Archive for the ‘Extreme Sports’ category
Is Cliff Diving the Most Extreme Sport?
Have you ever stopped to think what makes an extreme sport extreme, you may be surprised to learn that extreme sports are actually defined as such by their counter-cultural status. This really is what turns a sport into an extreme sport, danger does play a big part? No. This is what extreme sports are really [...]
An Extreme Sports Festival in Tynemouth – Xperience 09
Thousands of extreme sport enthusiasts and spectators from across Europe are expected to gather at this year’s Xperience09 Festival, in North Tyneside. The festival, which is in its second year, is a weekend of extreme sports action in Tynemouth on Saturday 24 – Sunday 25, October, 2009. We have reported on this already but thought [...]
‘Kid’ Yamamoto Signs with UFC, Debuts Against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 126
Japanese standout Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto has signed with the UFC and will drop to bantamweight to make his Octagon debut against fellow newcomer Demetrious Johnson at UFC 126, MMA Weekly reports. Yamamoto won 14-straight from 2002 through 2007 while fighting primarily with K-1, earning wins over the likes of Caol Uno, Jeff Curran, Genki Sudo, [...]
Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour: Air and Style – The Risks
“Air & Style – The Risks”, is the 6th Video segment from a collection cut out of the 2009/2010 Swatch TTR TV Show series. This edit brings up the risks snowboarders face competing at events with purpose built structures that vary from event to event. The piece takes a look at Canadian rider, Sebastien “SebToots” [...]
UFC 123 Recap: Matt Hughes Goes Out with a Wimper Against BJ Penn
In what was billed as the “co-main event” but essentially turned into an afterthought coming into UFC 123, B.J. Penn demolished Matt Hughes in a brutal 21-second victory. The fight marked the third and final chapter in their three-part rivalry. Penn came out of the gate on a mission to prove himself as he took [...]
BASE jumpers take to the skies for Poppy Day Appeal
The Legion’s BASE jumping team “JumpforHeroes” took to the skies at 6,000 feet over Colchester in Essex before deploying white parachutes emblazoned with the distinctive red poppy. The servicemen, who are part of the Armed Forces official parachute display team, also had devices attached to their ankles which billowed out red smoke into the sky [...]
Shaun White Skateboarding learns new tricks
When the Tony Hawk franchise imploded the critical acclaim for EA’s Skate should’ve given it all the opportunity it needed to monopolise the skateboard sim market. But no matter how well it reviewed Skate’s impact on the sales charts has been relatively slight. Rather than trying to muscle in directly though Ubisoft’s latest is more [...]
Warren Miller’s ‘Wintervention’ blasts into theaters
Now Warren Miller’s 61st film comes to Portland. “Wintervention,” narrated by Olympic champ Jonny Moseley, will be shown at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Arlene Schnitzer Concert, 1037 S.W. Broadway Ave., and 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at Bagdad Theater, 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. The film also will be shown at Tigard [...]
122 extreme sport lovers take turns to jump from KL Tower
T’S a bird, no, it’s a plane — no it’s base jumpers flying from the Kuala Lumpur Tower. A total of 122 jumpers from 20 countries are here to take part in the 10th Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump Malaysia. They are from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, [...]
Local extreme sports athlete Lavin in critical condition after crash
No one was happier than T.J. Lavin when the Dew Tour for action sports announced early this year that its season finale would be in Las Vegas. Lavin, 33, knew he was close to retiring from BMX bicycle racing and that it could be his final opportunity to compete in a major event in his [...]
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