Extreme Sports. We all know the images and ideals that these two little words conjure up when put together. Adrenalin. No Fear. Human v Nature. Liklihood of severe injury – High. Yet for those of us who embrace extreme sports these things are gagged, tied up and pushed into the dark recesses of our brains and all we know is the excitement and passion for doing them. The over-arching name ‘Extreme Sports’ is banded about very freely nowadays and it has become a houshold term in our daily language, even my ancient relatives know what I’m talking about. So my 2 main questions are: Where did these ‘extreme sports’ spring from and how long have they been around?
Well the answer is: They’re OLD! Maybe we haven’t always called them ‘extreme’ or ‘sports’ but the fact is people have always attempted to … More
The near-death experience of Jacob Trette, the San Clemente surfer who got in trouble at the Mavericks big-wave break a week ago, was both dramatic and poignant, and it seems hard-hearted to say that the jet ski operator who saved his life should not have been allowed in the water.Â
But I have problems with public policy decisions that aim to protect people from their own choices, and the boom in extreme sports is giving us plenty of opportunities to consider the issues.
The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved applying to the state to have the site of surfing pioneer Jack O’Neill’s original Surf Shop designated as a California Point of Historical Interest.
O’Neill, who lives in Pleasure Point, is synonymous with Santa Cruz, where he helped develop a world renown surfing culture beginning in 1959 and later  … More