{"id":3660,"date":"2014-07-08T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2014-07-08T21:07:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T01:07:46","slug":"extreme-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/extreme-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme sports and English vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is the time of year when people are outside enjoying the nice weather and often even playing some sports with friends. Today I thought we\u2019d look at some vocabulary for different sports in English, but not regular old sports like baseball or volleyball, extreme sports<\/em> or xtreme sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Extreme sports are sports that are generally thought of as having a high level of danger. These sports usually involve speed, height, a lot of physical exertion, and also great skill. A lot of the extreme sports we are going to look at today gained popularity in the 1990s, but many of these sports had been around before that time.\u00a0 Extreme sports started gaining greater popularity in the 1990s because they started having their own televised competitions and national\/international championships, called the of the XGames.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at some of these sports that are often in xtreme sport competitions.<\/p>\n

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Image by Scott Lumley on Flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

vert skating<\/strong> – This is a sport that includes a half-pipe. A half-pipe is a large man-made structure that looks a bit like the letter U (it is pictured above). It has two concave ramps that meet in the middle with decks on top of the ramps. Athletes wearing inline skates, roller skates, or on skateboards preform tricks while skating on the half-pipe.<\/p>\n

BMX<\/strong> (or bicycle motocross) – This is a cycling sport that involves riding motocross bicycles on pre-made courses, which are on or off roads.\u00a0 The courses are usually very difficult to ride on and it takes great skill to know where you are going and not fall off the bike.<\/p>\n

mountain biking<\/strong>\u00a0 – This is a sport that involves riding mountain bicycles off-road, usually in the mountains over rough terrain. Speed is important in mountain biking and so is not falling off the bike!<\/p>\n

skateboarding<\/strong> – Vert skateboarding, skateboard park, and skateboard street are three types of extreme skateboarding events that have been made famous by the XGames.\u00a0 All of these skateboard sports involve doing tricks and skating over different pre-arranged courses.<\/p>\n

Other sports that are often considered xtreme sports, include:
\nbungee jumping<\/strong>
\n hang gliding<\/strong>
\n ice climbing<\/strong>
\n paintball<\/strong>
\n rock climbing<\/strong>
\n skydiving<\/strong>
\n sky surfing<\/strong>
\n surfing<\/strong>\u2026and many more.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite xtreme sport? Do you do any xtreme sports? Which ones?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It is the time of year when people are outside enjoying the nice weather and often even playing some sports with friends. Today I thought we\u2019d look at some vocabulary for different sports in English, but not regular old sports like baseball or volleyball, extreme sports or xtreme sports. Extreme sports are sports that are…<\/p>\n

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