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Urban Sports

“Urban sports are much safer, when compared to extreme sports. You can probably guess by the name, extreme sports involve much greater dangers. In many cases, the execution for extreme sports is hazardous and involves more skill. The human limit is constantly being tested and pushed in extreme sports. The return for taking on such risks is an irreplaceable adrenalin rush.

If you are thinking of taking up a sport, start by assessing the activities in your area. It could be street soccer, skateboarding, stunt biking, or even basketball. As long as the sport takes place in the city, it’s considered an urban sport. Take note of the similarities from these sports activities.”

Get prepared for urban sports with the full article.

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Extreme Sports: Sexy?

According to this press release from Active Mate, climbing and extreme sports can make a man more attractive to a woman – doesn’t seem to appear the opposite way round – wonder if we can see the original survey!

“A survey by psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman ranked 15 common sports into a “sexiness scale”, with 57% of women finding climbing the most attractive sport, closely followed by extreme sports (56%), football (52%), and hiking (51%). Bottom of female respondents’ list came golf, with just 9% of their vote.

Men, Wiseman discovered, said they’d be most attracted to women into aerobics (70%), yoga (65%), and the gym (64%). Bottom of their list came bodybuilding (5%), rugby (6%), and – again – golf (18%). The online survey polled 6,142 people.”

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Banff: Radical Reels Film Festival

Visit the site to find a screening near you…. there’s some amazing extreme sports caught on camera, and reminds me why I’ve wanted to visit that area for such a long time – one day!

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“The Safest, Most Dangerous Sport in the World”

“If I die, it’ll be doing something enjoyable – it’s got to happen sometime, why not today?” Visit the website of ‘Tough Guy‘, “The original and toughest test of its kind anywhere in the World. Run on the last Sunday in January, you will need every last ounce of mental and physical strength you can muster to rise to this challenge. Your fear of heights, tight spaces, fire, water and electricity will be tested to the max. Everyone bar the very toughest will be beaten!” If you’re feeling fit enough, there’s still time to enter, and it’s not restricted to ‘guys’ either!

ITN Source describe it as a “horrific two-mile obstable course in the Tough Guy race in Staffordshire, United Kingdom, designed by a former Grenadier Guardsman near the village of Old Perton. The annual race starts in the village with an eight-mile run, before competitors have to wade through energy-sapping mud and plunge into ice-cold water to reach the finishing post. As if this wasn’t bad enough they also have to negotiate flames, smoke bombs and taunting marshalls.The course is so bad that runners are required to sign a disclaimer which reads: “It’s my own bloody fault for being here” just to take part.”

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Extreme Snowboarding

I’m not sure I know anyone who’s quite that mad as to ski deliberately in an avalanche area – or do you? How do you get your extreme adrenalin kicks?

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Scuba Diving the Deep

Icy Scuba Diving

If you get a chance to watch this series of videos (by the BBC, Region 2 only), then take the opportunity. If you have access to the iPlayer, the episode ‘Creatures of the Deep‘ has another 19 days to run! Although the main focus of the programme is upon the creatures who inhabit the deep, the final 10 minutes of the programme demonstrates how some of this amazing footage was captured (and there’s nothing like hovering in the seabed whilst a large ray drifts majestically past) by expert scuba divers! These divers were breaking new ground … literally for one section, as they drilled through 2 metres of ice, and investigated life underneath for an hour at the time (before air/heat started to wear out). Over 100 dives were made under the ice, and the programme makers also created a new reef in the Bahamas. The programme took over 4 years to make!

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The Korean 24/7 Ski Scene

“Hilarious vid that made me laugh out loud. John Symms heads to Asia to take a look into the emerging freeski scene in South Korea. XDragon and his X-Crew show off their outfits, cuisine, and passion for the sport at ski area that’s open 24/7. If this episode doesn’t make you smile, you need a new sport. Definitely worth a look see.”

Thanks to Doglotion.

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Extreme Shepherding

Do I need to say anything about this video? One of my friends highlighted it on Facebook, and thought… adrenalin sports come in many forms!

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Horse-Surfing

When I saw “horse-surfing” come up in my Google Alerts, I was SURE that there was going to be a horse surfing along on a board, nice gentle waves, and being patted gently by his/her owner, but no, here’s what actually happens:

Read more on the Extreme Horseriding site, the site of Daniel Fowler-Prime: “The guy who got hit by the brainwave of combining the power of the horse with the power of the swell was trick rider Daniel Fowler-Prime. Bored on a British beach back in 2005, Daniel hooked up with a couple of kite surfer buddies to begin wet running the then colt of a sport. Understandably, there were nerves at first about being at the mercy of an animal with its own temperament, but this unpredictability is part of the rush – and there’s always a trained rider at hand in case the stallion gets too spirited, or the filly too feisty.” Daniel says this sport is very much suited to the British climate as “Unlike in normal surfing, you don’t want too much in terms of waves,” explains Daniel. “The board needs just of few inches of water. The secret to getting speed is to stay as shallow as possible – but it’s a gamble too because if you catch the sand with your board you’re going to fall down hard.” (Quote from Environmental Graffiti).

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Kickflipboards.com

kickflipboards.com

“Kickflipboards.com is a fast growing and dynamic skate and extreme sports store with an extensive brand and product portfolio including skateboards, longboards, terrain boards, ice skates, quad skates, powerstriders and safety equipment.” Visit the store.

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