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“The activity itself enables experiences that are beyond the everyday. People talk about their senses being alive, about being able to see things much more clearly. It gives them a glimpse of what it means to be human as in the capacities they have that we don’t tap into in everyday life.”

- Eric Brymer, psychologist, on the effects of extreme-sports

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What Motivates Extreme Athletes to Take Huge Risks?

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