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