Sports and outdoor activities are extremely popular in the US.

There are eight major spectator sports in the US: Baseball, Football, Basketball, Ice hockey, Auto racing, Golf, Tennis and Rodeo. Other spectator sports like ice-skating and sailboat racing are also popular.

Even if you are not aware of a particular sport and would like to watch you can find some or the other American in the stadium who will only be overwhelmed to tell you about the game.

Outdoor activities like boating, camping, hunting, hiking, fishing, back country Skiing and white water rafting are also very popular with Americans. Both downhill (alpine) and cross-country (Nordic) ski areas exist all over the United States.

The term sportsman in the US refers to a person interested in hunting and fishing.

Americans like participating in adventurous activities. Such sports known as extreme sports include hang gliding, parachute jumping, skydiving, Downhill Mountain biking, and bungee jumping.