Extreme sports have national appeal.From Florida to Alaska and from Maine to Hawaii, extreme sports extreme sports Sports events characterized by high speed or high risk. Such sports include aggressive inline skating, wakeboarding, street luge, skateboarding, and freestyle bicycle events (wherein tricks such as back flips are performed on a bicycle). are popular with the general public. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sporting Goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport Manufacturer's Association International's analysis of the current Superstudy[R] of Sports Participation, extreme sports are an established trend and here to stay. TOP 12 MOST POPULAR SPORTS (based on # of participants in 2003) 1. Inline skating 19.2 million 2. Skateboarding 11 million 3. Paintball 9.8 million 4. Artificial Wall Climbing 8.6 million 5. Snowboarding 7.8 million 6. Mountain Biking 6.9 million 7. Trail Running 6.1 million 8. BMX Bicycling 3.3 million 9. Wakebearding 3.3 million 10. Roller Hockey 2.7 million 11. Mountain]Rock Climbing 2.1 million 12. Boardsailing/Windsurfing 779,000 Following are some additional facts on the 12 most popular extreme sports: Inline skating: 51 percent of all inline skaters are female, yet 58 percent of all frequent (25-plus days/year) inline skaters are male. Skateboarding: The average number of days of participation for a skateboarder in 2003 was 44 days. Paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: : U.S. sales and overall participation in paintball have risen each year since 1998. Artificial Wall Climbing: The average age of an artificial wall-climbing enthusiast in 2003 was 19.9 years of age. Snowboarding: Sales of snowboard equipment in 2003 were $141 million (at wholesale). Mountain Biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. : Nearly 70 percent of mountain bikers are male. Trail Running: Since the late 1990s, overall participation has grown 17.3 percent in trail running--from 5.2 million (in 1998) to 6.1 million (in 2003). BMX BMX abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. Bicycling: The average age of a BMX cyclist in 2003 was 26.5 years of age. Wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. : The average annual household income of a wake boarder in 2003 was $73,400. Roller Hockey: Of the 2.7 million roller hockey players, 33 percent of them (900,000) play the sport on a "frequent" (25-plus days/year) basis. Mountain/Rock Climbing: Nearly 60 percent of mountain/rock climbers are male. Boardsailing/Windsurfing: More than 40 percent of all board sailors live in the South, and more than 52 percent of board sailors live in cities with a population of more than two million. |
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