Each chapter describes a different high-adrenaline adventure sport in Florida and includes everything you need to know about how to try it for yourself, including location, costs, equipment, time involved, and special tips.
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Adventure Sports in Florida will take you on a rollicking, adrenaline-charged ride across Florida. More than a guidebook, this is a lively chronicle of the author's adventures as he enrolls in each new school. Sometimes he excels, and sometimes he flounders, but he always comes away with a new eye-opening experience to tell about. His vivid descriptions put you in the "hot seat" every time, and you'll find yourself holding your breath until the ride is over. Find out what it's like to learn how to skydive, race cars, and fly hot-air balloons. Probe Florida's prehistoric underwater caves with the experts, and soar on rising thermals in a sailplane. Blast down the quarter mile at the home of the Gatornationals in a 600-hp dragster. Pull a six-G loop while dogfighting in the skies over central Florida. Spin out a 100mph while racing a Formula Ford at Sebring.
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Bruce Hunt is a native Floridian with a taste for adventure. He tests prototype parachutes for the sport parachute industry, races his Honda CRX in SCCA road racing competitions, skydives, paraglides, scuba dives, and rock climbs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book...a complete guide for type A thrill-seekers!,
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This review is from: Adventure Sports in Florida (Paperback)
Bruce Hunt has done a very thorough job of researching and compiling some very interesting high adventure activities.
Chapters include: Drag Racing, Ultra-Lights, Aerial Fighter Combat (my favorite), Hang Gliding, Sports Car Racing, Stock Car Racing, Kart Racing, Skydiving, Hot Air Ballooning, Soaring, Sea Kayaking, Bungee Jumping, Sky Coastering, Cave Diving, and more.
Bruce has done them all and furnishes complete names and addresses of expert teachers in each field.
I am somewhat of an adrenaline junkie myself, having amassed over 7000 skydives, but I am afraid my endeavors pale by comparison to Bruce. I have met Bruce while skydiving and can attest to his great skill, intelligence, and insatiable quest for adventure.
I especially like the first-person tone of Bruce's writing. He lives a very exciting life and shares his experiences with great skill. The book reads like a conversation with an old friend.
If you are looking for some great ideas for experiencing the more thrilling endeavors in life, this is the book for you.
-Bill Hazlet
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