A sample of outdoor activities


You think the outdoors are just hiking, biking and skiing?  Think again ... the possibilities are astonishing.  The activities listed below are among the most unusual profiled.

Voltsmarching -- Walking with a group of people in an urban setting, usually for fitness and friendship.
Rock skiing with boots -- A little known lighthearted way to make backpacking more interesting
Volcano hiking -- Seeing volcanos up close and personal, but safely.
Straight lining  -- Pick the nastiest line you can find on a topographic map and be prepared for the worst.
Rogaining -- Cross country trekking, the object is to get to as many control points you can in a set amount of time
Pakour -- Running with style on urban structures
Urban Exploration  -- Exploring urban structures such as abandoned buildings, tunnels
Bouldering -- Doing difficult climbing challenges on a boulder with mat underneath you.
Ultralight backpacking  -- Backpacking with packs that weigh less than half than usual
Rocket boots -- Run up to 60 km/h with four meter strides.
Ice Biking -- Don't put that bicycle away yet ... riding on snow and ice can be fun and challenging.
Rail Bikes -- Instead of rail-to-trails just use a modified bicycle on those rails
Snow skating -- Using special skis to skate on snow and go much faster.
Skijoring -- Cross-country skiing with your dog pulling
Sandskiing -- Using cross-country skis on suitable beach sand and water
Gliding snowshoes -- Snowshoes that glide to get further into the bush in the winter.
Bog walking with snowshoes -- Bogs are the only surface outside winter when snowshoes could be useful
Powered surfboard -- Very expensive form of surfing that doesn't need the perfect wave.
Kicksledding -- An old way to get around, but cities now sand and salt most roads.
Dirtsurfer -- An off-road skateboard
Snakeboarding -- A skateboard in two parts, one part for each foot.
Shuttle-bike -- A bicycle and inflatible craft combination
White-water sledging -- Body boarding in rapids and down waterfalls.  Close and personal to the rapids and its rocks.
Skimboarding -- Surfing on an inch of water
Surf Kayak -- Surfing with a kayak.  A way of using a kayak that makes open water interesting.
Power Kiting -- Experience the fury or wimpiness  that wind can expose you to on your favorite riding device
Downhill Ice Racing -- Go fast, very very fast and only down on ice skates.
Underwater Ice Skiing -- Ski upsidedown on ice
Underwater airplane -- Submarine that is like an airplane underwater
Kiiking -- Swing over the bar in loops on a swing
Abseiling -- Lowering yourself on ropes over a cliff
Nightwalking -- Using enhaced perception to walking on moonless night
Birding marathons -- See as many birds as you can in twenty four hours
Geocaching -- High tech treasure hunt
Wingwalking -- Attach yourself to the outside of an airplane and fly with it with the wind blowing on you hard