So, you heard about bmx, or you saw one of those extreme shows about bmx, and now you’re thinking, hey, that looks like fun. Well, before you go head first into the bmx world, there are a few things you need to know. A bmx bike consists of many different parts, and if you dont […]
Paintball is an exciting and fun activity. Many have heard that it is an extreme sport. To the contrary, many paintball parks are designed for the whole family. Like any sport, paintball has various levels and types of games to play. One of my favorites is woods ball. As a […]
Have you ever suffered a rock climbing injury? If you are like most rock climbers the answer is a resounding yes. You see rock climbing can be very hard on your body especially if are not doing the things you should be. Before we get into all of that let’s talk about […]
Perhaps you’ve seen them on the T.V. doing their tricks that look so cool and effortless. Maybe you’ve seen them at the local skateboarding park. Whatever has brought your attention to the sport, you are awed by it and think that this is going to be your thing. There is only one […]
Snowboarding rose to prominence on the slopes in the 1970s and 1980s as an rebellious alternative to skiing. The more sophisticated, sensible skiiers didn’t accept the sub-culture of snowboarding at first and there was a clear divide between the two groups.
As snowboarding became more popular as a sport and began to build its own style, […]
Chris Sharma has been unstoppable lately. After spending a lot of time in Spain climbing with some of rock climbings greats like Dani Andrada and Patxi, Sharma has made some world class sends. He has been working on tons of projects that are hard, like 5.15 hard.
You can tell that Sharma […]
The modern racing and placed rules governed by Nascar began to become popular very quickly. Sponsorship arrived from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. These men were searching for an outlet to market their merchandise, as they were banned from TV promotions. In 1971, the Winston Cup became the top series. In the late 1970s, numerous […]
What started off as a way of racing stock motorcars on dirt tracks has now become as America’s biggest and most-watched sporting event. It has rapidly matched and in many places taken over even the NFL as the most-watched sport. Nascar is huge today. For those of you wondering, Nascar stands for the National Association […]
Nascar uses a points and rating system of rules to award its drivers. Now the prize money is not the only thing that matters. The points also count. Let’s now take a gander at the history of the Nascar points system. From 1949, when Nascar began, to 1951, Nascar awarded points on the base of […]
Nascar was always criticized for the lack of safety ordinances in its races. But since 2001 after a series of accidents killed many peak drivers, including the ill-fated last-lap wreck of Dale Earnhardt, Nascar had to disengage and modify its position on this. It has now begun to bring in safety devices and accessories.
The […]
