SHOTGUN SPORTS
PAINTBALLING (Courtesy photo)
In the mood for a little mock combat? Saskatoon is home to several paintballing companies to help you blast your angst out. Rock Ridge Paintball and Lasertag Games (rockridgepaintball.com) offers group events and even a Kid’s Paintball Camp, while Divide N Conquer Paintball (dncpaintball. ca) has Airsoft games every second Sunday, and Merrill Dunes (on Facebook) offers late-night paintball on weekends.
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HOT AIR BALLOONING Maybe this isn’t the most extreme of sports, but it certainly is a lot of fun and still involves getting off the ground (which is my own personal definition of extreme). You can float over the South Saskatchewan River and the city, which makes for a beautiful way to start your day with an early morning ride, or a perfect way to end a romantic summer night with an evening flight. Check out Sundance Balloons (sundanceballoons.com) for an unforgettable ride—they fly more than 12,000 passengers in Canada every year.
The Saskatoon Gun Club (saskatoongunclub.com) offers six different shotgun sports, including Sporting Clays, which is a game that simulates bird shooting using clay targets, and Olympic Trap, which involves shooting moving targets. The club offers group events if you’re looking for something different to do with family or colleagues. Check out their Ladies’ Night or Men’s Night for an opportunity to do some shooting, followed by socializing and a BBQ supper.
GO KARTING If you love a little competitive racing, check out go-karting in Saskatoon for some fast-paced fun. The Velocity Raceway, part of Stoked Centre (stokedcentre.ca) at Wilson’s Lifestyle Centre just east off Hwy 5, is a great option year-round for both kids and adults to zoom around on an indoor track using their zippy, whisper-quiet electric cars. They also have the popular SkyTrail & SkyRail apparatus with zipline if you dare to clip in! For an outdoor track using classic gas-powered motors, check out Karttrak Go-Karts (on Facebook). They are open until midnight Fridays and Saturday for late-night racing, and on Tuesdays it’s only $2 for your second ride, which is perfect for extreme sports on a budget.
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cooperates. See amazing prairie vistas and a view of Saskatchewan like none other. Skydive Saskatoon also offers a five-hour Solo First Jump Course for those interested in flying solo over the fields below. And don’t worry: you’ll get a video of the whole thing since ex-
perienced instructors (some have done more than 6,000 jumps) wear a wrist-mounted camera to capture the whole jump on tape so you can show if off later.
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