The hypothesis that hang-glider pilots would score significantly higher than golfers in Total Sensation Seeking, Thrill and Adventure Seeking. Experience Seeking, Disinhibition, and Boredom Susceptibility, was supported by the data. Hang-glider pilots scored higher than the golfers on each of the SSS V subscales and Total Sensation Seeking (P < 0.01). These results are consistent with the tindings of Biersner and LaRocco (1983) Calhoon (1988). Cronin (1991). Fowler et trl. (1980) Hymbaugh and Garrett (I 974). Robinson. ( 1985). and Straub (1982) who found that high-risk sport participants tend to score higher on sensation seeking than low risk sport participants or norm groups.The hypothesis that hang-glider pilots would score signiticantly lower than golfers on the trait portion of the STAI Form Y was not supported by the data. One potential explanation for the lack of a signiticant difference is that an age bias confounded the results of this study, indicating that future research in this area should involve matching groups on age.Signiticant negative correlations between age and Thrill and Adventure Seeking. Disinhibition andTotal Sensation Seeking were found. Such results are consistent with Zuckerman. Eysenck and Eysenck’s ( 1978) tindings that younger Ss tend to have higher sensation seeking levels and older Ss tend to have lower sensation seeking levels. Zuckerman (1979) postulated that an explanation for the decline in sensation seeking with age might be that ‘*experience in life leads to increasing conservatism and decreased risk taking . However, alternative explanations for the age decline may be suggested from biological correlates of sensation seeking” (p. 126).