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Friday 10 February 2012

The most shocking extreme sport of the year - Tazer Ball - with a 300,000 volt electroshock gun -

The most shocking extreme sport of the year - Tazer Ball - with a 300,000 volt electroshock gun - 


A Toronto team is ushering in the world’s newest ultimate sports league, but don’t expect to see a home game anytime soon: One of the pieces of equipment used, a 300,000 volt electroshock gun, is considered a weapon in Canada.


“It’s not technically a police grade Taser,” said Eric Prum, 25, one of the founders of Ultimate Tazer Ball. “That being said, the first thing the [players] will tell you is that they hate getting tased. Those things really do hurt.”


The Toronto Terror is one of four teams in the newly minted Ultimate Tazer Ball league. The game puts two teams of four players on a field about the size of a hockey rink. Players have to get a large ball into a net while avoiding their opponents, all of whom are armed with the device.


“The reason it’s really cool in game play is because it causes your muscles to spasm, therefore you’re going to drop the ball, you’re going to trip, you’re going to fall over. And it’s fun,” said Mr. Prum.


The stun guns are not lethal. While high-rates of voltage are certainly painful, it is electrical current that kills.


Read more - 
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/08/ultimate-tazer-ball/

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