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Plunge headfirst into extreme sports, and get busy living life on the edge. From skateboarding to bungee jumping, MotoX to BMX, eHow’s sporting experts offer step-by-step instructions that show you how to test your limits. Heading out for a mountain vacation? Get tips and advice on snowboarding, skiing, ice climbing and extreme snowmobiling with eHow. Live in the city but still want to experience the thrills? Maybe the street luge is for you.

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  • How to Choose An Air Soft Gun

    Airsoft guns are replica weaponry that fire plastic pellets at high speeds toward targets or opponents on an Airsoft field. These guns are used in simulated combat situations known as Airsoft...

  • Aggressive Inline Skating History

    Aggressive inline skating, a discipline in which skaters perform tricks in different environments, traces its roots back more than 20 years. It reached its peak popularity between 1995 and 2005.

  • How to Ride a Brakeless BMX

    Brakeless BMX riding has become a popular setup in the freestyle community, mainly because it is easy to do bar-spin and free-hand tricks without brake levers getting in your way. But a certain...

  • How to do a Boardslide on a Snowboard

    Landing a boardslide on a snowboard is fun. It is pretty basic but looks cool and is the building block for learning many other tricks. Read on for tips on learning to do a boardslide.

  • How to Snowboard

    Snowboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in the world today. So many people are learning to snowboard and/or want to learn how to snowboard. Here is an abridged version of Lesson # 1 on...

  • What Cleaning Products to Use to Clean Skate Bearings

    Skate bearings exist on roller skates and skateboards and tend to accumulate large amounts of dirt and grease because of their proximity to unclean pavements and streets. There are a variety of...

  • How to Remove Griptape From a Skateboard

    Like anything else, eventually grip tape on a skateboard will wear down and need to be replaced. Unlike some other skateboard problems that can arise (such as boards snapping in half after a trick...

  • How to Clean Grip Tape

    Grip tape is a sandpaper-style adhesive-backed tape often applied to skateboards and longboards to help riders grip and steer the boards. The tape normally comes in black. Some skaters buy custom...

  • How to Paint an Airsoft Pistol

    Airsoft pistols are used in airsoft battles and tournaments as a sidearm to larger guns or a primary weapon for pistoleers. These replicas fire plastic pellets instead of live ammunition at...

  • How to Increase Airsoft Accuracy

    Airsoft is an extreme sport that pits teams of players against one another on a simulated field of battle. Teams use airsoft weaponry, which fire pellets instead of live ammunition, to defend and...

  • How to Train With Airsoft Guns

    Airsoft players use airsoft guns, which fire pellets quickly and accurately at opponents, as their primary tool in the simulated battles of the sport. These guns are most often modeled after real,...

  • How to Be a Good Airsoft Machine Gunner

    Airsoft players work as a team to accomplish mission objectives and eliminate foes in simulated combat operations. These fast-paced battles are waged with airsoft guns that fire pellets at speeds...

  • How to Be a Good Airsoft Support Soldier

    Airsoft is an extreme sport characterized by the use of airsoft guns, replica weapons that fire pellets at high velocities. Airsoft teams accomplish objectives and win battles through combined...

  • How to Care for Airsoft Guns

    Airsoft is a fast-paced military combat simulation game played by teams of participants who fire upon one another with airsoft guns. These guns shoot plastic pellets at high speeds and are...

  • How to Transport Airsoft Guns

    Airsoft guns are used in mock combat simulations that utilize the weapons to fire high-speed pellets at other players. These guns come in a variety of shapes and sizes, each unique to the role...

  • How to Put a Chain on a Dirt Bike

    The chain on your dirt bike is the key to the power of your entire ride. Keeping the chain in peak condition through lubrication and tension adjustment will keep your riding experience the best it...

  • How to Replace Grip Tape

    If your are an avid skateboarder, you know your favorite board can receive a substantial amount of wear and tear with regular use. Often your board will still be in excellent working condition but...

  • How Far Does the D95 Airsoft Gun Shoot?

    Typically, a pellet fired from a D95 Airsoft Gun in fair-weather conditions will travel 25 meters (82 feet). Farther distances are attainable with an adjustable hop-up unit and higher-quality pellets.

  • Building a Skateboard Launch Ramp

    Skateboard launch ramps are a great way to attain speed quickly on a flat or downhill surface. What may take 10 or 15 pushes on a board can be equaled by one quick launch off a quality ramp.

  • Skateboard Foot Tricks

    Skateboarders are the masters of fancy footwork. The slides, flips and ollies they perform require considerable concentration, balance and practice. Though they make it look easy, skateboard foot...

  • Rare Skateboard Tricks

    As skateboarding has boomed, more and more tricks have emerged from the inventive and athletic skaters out there. Some are more popular then others, as they are easier to do and more fun to work...

  • How to Buy Complete Skateboards

    Skateboarding is a popular, exciting, adrenaline-filled sport. Finding the perfect skateboard isn't always easy. They are comprised of decks, trucks, and wheels, all of which can be sold...

  • How to Remove Grip Tape

    As its name implies, grip tape is what allows a skateboarder to keep a grip on his board while performing the amazing and complicated tricks associated with the sport. Recognizable by the gritty...

  • How to Stop on Cross Country Skis Going Downhill in Deep Snow

    Cross country skiing is a great way to experience the outdoors in the winter. It is also a fantastic cardiovascular exercise. The techniques that go with this type of activity are fairly simple to...

  • How to Clean Climbing Skins

    Climbing skins are synthetic sleeves that stick to the bottom of skis--normally telemark skis--and enable a rider to "climb" the mountain on the skis themselves. These were popularized in the late...

  • How to Wear an Avalanche Beacon

    Before venturing off into the wilds of the snow-filled backcountry on your next ski tour, you need to strap on an avalanche beacon. With a series of webbing and connectors that could confuse even...

  • How to Put on Hip Pads

    Snowboarding can be, quite literally, a pain in the butt. Whether you crash in the terrain park or are just learning and keep falling down, a little strategic padding will help you protect your...

  • Homemade Surfboard Racks

    Homemade surfboard racks can be made cheaply and easily with little need for tools or knowledge of construction. The most important thing to keep in mind when building a surfboard rack is that the...

  • Ripstick Instructions

    Learning how to ride and master a RipStik is both challenging and fun. While first learning, it is often helpful to enlist the use of a friend to help guide and maintain your balance. Make sure...

  • How to Set Up an Airsoft War

    Airsoft is an extreme sport similar to paintball in which players fire small plastic pellets from air-powered pistols and rifles at one another in simulated combat. Airsoft battles typically take...

  • How to get Yourself Sponsored

    If you take part in an extreme sport such as skateboarding, horseback ridding, snow boarding and more you should consider getting bigger with the help of sponsors. Getting sponsored is a big deal....

  • How to Do a Kickflip Ollie

    Going from skating, to ollies, to more advanced tricks can be difficult. Hopefully these step by step instructions will help you master the kick flip so you can move on to even harder tricks.

  • How to Surf on a surfboard

    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...

  • How to train like a Ninja Warrior

    If you have ever seen the show Ninja Warrior, you know that this obstacle course is no walk in the park. If you want to become a warrior yourself, you are going to have to train like one. Learn...

  • How Do You Make a Kicker Ramp?

    Ramps have become a mainstay in actions sports, for both practices and competitions. The athletes are going higher and farther with the development of new ramps such as the Mega Ramp. The kicker...

  • Safety Instructions for Bungee Jumping

    Bungee jumping is a wildly-popular adventure activity for thrill-seekers. At first only taken on by special sports clubs and daredevils, the sport later expanded to a wider audience when AJ...

  • Dangerous Power Paintball Guns

    Dangerous Power is an up-and-coming paintball company owned by Amazone Inc. It is based in California. Dangerous Power produces mid- to high-end markers and accessories.

  • How to Fill Paintball Tanks

    Paintball tanks power paintball "markers," the guns and pistols used in the extreme sport. These tanks contain compressed air, carbon dioxide, or a nitrous mixture which is used to propel the...

  • How to Purchase Roller Blades

    Inline skating is a popular extreme sport, along with skateboarding and surfing. The sport has grown tremendously over the past decades and by far, the most popular brand of inline skates is...

  • The Best Kitesurfing Kites

    In the past decade, the sport of kitesurfing has grown from a few dozen surfers competing in Hawaii to a worldwide phenomenon. A surfer stands upon a board fitted with foot straps and utilizes the...

  • Ripstik Tricks

    A new twist on the skateboard, RipStiks are made from two separate decks that each feature only one wheel beneath them, similar to a scooter. While half the wheels may be gone, RipStiks can still...

  • How to Paint Blank Skateboard Decks

    Customizing your skateboard can be an artistic enjoyment. Detailing it to your liking can give you a sense of individuality. Painting blank skateboard decks can also become a hobby or even a...

  • How to Pick a Longboard Skateboard

    Longboarding is an extremely fun and exciting form of skateboarding. It is also a great way to stay in shape. Over the years, longboarding has grown immensely in popularity. Getting into the sport...

  • How to Select Alpine Touring Ski Boots

    Alpine Touring has become a popular way of skiing and exploring the backcountry. With qualities that allow locked-down downhill skiing and unlocked, hinged hiking abilities, Alpine Touring (AT)...

  • How to Choose Skateboard Ramps & Rails

    Besides the numerous amount of tricks that a skateboarder can do on flat land, it is also possible to perform tricks on skateboard ramps and rails, as well. These are used to grind on and get air....

  • Backcountry Guide to the Arapahoe Basin

    Arapahoe Basin, known as A-Basin by the locals, is one of Colorado's best backcountry skiing and snowboarding destinations. Backcountry skiing, however, is not for the inexperienced. Skiing or...

  • How to Build Endurance for Roller Derby

    So, you've joined the ranks of lawyers, bartenders, doctors, psychologists, stay at home moms and high school teachers at the heart of the roller derby revolution. Now what? It's time to build...

  • How to Find and Buy Cheap Burton Snowboards

    Looking for cheap Burton snowboards? Burton is known for have some of the most stylish and innovative snowboards around. However, they are also known for having some of the most expensive...

  • How to Jump Higher on a Bike

    The most basic trick on a freestyle BMX bike is the bunnyhop. Like skateboarding's Ollie, the bunnyhop makes most other tricks on a bike possible by getting the bike into the air. If done...

  • How to Skate Like Tony Hawk

    Tony Hawk is the icon of skateboarding. Without a doubt the most famous and successful professional skateboarder, Tony Hawk was born May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California, and began skateboarding...

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