| Description |
192 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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First ed. published 1996 under title: The ultimate encyclopedia of extreme sport. |
| Summary |
Pushing the limits. Extreme sports vigorously test the limits of an individual's strength, agility, and courage. One's adversary in these sports is not another athlete but the forces of nature, particularly gravity. Extreme Sports celebrates the wild world of high adrenaline sports with concise profiles of forty-one sports. The sports range from bungee jumping to whitewater rafting. Each sport is described with lively text and illustrated with dynamic action photography. The sports featured in Extreme Sports are organized alphabetically in three major sections: Nine Air Sports, Seventeen Land Sports, Fifteen Water Sports. Extreme Sports also features less known sports, such as freediving. The book includes an extensive list of books, magazines, associations and clubs that would-be extreme athletes can contact to obtain more information for each sport. Although participating in extreme sports is clearly not for every sports enthusiast, Extreme Sports is. |
| Contents |
Air sports -- B.A.S.E. jumping -- Bungee Jumping -- Gliding -- Hang Gliding -- High wire -- Ski jumping -- Sky diving -- Sky surfing -- Sky flying -- Land sports -- ACW climbing --Adventure racing -- Aggressive inline skating -- BMX -- Caving -- Extreme Motocross -- Extreme skiing -- Freestyle skiing -- Land and Ice yachting -- Mountain biking -- Mountainboarding -- Outdoor climbing -- Skateboarding -- Snow boarding -- Snowmobiling -- Speed biking -- Speed skiing -- Street luge -- Water sports -- Barefoot water skiing -- Cliff diving -- Freediving -- Jet skiing -- Open water swimming -- Powerboat racing -- Round the world yacht racing -- Scuba diving -- Snorkeling -- Speed sailing -- Surfing -- Wakeboarding - Whitewater - Windsurfing. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.5 8.0 103453. |
| Subject |
Extreme sports.
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| Added Author |
Leigh, Ed.
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| ISBN |
155297989X |
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155297992X |
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9781552979921 |
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