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