Malls construct them for special occasions. Staffiery says that those who participate in extreme sports yawn when they ride the rollercoasters at Great America. Bungee jumpers say life is boring and jumping heightens feelings and awareness, makes them feel glad to be alive. He theorizes that America has become too safe for many people. But our safe society has made that more difficult to attain.
Extreme sports is a result.
There are always those who take their extreme sport too far, explains Adamo. They feel invincible. They stop taking the basic precautions. Patrick De Gayardon, a professional skydiver and the creator of sky surfing, died thinking he was invincible. One day he was testing his new creation, a diving suit that had webbing between his legs and on the sides from his elbows to his knees, to increase the length of horizontal flight during freefall.