10 World’s Strangest Extreme Sports You Didn’t Know Existed (3 of 6)

Skyaking (Skydiving + Kayak)

Why decide between skydiving and kayaking when you have the opportunity to enjoy both? In “skyaking” (great name, by the way), you jump out of a plane strapped into a kayak! Now you need to control your descent, then parachute to a splashy finish. The tricky part is staying stable at high speed and avoiding flat spins, which could lead to a parachute deployment issue and then—splat! The fun part is telling people on the ground you’ve “paddled” all the way from heaven to get here.

Sepak Takraw (Southeast Asia)

If hacky sack and volleyball had a hyper-athletic baby, it would be Sepak Takraw. Teams of three players kick, knee, shoulder, or head a “rattan” ball over a net. You can use pretty much anything except your hands. Expect sick, mid-air bicycle kicks, lightning reflexes, and rallies that feel like martial-arts choreography. It’s fast, elegant, and surprisingly fun to watch.