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Slacklining - The act of balancing on a rope rigged high above the ground without being taught. This extreme sport demands patience, balance and respect.

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Blue Mountains, NSW - Among incredibly beautiful locations, slacklining events have taken place in places like the Blue Mountains, challenging daredevils to attempt higher feats each time. 

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Abseiling - Majestic cliffs and mountain ranges open up Australia and New Zealand to some of the best destinations for abseiling.

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The Gordon Dam, TAS - Including the highest commercial abseil in the world - Tasmania's Gordon Dam. It is a 140m controlled descent down a rope along the wall. If you are brave enough. 

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Wakeboarding - Being towed behind a boat sounds fun, but adding a wakeboard is when the real fun begins.

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Tricks - With speed and water movement from the boat, jumps and tricks become the main goal.

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White water rafting - Now this will really get your blood pumping - in an inflatable raft rushing down a rocky river's strong current.

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Dangerous - The dangerous rapids can lead to unpredictable situations, and quickly! So you'll need to have your wits about you, as well as a life jacket and helmet.

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Downhill mountain biking - Riding your bike down a hill is refreshing, with the wind blowing through your hair and the sound of the tyres on the road. But not with downhill mountain biking.

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Extreme - This extreme sport follows rough terrain down steep mountains and can result in some high-level injuries.

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Muni (mountain unicycling) - Now take downhill mountain biking and remove a wheel. This makes an already high-risk sport even riskier. Talk about adrenaline junkies!

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Diving - Diving is an Olympic sport and very well regulated with distinct heights and depths, as well as still waters.

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Free cliff diving - Taking this sport to ocean cliffs means there is no longer a precisely controlled environment. The weather, heights and unknown depths, can turn this sport dangerous very quickly.

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Kite surfing - The beaches down under with their beautiful coastline and windy shores make for the perfect environment for kite surfing.

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Let the wind take you - The ocean can be a cruel mistress, as can the wind, so why not let both of them determine where you travel?

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Bungee jumping - The first commercial bungee site was in New Zealand's Queenstown, started by world-renowned Kiwi adventurer A.J. Hackett.

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With only a long nylon-cased rubber band around the ankles to secure you, bungee jumping includes leaping from a bridge, crane, or other high places.

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Bouldering - Rock climbing is already difficult, but bouldering includes all that rock climbing does, only without being strapped in securely.

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Free climbing - With no restraints, bouldering is as exciting as it is dangerous.

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Cage diving - Training and consistent practice go into deep diving, but if you wanted a little extra to go along with the risk of decompression sickness, cage diving with sharks is also an option.

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Hang gliding - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a person who jumped off a cliff to soar through the sky, putting all their trust into their arms hanging onto a triangular frame covered in cloth.

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Cliff camping - Camping on a cliff is risky, but you haven't lived until you've camped on a cliff. Hanging way high up. With only a few straps and small ledge to stop you from falling.

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Skydiving - The ultimate adrenaline junkie must-do - jump out of a plane from a massive height with only a parachute.

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Zorbing - Another Kiwi invention is zorbing - being secured in a large air-cushioned transparent orb and rolling over ground, hills, and even water.

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Sandboarding - Like snowboarding, but down massive sand dunes.

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Flyboarding - Imagine a water-powered jetpack that allows you to take off over the water. It is also known as hydro-flying.

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Ziplining - The Otway Fly is one of many high-wire zip lines in Australia and New Zealand that allows you to travel high off the ground at fast speeds.

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Volcano boarding - Invented by an Aussie adventurer travelling around Central America, volcano boarding is an act similar to tobogganing but down the slopes of a recently erupted volcano.

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León Big Foot Hostel, Nicaragua - This is where the adrenaline sport was invented, and the most popular destination for volcano boarding.

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