Can skim boarding be an extreme sport?
Who would have thought that you could all this on a tiny skim board? This is an amazing video: Brandon Sears displays unbelievable style on a skim board Brandon Sears first competed at the Victoria...
View ArticleRed Bull Cliff Diving’s 5th event – Boston
After 4 magnificent competitions in Europe, the Red Bull Cliff Diving event steps over the pond to hold their 5th out of 7 events event in Boston. Using the cantilevered roof of the Institute of...
View ArticleCliff Diving and England’s Gary Hunt
In haste as I’m off to the airport. Not because I’m about to fly off to somewhere wonderful … sadly, but just as wonderful I am going to collect my husband who is returning from the barren isolation of...
View ArticleIs there good climbing at the Vermillion Clliffs of Arizona?
The book I am reading at the moment talks about an extreme sport enthusiast who climbs at the Vermillion Cliffs, so, as the name was new to me, I thought I’d better check this new site out, but as far...
View ArticleA record-breaking paragliding flight
Nick Greece and Jon Hunt took off from Wilson, Wyoming, and flew for seven hours passing the Teton Range, the Gros Ventre Range, and the Wind River Range to finish near Rawlins, Wyoming. The new...
View ArticleDownhill racings’ most spectacular crash this year
A spectacular crash yesterday at the Men’s Downhill ski racing at Kitzbuhl, Austria on the famous Hahnenkamm. The notorious black run is home to the annual World Cup ski race including the circuit’s...
View ArticlePushing your limits – the Tommy Caldwell way
Tommy is one of the best big wall freeclimber’s today and he has set his heart on conquering The Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park – a mere 900m of solid granite up the El Capitan’s southeast face....
View ArticleExtreme multi-tasking
I challenge you to try this! 21-year-old Ravi Fernando, a mathematics student, juggles a Rubik’s Cube with 2 other balls, but solves the complex puzzle whilst juggling. As he juggles, at the normal...
View ArticleProximity flying and interesting landings with paragliders
If you’ve got nothing else planned the weekend of the 14th June, you might want to head over for Burke’s Backyard Boogie, Sun Valley, Idaho for their 3rd annual event: Related Posts:The WAGA’s...
View ArticleSurfing – a little bit of this and a little bit of that
Here’s a new video on the surf near Lagos, Nigeria. Virtually in the town this hard brutal wave breaks on the beach … with some force. It’s a pity the water’s so murky… is murky another word for...
View ArticleIs Mount Washington the most extreme place in the world?
It is an interesting fact that Mount Washington, New Hampshire, slap bang in the middle of the civilised world, is actually quite an uncivilised place – I’m talking about environment here, not...
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