Other Extreme Sports

Paintball is a fast-growing sport that requires courage, bravery, and sound strategy. Players are equipped with guns powered by compressed air that shoot small balls of paint at high speeds....

Traditional breathing devices such as scuba use large tanks of compressed air to supply oxygen. This approach has several disadvantages. Available oxygen is limited by the size of the tank, which...

Ball bearing turbochargers are small fan pumps that that are commonly found on drag racing cars. These additions to an engine convert the excess heat from the exhaust into additional energy for...

In an internal combustion engine, a mix of fuel (such as gasoline) and oxygen is trapped in a combustion chamber called a cylinder. Several cylinders are aligned in a row to create the engine...

What's more fun than riding a dirt bike? Jumping one, of course. Getting air on your dirt bike will take riding to a whole different level, but it should not be taken lightly. It is not for the...

Learn basic kite landboarding essentials such as getting the kite into the air, in this free video lesson.

Learn how to control the hang glider in the air when hang gliding in this free extreme sports video lesson from our hang-gliding expert and professional hang-glider pilot.

Trying new stunts can be dangerous yet rewarding when on a dirt bike. Not only can doing new things change up your routine and add some flare, but it will also make you more versatile on the bike...

Use your Razor scooter to do some cool tricks. Make sure you have a lot of safety gear on including a helmet, knee, wrist and elbow guards. Scooter tricks can be awesome if they're done right, but...

Seeing the world from hundreds of feet up is a lovely experience, but it can also be fraught with danger. Hot air balloons are actually very fragile, and a wayward tree branch or bumbling flock of...

Getting air off a wave is one of the best tricks to master. While it takes some practice to become comfortable, it is the basis for a number of other tricks like the gyroll, backflip and invert.