Other Extreme Sports

Applying wax to your skim board is an important aspect of the sport because it ensures that your feet do not move around when you are in the water. Knowing what kind of wax to use on your board...

Surfing is an amazing sport. It works every part of the body while, giving you hours of fun in the sun. Surfing is a little hard at first but after a few hours or days the flow will come. The...

This article will teach you how to get up, find that spot, and surf right! Once you master this part, you can begin learning tricks and eventually become sponsered!

A wave board is similar to a skateboard. A wave board has two wheels instead of the four wheels of a traditional skateboard. Unlike a traditional skateboard, a wave board has two decks connected...

Individuals new to skimboards begin by learning the basic technique of throwing the board along the shallow water's edge and running onto it in order to glide across the sandy shoreline. A first...

Kite surfing is a sport that involves a large kite and a surfboard, similar to a wakeboard, to pull a rider through the water by use of wind power. The recreational sport began to grow in the...

A Ripstick, also known as a wave board, is the latest skating board to catch on. Consisting of two swiveling halves connected by a center pole, the Ripstick is propelled by using your hips to...

A mountain board provides the same rush from speeding down the mountain and linking turns on a ski slope during the summer as snowboarding does in the winter -- but without the hassles of a ski...

Performing a kick flip on a RipStik is not too hard for beginners, but it's enough of a challenge to be fun. Once you perfect the kick flip and are rotating the board beneath your feet with ease,...

Waveboards are an excellent way to get around and a fun way to pass some time riding. You can have even more fun by learning some tricks on the board. To start, you need to get the hang of the...

At first glance, the flowboard may seem like the fantasy doodlings of a skater. In actuality, the 14-wheel board, consisting of 2 7-wheeled arches as opposed to the 2 2-wheel trucks of a...

Waveboarding sounds like it belong in the water, but the truth is much different. Waveboards are made for the street and sidewalk. Rather than the four wheels a skateboard has, waveboards only...

Have you ever wanted to try this exciting sport??? Were you wondering why in the world would these crazy people strap a board to the knees and get towed by a boat well let me explain how it works...

A skimboard is a small, flat board that is used to ride small waves from the beach. It's much smaller than a surfboard and often has a pointed tip to assist in buoyancy. The back of the board...

BMX ramps are the seen in the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition from coast to coast. BMX has come a long way from wannabe motorcross. Held in serious esteem as an extreme sport, in...

If you're an adventurer that began on a snowboard, you probably get frustrated when summer comes. That is, unless you've adopted mountain boarding as a sport. The mountain board has large...

Learn basic kiteboarding essentials such as checking and preparing your board, in this free video lesson.

Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate, wave boarding can be challenging and a lot of fun. So now that you have purchased your wave board, you are ready to learn how to use it.

A wave board is a similar to a skateboard in size, but it only has two wheels. To ride a wave board you need to use a twisting motion with your legs. Here are a few tips to get you started.

Skimboarding's a popular watersport that's sort of like a blend of surfing and skateboarding. Unlike surfing, skimboarding begins on the land, where you grip your board and charge into the surf....

Add more tricks and get your kicks. The Tech Deck can supply hours of fun perfecting new ones that amaze your friends. Once you get past the beginner tricks, you want to move on to some that other...

Fingerboard enthusiast want to learn all the new stunts, and there are so many you can do on a Tech Deck that it's tough to choose a favorite. One fingerboard trick that looks really neat is the...

Boogie boards, which are small foam boards designed to enhance the sport of body surfing, can be an important stepping stone to more advanced water sports such as surfing and water skiing. It's...

Boogie boards, which were originally introduced by Tom Morey in 1971, are small foam boards used for body surfing throughout the world. When you select the right boogie board, you will need to...

Performing a 360 on a boogie board involves spinning the board in a complete circle while simultaneously riding a wave toward the shore. You can perform a 360 on a boogie board under a variety of...

While most boogie boards cannot withstand the pressure of stand-up riding, you can perform drop-knee riding, which involves kneeling on the board with one foot placed at the nose. This advanced...

Mountain boarding is a fairly new extreme sport that evolved from snowboarding, wake boarding and skate boarding. It's an adventurous sport that anyone in the family can do if they feel confident...

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.

Kiteboarding is one of the extreme sports, and it's exactly what its name suggests: a kite pulls you as you ride on a board. It can be done in water, on snow, or on certain kinds of land....