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That one-word question often pops to mind whenever a gut-wrenching, oxygen-depleting athletic feat is described or witnessed. Just mention of an extreme sport can send some seeking Google for a visual ...

“Wuffo?” That’s what we skydivers call people who can’t understand why we risk everything for the thrill of our sport: “Wuffo,” as in “what for”? Why would we jump out of airplanes and trust our lives ...

Extreme sports exist in that strange space where human ambition meets the absolute edge of what’s physically possible. Second place doesn’t mean much here. These pursuits measure the gap between ...

The Birmingham City Council approved $1.5 million to bring an international extreme sports competition to City Walk downtown.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Andreas Tonelli, a professional mountain biker and extreme sports influencer known for pushing limits on two wheels, died July 15 after falling more than 600 feet in the Italian Alps. He was 48.

Researchers in Marseilles, France have substantiated what we all suspected, cannabis use is strongly associated with the so-called sliding sports: surfing, windsurfing, skiing, sailing and of course, ...