| What are the determining factors in naming a | | | | versions of this sport with one being like traditional |
| sport extreme? There are many sports | | | | racing with dirt jumps and obstacles. Freestyle |
| considered to be extreme sports today but how | | | | BMX is more closely related to skateboarding as |
| did they become to be known as such? Some | | | | they use the same courses as the skateboarders |
| came from seemingly benign beginnings and have | | | | use and perform tricks on their bikes.Have you |
| evolved to more dangerous sports. The addiction | | | | seen the skiers that do all the crazy tricks and |
| to these sports it seems comes from the | | | | flips coming off of ramps on the slopes? This is |
| associated adrenaline rush that comes from the | | | | freestyle skiing and is one of the most popular of |
| participation in them. Let's look at some examples | | | | the winter extreme sports. Like snowboarding, |
| of extreme sports.Skateboarding is considered | | | | this sport has its own tricks and its own |
| the best known of extreme sports and was | | | | language.An extreme sport mainly for the more |
| actually started in the sixties by bored surfers | | | | mature of participants has recently evolved to be |
| looking for a way to get exercise and cross train | | | | called sport climbing. With sport climbing there are |
| when the surf wasn't up. The sport took on a life | | | | preset handgrips and a designated course to climb |
| of its own and soon national competitions were | | | | with the goal to prove one's strength and athletic |
| being held bringing the cult sport into mainstream | | | | ability.Ever felt the urge to jump out of an |
| America. From its humble beginnings the sport has | | | | airplane? Most people don't, but still this has |
| now garnered worldwide attention.The cold | | | | become a very popular sport that gives an |
| weather sister to skateboarding is snow boarding | | | | enormous adrenaline rush from the initial jump. |
| which takes the same movements and more | | | | Parachuting teams work together to form shapes |
| onto the snow. This extreme sport has really | | | | and perform choreographed aerial maneuvers |
| caught fire today and in the last winter Olympics | | | | while freefalling.There is no doubt that as our |
| the snowboarding events were among the most | | | | culture seeks new ways to create excitement |
| popular. As its popularity has grown many resorts | | | | there will be new extreme sports introduced that |
| have added specialized snowboard trails and trick | | | | may prove to be just as popular as the ones we |
| spots.The sport that takes biking to the extreme | | | | see now.Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre |
| is BMX biking. There are a couple of different | | | | Florida. |