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Mine is definitely American football. Loved playing it in high school, and nothing has ever matched how fun the physical aspect of it is.

I have to go with soccer with football being a close second.
@paul- They won it without resorting to goals. Yeah!!!

I was raised on basketball. My home town has no professional teams of any sort, but there's a lot of college basketball in the area. While a lot of sports I find fun to play, I really can't follow any pro or even college teams. I just don't "get" it. I think soccer and hockey are two of the most interesting games to watch just because of the pace.

I've tried to watch american football, but it's kind of like watching paint dry. I have seen a FEW really good games, but not enough to make me ever want to seek it out.

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Alright...I know this is being pedantic but I absolutely can't stand it when people refer to football as everything else but soccer. Soccer is football. It is the definition of football. You have a ball and you play with your feet, how can that not be football? Anything else that picks up some oval thing...with their hands. It's not a ball, neither do you use your feet most of the time. I'm sorry, that's not football.
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So anyway, extreme sports, specifically on rollerblades and mountain biking. I like the thrill and the scars that come with it. Something about going downhill at breakneck speeds on dirt tracks that makes you feel so alive.

@Kami: Drink some water and take some deep breaths. Just the way us Americans like to take over all sports. If we don't name it first then we sure as hell will enforce our own name upon it.

@Scrivs: It's not just Americans either. Here in Australia, Football often refers to Aussie rules rugby. The horror I tells ya!! The horror!!

That's just the Aussies copying us. Australian Rules Football indeed.

Coach potato perspective: American football for sure. I find it a lot more enjoyable than basketball or baseball, and yes, even international football (what we call soccer).

Look what we did - we Americans had to screw the names of sports up so much that we have to clarify exactly what kind of football we mean when we converse about favorite sports in Chawlk notes. ;)

From the personal enjoyment perspective: Snowboarding, hands down! When I don't get injured, anyway.

Hockey is my favorite sport to watch. Golf is my favorite sport to play.

Love the hockey for the action and grittiness of it. I love golf simply because I'm good at it (relatively) and it has a great social aspect. Nothing better than a 12 of suds and four friends on a golf course.

And, unlike most people I love watching golf on TV. On an HD set it really is a beautiful game.

Rugby Rugby Rugby Rugby Rugby Rugby Rugby Rugby Rugby.

Hope I was clear there. Love the game, the comraderie, the culture, the violence, the skill, the event. Brilliant.

@Estarla: I know how you feel about snowboarding. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I didn't fracture both my knees the first time I went out on it. :)

Chess and origami?

Not really big on the sports here, never was, always got picked last in school anyways. And I'm definitely not in for the male bonding, communal showering and smelly locker room thing, neither am I a team player.

I've played some baseball and squash, and did some karate (LOL) as a teen. I like watching F1 and big athletics events like the Olympics or the Commonwealth Games. But I hardly go crazy about sports stuff. I do have a tremendous respect for anyone who excels at something physical. It's truly awesome.

Now, my new GF has made me start to jog. It's okay. I may even take up swimming again (if I can still remember how).

I would say Kendo and Taekwondo :)

@ldragon

Totally agree mate with everything you said. Rugby is second to none. I'll always remember hearing someone say, "In football [soccer], overpaid ponces pretend they're injured when they're not. In rugby, real men pretend they're not injured when they are." So true!

I prefer Union, but I also really enjoy watching League. I used to be crap at it in school, but I now religiously follow my local team.

On a side note, Aussie Rules rules too. Such a great sport!

@Kami:
That sounds so painful. I think I would hate snowboarding if that happened to me.

Fracturing anything is pretty painful so I can't even imagine the pain of both knees getting fractured. Surprised you can even walk.