Jeff Simon wasn’t like most teenagers when he was 14 years old. A serious athlete, he lived for speed. Took risks. Lived on the edge.
And on a day just two weeks shy of the start of high school, as he was waiting anxiously for his parents outside a speedskating clinic in Los Angeles, Simon prepared to broach with them a topic foreign to most teenagers: He would ask if he could leave home to train professionally.
That was six years ago. Now…Â Details
Singapore will be making sports history tomorrow when it holds the inaugural two-day extreme sports competition at the new skate park at East Coast here.
The S$8 million Xtreme SkatePark @ East Coast will be launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday.
To mark the occasion, the skate park will be hosting the inaugural Singapore Extreme Championship in Aggressive In-line Skating, BMX Freestyling and Skateboarding…Â Details
Video Mt Bike FMX Motocross ATV BMX Motorcycle Roadracing – Extreme Sports Crashes and Bloopers – Has brought together the greatest crashes and bloopers in the Extreme Sports world. A body can only withstand so much punishment, and it seem these guys and girls are pu…
For a few hours on a recent evening, the headaches of keeping a step ahead of Iran’s notorious security forces begin to fade. Skateboarders, BMX bikers and aggressive inline skaters zip down the quarter-pipe in their baggy street wear, pumping their arms whenever they land a tricky move. Small groups of teens from relatively well-off families, some still in middle school, stand on the sidelines staring in awe while beats spin over the booming speakers.
The capital’s only skate park is a rare refuge for some of the country’s restless and burgeoning youths, allowing them to congregate without being harassed by the feared Basij militia. Under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rule  … Details