jumping

Examines the origins of BASE--Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth--Jumping as it arose in the 1970s and explains the different equipment, planning, and training that goes into preparing safe jumps. Highlights record jumps and several prominent members of the BASE jumping community.

Norma Jean, whose love of jumping might be a bit excessive, stops her favorite activity after her friends complain, but participation in the school Olympics proves there is a time and place for jumping.

A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.

Each title in this series will focus on one sport (or a group of related sports) that will give readers an overview of the sport, scientific principles and concepts related to the sport, biomechanics and physiology related to playing the sport, and relevant elements of related sports medicine.

When Brigid wishes for a fairy godmother to give her the courage to jump off the high diving board, she encounters a large silver cat and a strange girl named Marable who gives her advice.