What Is an Extreme Sport Extreme sports are tough fast and exciting Most are not team games and have few rules Many extreme sports need special equipment g din r a o owb n S Many younger people take part in extreme sports for the thrill of it People usually start learning when they are young As they get older the sports become more difficult and more dangerous For example the jumps in snowboarding get bigger 4
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Skateboarding Skateboarders are often called skaters or shredders They perform tricks to show off their skills The most important trick is the ollie see below This trick is a jump from flat ground with the skateboard From the ollie the kickflip and heelflip were also created FF Record The highest recorded ollie from flat ground is 44 5 inches 113 cm It was performed by Danny Wainwright from the UK at the Reese Forbes Ollie Challenge in 2000 Watch Danny Wainwright perform a kickflip or heelflip at the web site on the right Which words can you think of to describe how he does the tricks 6
Fast Facts Tricks Many skateboard tricks were invented in the 1970s and 1980s a wheelie Simple tricks include riding on the back two wheels called Did you know that jumping off a skateboard over an object and landing on the skateboard again is called a hippie jump or hippie flip formt Skatersper th skateparkswi in icks r ramps ONLINE http www youtube com Search Danny Wainwright and select and watch him preparing for his world-record attempt and then making it
