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

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 ...

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Wing walking is an extreme sport where a person stands on the wings while the aircraft performs aerobatics. MayCay Beeler introduces us to a middle-aged wing walker who ...

Travel insurance can cover a wide variety of high octane sports enjoyed on holiday, from horse riding, camel-trekking and rugby to skydiving, abseiling and jet-skiing. Cover can kick in to cover ...

The high-adrenaline winter sport of skijoring, derived from the Norwegian word for “ski driving,” takes so many forms that it ...

Push your limits with extreme sports skydiving. Learn what makes freefall action so addictive, from technical tips to ...

“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 ...

The early 2000s were interesting. Rap rock, Sobe Life Water, fat-tongued Etnies shoes,Jackass, and more. Extreme was in, and by extreme, I mean extreme.Extreme colors, extremely baggy clothes, putting ...

A climbing wall is just one of the interactive elements of Extreme Sports: Behind Human Limits at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Courtesy of Science North, Ontario, Canada The Local newsletter ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Coleman is a U.K.-based journalist who covers entrepreneurs. Everyone knows that taking up a sport can good for your ...