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Three of the best extreme sports vacations

Three of the best extreme sports vacations

A magnet for adventure tourism, the extreme sports capital of the world has more than a million visitors descend here every year, to face near-death experiences. Commercial  bungy jumping originated here. Not for the faint-h [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

America's Best Urban Surfing Spots

Surfing expresses ... a pure yearning for visceral, physical contact with the natural world," wrote Matt Warshaw in Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing. 'Tis true. Surfers pursue their sport in some of the most beautif [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

America's Best Urban Surfing Spots

Surfing expresses ... a pure yearning for visceral, physical contact with the natural world," wrote Matt Warshaw in Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing. 'Tis true. Surfers pursue their sport in some of the most beautif [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

So is it still possible to ski anywhere?

So is it still possible to ski anywhere?

It's still possible to ski at around 25 ski areas in at least ten countries - the USA, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Japan, Scotland, Sweden, Norway and Finland. There are 7 glacier resorts currently open in The Alps. 9 natio [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Assen - CJ Motorsports event summary

After almost a year away from the tracks, Franck Perera made his long awaited return to racing in Superleague Formula by Sonangol at Assen (Netherlands) this weekend. Competing in the Flamengo car as part of CJ Motorsport's multi-dri [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Motorsport - Old champ, new car - dynamite

Motorsport - Old champ, new car - dynamite

National Rally Champion in 2004, Chris West of Christchurch, is this year contesting the Vantage Aluminium Joinery NZ Rally Championship in a new car. West will race a Ralliart-built Group N Mitsubishi Evo 9 owned by Andrew Simms Mot [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Motorsport - KERS may make a comeback, says Todt

Motorsport - KERS may make a comeback, says Todt

FIA president Jean Todt is intent on cutting costs and changing key regulations to improve Formula One, with the KERS power-boost system maybe returning to motor racing's premier sport. Todt said he was "very serious" about [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Skiing Boulders - New Extreme Sport?

Skiing Boulders - New Extreme Sport?

"The people who can ski on the stones, can ski in any kind of snow." This is the wisdom bestowed unto the world by professional skier Sylvain Saudan. A weathered winter warrior known as "Le Skieur de l'Impossible&q [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Motorsport - Great people to watch

Motorsport - Great people to watch

World Rally Championship Citroen driver, and six-time world champion, Sebastian is on a roll heading to New Zealand for round five of the 2010 FIA WRC series. Loeb has won three of this year's four events and former world champ P [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Motorsport - Great stages to watch

Motorsport - Great stages to watch

Auckland Domain is set to be in the headlights when Auckland hosts Rally New Zealand, the local round of the FIA World Rally Championship May 6-9. For the first time since 1990, a super special stage will be run in the Auckland Domai [...]

Posted On : Apr, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Extreme sports killing the elderly

Normally the preserve of teenagers and 20 somethings, dangerous sports are attracting an influx of pensioners. Nearly a fifth of all injury claims resulting from sports such as diving, mountaineering and skiing, were made last year by Br [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Norfolk extreme sports festival launched

Norfolk extreme sports festival launched

Norfolk's top extreme sports festival is riding a wave to Hunstanton this summer. Lifestyles blows into the resort over the weekend of July 9 - 11, bringing top kite and windsurfers to compete off the Prom. And one or two Norfolk [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

BMX a Sport Trying to Get on Fast Track

BMX a Sport Trying to Get on Fast Track

Sweat runs freely down his tattooed arms as Dominik Nekolny powerfully pulls the handlebars upwards, resulting in his BMX bike dancing on its back wheel. After twice turning around his own axis, the man in the white Tank Top shirt casual [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Extreme Sports

Sports such as sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, in-line skating, snow boarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, kite surfing and the like, commonly known as extreme sports, are passionately followed by young adults. The eleme [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0
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