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Ice climbing. Base jumping. Cave diving. Ski mountaineering. Paragliding. Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death. [1] [2] [3] These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. [1]
The X Games are a series of action sports events founded by ESPN Inc. In late 2022, ESPN sold the long-running property to MSP Sports Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Jahm Najafi and Jeff Moorad. [2] As of early 2024, MSP Sports Capital has overseen four major X Games events, as well as other related activations.
Extreme Pogo is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a pogo stick. The sport draws inspiration from other action sports such as skateboarding, BMX, and parkour. Athletes will have various focuses in tricks or street style bouncing using urban environments as obstacles. Extreme pogo can be seen in athlete exhibition ...
Pogopalooza: The World Championships of pogo is an annual championship that brings together the world's top Extreme Pogo athletes for multiple days of competition, exhibition, and world record setting. [1] Along with the competition, Pogopalooza also features the largest exposition of pogo stick companies, a Free Jump/Clinic area for people of ...
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. Events are typically held over a few days to accommodate the large number of events held, often more than those in single-sport competitions.
2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Motorboat (Jet Ski) Aquabike World Championship (powerboating) Individual. 1996. Marcus Jorgensen (Runabout GP1) 2022. Valentin Dardillat (Ski Division GP1 Man) 2022, Jasmiin Üpraus (Ski Division Woman) 2022, Rashid Al Mulla (Freestyle) 2022. 2023.
By 1977, the American Bicycle Association (ABA) was organized as a national sanctioning body for the growing sport. [2] Freestyle BMX is now one of the staple events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and the Etnies Backyard Jam, held primarily on the East and West coasts of the United States. The popularity of the sport ...
Extreme ironing (also called EI) is an extreme sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing. According to the Extreme Ironing Bureau, extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt."