Outdoor activity

AIR SPORTS

The term air sports covers a range of aerial activities such as:

Aerobatics

Air Rallies

Aeromodelling

Air racing

Ballooning

Drone racing

General aviation

Gliding

Hang gliding

Human powered aircraft

Parachuting

Paragliding

Power Kites

The sports inserted above are governed internationally by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and at the national level by aero clubs such as the National Aeronautics Association and the Royal Aero Club. The FAI web site contains lists of these national organizations. In some of the categories listed above are lightweight classes which can be alternatively grouped as Ultralight aviation.

Other aerial activities are not governed by the FAI rules

Wingsuit flying

Rocket Racing League is an attempt to create a new airsport

MOUNTAIN SPORTS

A mountain sport or Alpine sport is one of several types of sport that take place in hilly or mountainous terrain.

All these sports require special equipment, carry a higher level of risk and require specialised training before they can be undertaken safely.

Because mountain sportsmen deliberately go into terrain that is not easily accessible where there are higher risks – dangers such as avalanches, bad weather, mudflows, rockfalls and icefalls - special measures must be taken to mitigate these risks. This is generally known as risk management. Mountain sports include the following:

Mountaineering

Climbing

Klettersteig or via ferrata climbing

Ski touring, ski mountaineering and its freeriding

Snowshoeing

Hiking, especially Hillwalking

Mountain biking (partly)

Trekking

Canyoning

The usual skiing on pistes is not generally counted as a mountain sport, because the use of prepared slopes and the corresponding legal standards reduce risks to a minimum, so that the skier or snowboarder does not have to take account of any significant risks.