Skydiving and Skate Parks in New Orleans

By Paul Leto


True thrill-seekers can find an adrenaline rush anywhere. Oceans, cities, mountains - anywhere is a fair target for fans of action sports. Nevertheless visitors and locals alike can agree that the New Orleans action sports scene are prime for adrenaline rushes of all shapes and sizes. Visitors and locals knows about Mardi Gras and the fun, scandalous times that are to be had during it, but many are unaware of all of the New Orleans aciton sports available on a day-to-day basis in and around the town.

Speed Racing in the Superdome

Revving engines and motorbikes popping back flips probably aren't the first things that are evoked when the majority think about New Orleans, but that does not change the indisputable fact that Monster Supecross has recently returned to the Crescent City and holds pretty frequent events within the historic Louisiana Superdome. Sponsored by Field Motor Sports, the supercross competition has drawn massive numbers latterly (almost 30,000 fans attending in 2009) to the arena, and is predicted to bring in even more crowds hungry for the tricks, speed and excitement. Supercross embodies all the high octane excitement and thrill of NASCAR and also brings death-defying stunts, jumps and acrobatic links. Check it out!

Skating Around the City of New Orleans

Skate Parks in New Orleans are very good enough to have been featured in one of Tony Hawk's skate board video games, so obviously there's some great terrain here. Additionally, there are many custom board shops across the city of New Orleans to cater to each skating needs. If Tony Hawk has spent any amount of time ripping up a town, there has to be some insane places to bust out the board. But how is someone that is just visiting or has just moved to the town meant to know the best skate parks in New Orleans? This is where Skatespotter comes in. Skatespotter is a site devoted to finding the sickest spots to skate in towns across the world. The site is constantly being updated by the people that know: the youngsters skating the streets. Grab a board go!

Fall to Earth, Cajun Style!

Pilots always say the right way to start to know a place if from the air. Well, with the assistance of Skydive N'awlins, anyone can go skydiving in New Orleans. Operating out of Slidell Municipal Airport, this operation boasts the nearest drop area to the city. Few things in this world are more exciting then leaping (or rolling, it actually doesn't matter) out of an aircraft 10,000 feet off the ground. This isn't an activity for the soft of heart, but for those that can hack it, the experience will create memories which will last a lifetime. For the beginners, Skydive N'awlins offers reasonable priced tandem jumps with highly experienced, certificated instructors. The real appeal of the company, though, comes for the experienced jumper. Charging an outrageous $23 per solo jump, Skydive N'awlins cannot be beat for steep discounts on thrills, excitement and maybe even some screams while skydiving New Orleans.




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