extreme sports

Discusses the history, skates, safety, techniques, tricks, and styles--including aggressive--of inline skating.

Introduces the sport of skateboarding, discussing the history of the sport, the needed equipment, safety issues, techniques, and competitions.

Surveys the history, equipment, techniques, and safety factors of wakeboarding, a sport in which a rider is pulled behind a motorboat standing on a board that resembles a short surfboard.

Presents several different types of extreme diving, including freediving (diving without breathing gear), cave diving, and ice diving. Also provides information on equipment and diving competitions.

Lists and describes the best competitive snowboarders in the world.

Presents an introduction to aggressive in-line skating, looks at different skating styles, discusses skates and safety gear, describes various tricks and extreme moves, and profiles some of the stars of the sport and its competitions, the X Games and the Gravity Games.

Introduces the sport of skeleton, including its history, equipment, and famous skeleton athletes.

Discusses the sport of rock climbing, including the hand and foot moves rock climbers perform, rock climbing competitions, and safety concerns.

Discusses the sport of mountain biking, describing some of the racing and trick moves as well as safety concerns.

Discusses the sport of freestyle motocross, including the moves involved in the sport.