Humans as a species are reaching the peak of what we can physically do.
Many of the world records in athletics have been broken more than 10 or even 20 years ago (with obvious exemptions). The sports that we are watching today haven’t really changed in decades. Many of the team sports started to be more of a mind game than an athletic achievement. But is there anything new that we can get excited about?
Yes, a whole range of Machina Sports.
What on earth is that?
Simply put Machina Sports are all types of sports that include a human and a machine.
In a more detailed explanation: Machina Sports are the disciplines that combine the power of athletes and their machines into a brand new category of sport. Examples? FPV Drone Racing, Jetsuit racing, Autonomous car racing, Robot Wars, Flying Car Racing, and more. Many of those sports include athletes that need to push the boundaries of what is physically possible, with an extension of their athletic capabilities (drones, a flying car, jetsuit, and more).
Those athletes create new categories of sport and become the trailblazers of the future athletes.
Human meets Tech — but how is this athletic?
We are not talking about esports here.
Let’s look at an example of Jetsuit Racing: The First In The World Jetsuit Racing Champion — Robot Warsused to be a gymnast. While gymnastics are considered “a normal sport” the fact that his body was capable of performing within the requirements set by the Gravity.co owner were the deciding factor on his involvement with the project in the first place.
We tried the Jetsuit — it was hard (here’s a video you can laugh at)
Flying one of those machines requires enormous core strength, arm and shoulder strength, and precise control over small muscle movements. Athletic capabilities connected with an extension of one’s body — the jetsuit itself. The race changes from an athletic power only into athletic power and machine’s possibilities.
Now isn’t that exciting?
Let’s add some drama to the mix…
When we watch athletes struggle to take the win in single sports — it’s all up to them.
When we watch athletes in team sports — the most drama we can get is what happens between the athletes.
In Machina sports we watch athletes fighting themselves, their opponents, and their own machines.
Things don’t always go as planned. During The First Jetsuit Race in Dubai one of the pilots experienced an engine failure and ended up in the water. In FPV Drone Racing midair collision, as well as gear failures and crashes happen constantly. In Flying Car Racing the athletes fight their machines that sometimes become moody (as experimental aircraft usually does). This adds an extra layer of drama and stress on the athletes, that get onto a full rollercoaster of emotions during each of the races.
And more fun to the viewers.
It takes a special kind of “crazy” to get into Machina Sports
People like watching other people — this is why we have social media.
It takes a special kind of an athlete to get into any type of the raising Machina Sports category. People, who aim for more and want to be pioneers of the new sports, which obviously means “to deal with all the problems associated with it”.
While most of the Machina sports are not yet considered “Mainstream” — FPV Drone Racing starts to take their leading position in the queue of greatness. Thanks to leagues such as MultiGP, Drone Champions League, and Drone Racing League, this perfect mix of esports and racing has been taking its rightfull place among the biggest sporting events all around the world. Including the world games.
And the athletes are not bothered by constant drone repairs.
Isn’t that crazy?
Have you ever heard of Machina Sports? And after reading this article — which one is your favourite? Let us know in the comments, and don’t forget to leave us a follow if you want to learn more about Machina Sports and the athletes involved!
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