This month’s article will be, once again, a bit more of a personal opinion than a factual analysis of extreme sports. And so, without further ado, let’s talk about skateboarding—particularly how it influenced America. This artistic sport gained popular with surfers during 1958 when one surfer, who was either incredibly […]
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King of Extreme: Quidditch
With spring, well, springing, a special extreme sport season is coming to a close, sending our favorite daring athletes off to their homes over the summer. This sport, is, of course, Quidditch! While most extreme sports are often single person events, quidditch is one of the rare few that involves […]
Harnessing the Sky
When it comes to most sports, the power to do that activity comes from your own body. However, it does not have to. In skateboarding, the speed comes from your legs pushing on the ground and in rock climbing, the power and movement comes predominantly from your hands and arms. […]
An Answer to an Epidemic
This month’s extreme sports article will be a bit different from the rest. I won’t exactly be highlighting a different sport or set of sports, but focusing on why I believe extreme sports are so necessary, especially in today’s culture. These are more of my personal beliefs and understanding, rather […]
Hanging by a Finger
Since Alex Honnold’s fantastic movie Free Solo is currently in theaters, our extreme sport for November is rock climbing. People have been climbing mountains and cliffs since the beginning of time, yet rock climbing became a serious “sport” in the late 1900’s when many adventure seekers began ascending America’s largest peaks. […]