I'm very much into niche hobbies: they usually have nice tight & friendly communities.

Below are some of my favorite I'd love to share:

- FPV drone flying: once you've spent 5-10 hours to get initial reflexes for the controls in the simulator, the first flight on a real machine outside feels magical.

- Electric unicycles: the "mind-controlled" PEV, and arguably the best way to get around in San Francisco.

- Foiling: the closest feeling to riding a hoverboard. You can kite-foil, pump-foil, sup-foil etc, but wing foiling is the easiest to get started.

- Knots: tying laces properly just makes life easier, and tying tucker's / voodoo hitches for the first few times feels like a magic trick.

- Cardistry: learning to do a proper riffle shuffle and a few artistic cuts adds some fun to the most boring part of any card game.