **** was trying to straighten out those shrouds... saw him picked up pretty much by the ankles and and tho' he tried not to... he was DOA on terra-ferma

This particular kite (by all calculations) had more *lift* than three 747's.

I don't fly much anymore... but I still enjoy flying *fast* kites... kites capable of speeds up to and exceeding one hundred Miles per hour and then cutting a 90 degree and getting your sorry ass yanked pulled across the field.

How about an *anchored* 75 sq ft. kite used for anchoring "Sky-garbage" as we liked to call it. Say eg. a windsock the size of a VW van... that is in fact a wonderfully glorious... "PINK PIG!"

How 'bout a traditional windsock one hundred ft long.. 20 ft. mouth. oh... and it does of course 'spin.'

looks beautiful... is huge big fun....luv to do it..... but must... have gotto.. pay attention to all the attendant shit.
lines... equipment...assistants...on lookers... I luv it... but it can be dangerous as hell... and i bet most of you never thought kites could be that way.


NJ

Ton of other kite stories.... doesn't matter... only that should you ever try... take gloves... NEVER walk away from the small child.

Think I'm done now... where'zzz me meddzz?


NJ

NJ: You truely scare me...

Wes: In those photo's I was using poi. I also use fire staff, standard tourches, chains, double-staff & double poi.

OpticBurn: Your right, it's not really that dangerious to start with but once you start trying stupidly difficult stuff it can be very dangerious. I've done a lot of coroagraph work throwing staff's in the air and to other people, catching them based only on timing cause you cant see them.. I also stoped fire breathing after I stuffed up big time and blistered my lips! I've also recieved countless ammounts of burns trying to master the use of two poi in each hand (that'd be four total)! But i've almost got it.

Just in case some of you don't know what I talking about this may help:

Fire Staff: Metal bar with wick on both ends...
Poi: Chain or wire with a wich on the end, mostly used in pairs.
Chain: A lenght of chain with a long wick bolted down the lenght of the chain (these thing look amazing) used in pairs
Double staff: One fire staff in each hand.
Double Poi: Two Poi in each hand.

I love kites! I haven't lost any fingers or limbs yet... but then again I haven't flown 10,000 square foot ones, sheeeeesh! I'll stick with my Revolution thank you very much.

Well, I have not done many dangerous things in my life but the only thing that came close was that I climbed a few rocks a few years ago with my buddy. The tallest was about a 900 foot climb up Tahquitz Rock.

About a quarter of the way up I got the camera out and pointed it down from where we started and then up to where we were going.