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Sports Buzz You don't play sports if you don't wanna sweat, but everyone can agree that badminton and rugby are two different…ballgames. Extreme sports up the ante, and if you're gonna suit up, you better know what you're getting yourself into.
Sports Buzz Even though she suffered only minor injuries, this just goes to show you how dangerous this sport can be.
As fun as this looks, it's got to really hurt when you fall. (via thehighdefinite.com)
Sports Buzz When most skydivers jump out of a plane from thousands of feet in the air, they appreciate the security of having a parachute strapped to their back. Not Greg Gasson.
Sports Buzz Living life on the edge. A documentary by Zeppelin Filmes on Brazil's world longboarding championship in Teutonia, an insane downhill race where skaters often exceed 70 mph.
Sports Buzz What could go wrong? I mean, there's water right there and it's only a flare. I smell a new Olympic event!
File this under “Stupid But Bad-Ass”. Ueli Steck scaled a 4,000-ft high rock face on Mont Blanc, Europe's tallest peak, without the aid of ropes or a harness. The only equipment he used was a pair of pickaxes and crampons, the metal spikes climbers attach to their shoes.
American Freestyle canoeing is the art of paddling a canoe on flat water with perfect control of its movements.
Sports Buzz Time for a little kitty parkour, you guys. Being the nimble and agile animals that they are, they enjoy extreme sports all day!
50% more extreme than standing still, but 50% less extreme than Parkour. Mediocrity is the new extreme.
It's about time dogs got their own extreme sport. BARKour, much like Parkour, involve pups put in slo-mo engaging in some serious wall jumpage.
After hanging ten, T.J. the surfing dog was so wiped, he fell asleep with his sunglasses on! Next time you consider whether or not to hit the gym, think of T.J. If he can surf til he sleeps, you can afford at least 15 minutes of cardio.
Today in terrible ideas: diving down an escalator. Do you think he flew through the air calculating the cost of dental surgery?
Whether it's your fear of heights or fear of public nudity, no worries: everything looks bad at this altitude. Let's just hope nothing gets caught in the parachute straps.
Aspiring hard-asses walk through fire and other unwelcoming substances. Over 600 cases of hypothermia were treated, along with a bunch of broken bones and stuff. But the pictures are very cool.
Sports Buzz A growing number of women are practicing parkour, a kind of extreme gymnastics. Thrill-seeking housewives are joining parkour gyms and wall-jumping as a workout. I’ll be sticking to the elliptical.
Jason found this crazy downhill skateboarding video and gives the sage advice to fast forward two minutes in to get closer to the INSANE ACTION! You can also click here for the HD version.
At a town hall style meeting in Portland, Maine today a woman…
