Adventure Sports Archive

  • 5 Awesome Activities For The High Adrenaline Traveller

    5 Awesome Activities For The High Adrenaline Traveller

    Are you the sort of person who loves to sit peacefully on your hotel balcony watching the waves crash on the beach and letting the world pass by? No? Good. This post is for all of you who want a little adventure in your lives....

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  • The Most Difficult Snowboarding areas of 2011

    The Most Difficult Snowboarding areas of 2011

    Attention all Flyboys, Flygirls, Freestylers, and Carvers! Want a killer snowboarding trip? Here’s this year’s top picks for the most challenging snowboard runs in the world. So, grab your board and prepare for ride of your life. Corbet’s Couloir—Jackson Hole, Wyoming, US If you’re hard-core,...

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  • Affordable Adventure breaks in the UK

    Affordable Adventure breaks in the UK

    Three affordable, stress-relieving breaks for the adventure sports enthusiast For those needing a break from the stresses of work, city-living, public transport, monotony and the other little things that build up, these three short breaks are sure to get you feeing healthy, refreshed and revitalised...

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    5 examples of great design: adventure sports websites

    Rica Surf The Rica Surf website has a nice beach feel to it, particularly the rugged background, wooden link images and interesting typography. There’s a nice simplicity to it which is topped off by a very cool logo. Heli Park NZ Good use of greys, reds...

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    5 New Extreme Sports

    1. Parkour Yep we’ve all seen it. It’s cool, it’s hip and it’s taking over everywhere from the hipsters of East London to the skinny jean brigade in San Francisco. Even the stunt-guy in the latest James Bond was one. Parkour is basically the art of...

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  • Top Ten Mountain Biking Locations

    Top Ten Mountain Biking Locations

    Mountain biking is one of the most popular adventure sports today. Adrenaline junkies are flocking to new corners of the globe to explore new track. Before they had never seen a mountain bike, but now locations such as India, Bolivia, Tasmania, and Tanzania have their...

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  • Tyler Bradt goes over 189 ft waterfall

    Falling 189 ft in a Kayak with Tyler Bradt

    Originally thought to have been a 186 ft drop, this world record fall was remeasured to 189 ft. Below is what National Geographic had to say about the successful attempt. Watch the video on CNN. “There isn’t a lot that scares Tyler Bradt, so before he steered...

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    Mountaineer Joe Brown awarded CBE: The British Empire Medal

    Joe Brown has been appointed a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 New Year Honours list for his services to rock climbing and mountaineering. Originally from Ardwick in Manchester, he said receiving the award was like being recognised for...

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    Interview with Dean Dunbar; blind adventure sports hero!

    Dean Dunbar is founder of The Extreme Dreams website (www.extremedreams.co.uk), launched in 2002. The website content is based around the adventures of registered blind extreme sports enthusiast and adventurer Dean (Deano) Dunbar. An inspiration (though he doesn’t like to be called this) to anyone who...

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    Skiing and snowboarding in Scotland

    Following on from our last post about Scotland being the world hub of adventure for sports such as kayaking and mountain biking, it seems that Scotland also offers some great skiing and snowboarding this year as a result of some heavy pre-Christmas snow. It wasn’t...

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