Tillman's ritual before he rides is to chew on each tire Tillman the skateboarding dog can travel 328 feet 100 m in 19,68 seconds Check out more awesome animals in action on pages 20 and 21
CHAPTER 1 GOING TO EXTREMES
Sky Surfing SPECIAL GEAR skyboard and parachute WHY ITS WEIRD Surfing on air and doing 360s cartwheels half twists and flips while falling from 13,000 feet 3,962 m in the air make this sport a combination of skateboarding snowboarding and skydiving Extreme-ly Odd Sports Wingsuit Flying Parkour SPECIAL GEAR none just a lot of guts WHY IT'S WEIRD Using cities as their playgrounds athletes do flips off buildings scale walls and leap across rooftops in a single bound SPECIAL GEAR wingsuit and parachute WHY IT'S WEIRD Skydivers wear special jumpsuits with built in wings allowing them to glide at 100 miles an hour 160 kph before releasing a parachute
Extreme Ironing SPECIAL GEAR iron ironing board and wrinkled clothes WHY ITS WEIRD Thrill seekers in their laundry while climbing snowy mountain peaks scuba diving water sking bungee jumping or performing almost any extreme sport Skyaking SPECIAL GEAR kayak and parachute WHY ITS WEIRD Skyakers ride the air instead of white water rapids free falling for some 8,000 feet 2400m before opening a parachute and targeting a water landing Globe Riding Mountain Unicycling SPECIAL GEAR globe ball WHY ITS WEIRD Like a hamster inside its wheel a globe rider runs inside a giant inflated ball cushioned with a layer of air as it rolls across water or down a steep hillside SPECIAL GEAR unicycle with extra wide knobby tires WHY ITS WEIRD Dydlists climb boulders teeter on rocky ledges and pedal through streams on one wheel with no brakes
