“Wuffo?” That’s what we skydivers call people who can’t understand why we risk everything for the thrill of our sport: “Wuffo,” as in “what for”? Why would we jump out of airplanes and trust our lives ...

That one-word question often pops to mind whenever a gut-wrenching, oxygen-depleting athletic feat is described or witnessed. Just mention of an extreme sport can send some seeking Google for a visual ...

Extreme sports exist in that strange space where human ambition meets the absolute edge of what’s physically possible. Second place doesn’t mean much here. These pursuits measure the gap between ...

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The Birmingham City Council approved $1.5 million to bring an international extreme sports competition to City Walk downtown.

Back in the day, grizzled cowboys showed off their prowess by wrestling steers, roping calves, and clinging, for as long as possible, to the backs of snot-slinging bulls while their peers watched from ...

The Insta360 Ace Pro 2 has been released as a cutting-edge action camera, specifically designed for just about anything. But this is Newsweek Sports, so it will come as no surprise that we're looking ...

Andreas Tonelli, a professional mountain biker and extreme sports influencer known for pushing limits on two wheels, died July 15 after falling more than 600 feet in the Italian Alps. He was 48.

Researchers in Marseilles, France have substantiated what we all suspected, cannabis use is strongly associated with the so-called sliding sports: surfing, windsurfing, skiing, sailing and of course, ...

New Zealand doesn’t ease you in. It shoves you headfirst into adventure. From skydiving over glaciers to white-water sledging through rapids, the extreme sports in New Zealand are as intense as they ...