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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 Select a Bull Rope

    A bull rope is the most important piece of equipment for a bull rider. The rope is made with a loop on one end that is placed under the belly of the bull and is passed through the loop and up to...

  • 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 Apply Skiing Skins to Telemark or Alpine Touring Skis

    With the increased interest in telemark and alpine touring skiing, more new skiers are heading into the backcountry to begin using the skin track up the mountain. Before earning your turns, you...

  • How to Rosin a Bull Rope

    In preparation for a good eight second tournament between bull and rider, a well-rosined bull rope and glove will create a tacky stick that can help a rider stay glued to the back of a bucking...

  • How to Do Skateboarding Tricks: Kickflip

    This is everybody's goal when they first pick up a skateboard isn't it? The pinnacle of skateboarding tricks! So hopefully this how-to will give you some kind of insight on how to get to that...

  • How to Perform a Pop-shuv It On a Skateboard

    This article that i have written to teach you the second trick to take on after you get an ollie. well it does'nt have to be the second trick but it was my second trick. instead of just ollieing...

  • How to Do an Ollie on a Skateboard (easy/beginner)

    This How-to will teach you how to properly do an ollie on a skateboard.

  • How to Ollieing on skateboards

    This article will teach you how to do and perfect ollies on a skateboard.

  • How to Drop In On a Vert Ramp (Skateboarding)

    Dropping in on a vert ramp is without a doubt one of the most intimidating things to learn for a beginning vert skateboarder. If you’ve ever stood at the top of a 10 or 12 foot tall vertical ramp...

  • How to Manual Longer on a Skateboard

    In skateboarding, a manual is all about weight distribution and balancing the truck of the back wheels without scraping the tail. Learn about bending the ankle in a manual to keep stability in a...

  • Skateboarding Tricks: Tail Tap

    In skateboarding, perform a tail tap by putting the weight on the back foot and slamming the tail into the platform. Practice the tail tap with tips from a skateboarding instructor in this free...

  • Choosing a Skateboard

    Choose a skateboard that has a good tail kick and is fitted according to shoe width. Purchase a skateboard with tips from a skateboarding instructor in this free video on extreme sports.

  • How to Do an Ollie on Skateboard

    To do an Ollie on a skateboard, bend the knees, pop the tail and drag the front foot to level out the board. Perform an Ollie on a skateboard with tips from a skateboarding instructor in this free...

  • How to Do Skateboarding Moves

    To do skateboarding moves, position the back foot over the tail of the board and distribute the weight vertically over the center of the bolts. Perform skateboarding moves with tips from a...

  • How to Do an Ollie on a Skateboard

    In skateboarding, an Ollie requires good foot placement and the skateboard's tail should hit the ground. Do an Ollie on a skateboard with tips from a sponsored skateboarder in this free video on...

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail & Nose Wheelie Differences

    Tail and nose wheelies on a snowboard are very similar tricks. Discover differences between the two snowboard tricks with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free extreme sport video.

  • Snowboarding Tricks: What Is a Tail Wheelie?

    A tail wheelie is a snowboard trick that involves riding down the mountain on the tail. Discover more about tail wheelies with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free extreme sport video.

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail Wheelie Proper Terrain

    Proper terrain for a snowboard tail wheelie trick is a slope with a little pitch. Locate where to perform snowboard tail wheelies with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free extreme sport...

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail Wheelie Upper Body Form

    Have all upper body weight during a snowboard tail wheelie trick off the board toward the tail. Discover proper upper body mechanics for a tail wheelie with tips from a snowboard instructor in...

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail Wheelie Lower Body Form

    A rider doing a snowboard tail wheelie trick should have the lower body centered on the snowboard with knees bent. Learn lower body mechanics during a tail wheelie with tips from a snowboard...

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail Wheelie Common Mistakes

    Common mistakes during snowboard tail wheelie tricks include throwing too much weight over the tail. Avoid common mistakes during tail wheelies with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free...

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail Wheelie Execution

    Practice executing the tail wheelie snowboarding trick by finding a hill, starting off slow and working up to to mastering the trick. Get comfortable doing tail wheelies with tips from a...

  • Snowboarding Tricks: Tail Wheelie Side Switch

    Switch up a tail wheelie snowboard trick by riding on the nose. Go against the grain when doing snowboard tail wheelies with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free extreme sport video.

  • How to Handstand on a Skateboard

    When doing a handstand on a skateboard, place the hands right over each bolt. Avoid placing a hand on the nose or tail of a skateboard when doing a handstand with advice from a professional...

  • Foot Placement in a Skateboard Hurricane

    Place your foot on the skateboard tail when trying a hurricane. Get tips on proper foot placement for a hurricane from a skateboarding professional in this free skateboarding video.

  • Skateboard Tricks: What Is a Tail Slide?

    The tail slide is a skateboard trick that starts by rolling on a ledge. Learn how to do a tail slide from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

  • Skateboard Tricks: Before Trying a Tail Slide

    A front side 50-50 grinds is a skateboard trick to learn before trying a tail slide. Watch how to do a front side 50-50 from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

  • Skateboard Tricks: Tail Slide Learning Methods

    Tail slide skateboard tricks can be learned by practicing on a curb. Discover other ways to practice a tail slide from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

  • Skateboard Tricks: Tail Slide Common Mistakes

    A common mistake is to ollie into a tail slide and not lock in the skateboard right. Get tips for other tail slide mistakes to avoid from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free...

  • Skateboard Tricks: 5-0 Grind to Tail Slide

    It may be easier to get into a 5-0 grind on a skateboard and force it into a tail slide. Watch an example of this trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

  • Skateboard Tricks: 5-0 grind to Tail Slide Mistakes

    It may be difficult for some to go from a 5-0 grind to a tail slide on a skateboard. Learn about other mistakes to avoid when doing a 5-0 grind to a tail slide from a professionally sponsored...

  • Skateboard Tricks: Front Side Tail Slide to Fakie

    The continued motion of doing a front side tail slide to fakie on a skateboard makes it easier to pop out cleanly. Watch how a front side tail slide to fakie is done from a professionally...

  • Skateboard Tricks: Front Side Tail Slide to Fakie Foot Position

    Foot position is more specific when doing a tail slide on a skateboard. Learn more about proper skateboard foot placement in a front side tail slide to fakie from a professionally sponsored...

  • Skateboard Tricks: Front Side Tail Slide to Fakie Mistakes

    Make sure to get all weight on the ledge when doing a front side tail slide to fakie on a skateboard. Learn other mistakes to avoid when doing this trick from a professionally sponsored...

  • Skateboard Tricks: Nollie Front Side Tail Slide

    Sometimes people learn to nollie front side tail slid before learning an ollie tail slide on a skateboard. Watch examples of this trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free...

  • Skateboard Tricks: Nollie Front Side Tail Slide Foot Position

    Skateboard foot placement depends on the height of a ledge when doing a nollie front side tail slide. Proper skateboard foot placement is further explained by a professionally sponsored...

  • Skateboard Tricks: Nollie Front Side Tail Slide Mistakes

    Not shifting weight onto the tail enough is part of a common mistake when doing a skateboard nollie front side tail slide. Learn about other common mistakes to avoid when doing this trick from a...

  • How to Jump Higher on a Fingerboard

    If you feel like you are not able to jump high enough with your fingerboard, it might not be your fault. It could just be your board. Most of the best fingerboarders use a trick to make their...

  • How to Duck Dive a Surfboard

    Duck diving is a key part of paddling out. It is something that takes a fair bit of practice to get right, but when done right makes paddling out in the big stuff way easier. Duck diving is used...

  • How to Determine the Size of a Snowboard

    When determining the size of a snowboard, the distance from the tip to the tail should be measured in centimeters. Measure the waist of a snowboard in centimeters with help from the manager of a...

  • How to File a Snowboard Edge

    Filing a snowboard's edges requires the use of a file tool that should be run along the board's edges from the nose to the tail. Find out how to use a de-burring stone on a snowboard with help...

  • About Skateboard Decks

    A skateboard deck is the part of a skateboard made of wood that sits on the trucks, which are the metal axles that hold the wheels. They can be shaped in many ways for different types of...

  • How to Do Skateboarding Tricks

    Skateboarding takes a lot of time and practice. You need to acquire balance and learn to control and eventually finesse your tricks. This is not as easy as it sounds because you must do these...

  • How to ollie

    An ollie is the base of skateoarding its the base for almost all the tricks like the kickflip, heelflip, impossible, all the grinds, varial kickflip, varial heelflip the only tricks i can think of...

  • How to ollie on a skateboard

    This is the good way to ollie on a skateboard.

  • How to do skateboard tricks

    you will learn how to do different skateboard tricks.

  • How to Fish Tail a BMX Bike

    Learn about fish tailing a bmx bike in this free video clip about bmx tricks.

  • How to Do Skateboarding Moves

    Learning the basic skateboarding moves, the ones that get you from point A to point B in style, is easier than you think. Though getting to the level where you're kick-flipping stairs and and...

  • Snownboarding Nose & Tail Roll Tips

    More tips for nose and tail rolls before you hit the slopes. Get more pointers about these snowboard tricks from a seasoned snowboarder in this free video.

  • Snowboarding Tail Roll: Lower Body

    Your lower body controls the movement of a snowboard during a tail roll. Learn how your legs are important for doing this trick from a seasoned snowboarder in this free video.

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