EXPRESSION THROUGH ACTION

Extreme sports - also called Action Sports - are just not like mainstream sports. Past and present they are crawling with rebels, riders, drivers and rock stars. It's not about uniforms, coaches or scripts. Expressing yourself through action is the key it’s an attitude, a way of life, even a religion. Once you're in, you're in for life.

EARTH

SKATEBOARDING

Roll on, grind on, slide on! Skateboarding is one of the most popular and competitive board sports in the world. Ruthless attitude, gravity defying tricks and raw asphalt, shape the picture around skateboarding.

LONGBOARDING

Gliding downhill, seamlessly taking the curves of impressive serpentine roads whilst the speed never ceases to increase. The feeling of longboarding down a valley is probably the closest to flying without leaving the ground but beware of the cliffs.

SANDBOARDING

Who would’ve thought that you could snowboard where there's no snow! Sandboarding is the sweaty & sandy alternative to skating, surfing and snowboarding and is guaranteed to be a blast! Just keep in mind, that you will probably pour half the desert out of your boots after sliding down those steep dunes.

MOUNTAIN BOARDING

A thrilling extreme sport and lesser known cousin of skate & snowboarding is seeking for terrain challenges that start where the paved road ends. Making no stop before mud, rocks and other obstacles, it’s a true off-road sport. So prepare to get muddy.

DRIFTING

Burnt rubber, dense smoke and pulsing adrenaline are the essential ingredients of a proper drifting race. Extremely close calls with an overwhelming pace trigger the enthusiasm worldwide amongst drivers and fans. Drifting truly is as extreme as it gets!

BMX

This has nothing to do with the average nursing home excursion of your grandma to Dutch easy-rider cycling routes. BMX has hit the top list of popular extreme sports, where athletes are constantly trying to outdo one another by crazier and higher reaching tricks.

CAVING

Caving is nothing for people with a claustrophobic tendency. Climbing through the dark abyss, moist air, gloomy shapes and echoes of falling rocks create an intensively intimidating atmosphere. Make sure to always keep track of your routes, otherwise you’ll get lost in the depths of these endless caves.

SLACKLINING

Slacklining requires the athlete to have balance and skill, which is the difference between life & death. The daredevils performing this extreme sport have found various different styles, from highlining between cliffs to performing impressive tricks and spins most people wouldn’t even be able to execute on the ground.

PARKOUR

Parkour is a relatively new member of the extreme sports family but is becoming quite popular all over the world. At its core, it is about overcoming obstacles in a fast, acrobatic and flawless manner. Mostly done in urban areas, Parkour artists climb and run building structures, rails and huge gaps trying to defy gravity and expectations of impressed bystanders.

WATER

SURFING

Surfing or Waveriding implies the riding of waves on a surfboard. At the end, it all comes down to the right timing & balance. If you miss these you might get torn apart by the huge waves. But if you catch the right moment and the perfect wave, you’ll feel like the undisputed king of the sea.

WATER SKIING

For water skiing one is being towed by a boat or crane with a rope and a handle, slicing through the water and gaining great speed whilst keeping up balance and shift weights in order to stay above the waterline. One may differentiate between a mono ski or two ski boards.

BODY BOARDING

For body boarding one needs a special board which is smaller but wider in size, compared to a surf board. In contrary to surfing, one is lying on the body board, trying to catch the right timing to swim with the wave. If you catch it in the right moment it carries you away but if you’re missing it you’re facing the full power of the wave crushing you.

WAKEBOARDING

Wakeboarding describes being towed behind a crane or boat whilst standing on a board. Shifting weight and building up pressure to gain great air time and the ability to impress with tricks and spins is the ultimate goal. The speed, the air and even some floating fun boxes increase difficulty but also ability to perform.

KITESURFING

The wind is your engine. Get ready for some huge airtime that gives you room for some incredible movements that make you forget that gravity exists. But watch out, the higher you jump the harder the landing. Without an eye for the waves and a sense for the wind it’s going to cost you a lot of patience.

WINDSURFING

Windsurfing is the art of riding a surfboard with a sail attached, that makes the athlete use the wind in order to gain speed and jump waves. The daredevils doing windsurfing do not only ride the waves but use them as ramps and aren't scared easily. But be cautious, the wind doesn’t have breaks and knows no stop button.

CAVE DIVING

As the name implies, cave diving is all about entering these dark abysses which only see the light of flashlights of those daring to enter them. The worlds unveiled by these lights seem like a different planet and are incredibly complex. Make sure to always keep up your sense for orientation.

SCUBA DIVING

Scuba Diving is all about discovering the world beneath the surface of the sea, a place that most people only see through their TV Screens. Unveiling the secrets hidden in the depth and the fact, that only fractions are known about what lies deep down creates a desire to experience it by oneself.

JETBOARDING

Relatively new to the game, flyboarders use turbines that pump up water from the sea and push it out again in order to create a strong boost that vaults them in the air. It feels and looks like out of a sci-fi movie and allows to do mind bending spins and flips.

SNOW AND ICE

SNOWBOARDING

One of the essentials in the extreme sports family, Snowboarding. Attached to the board one is able to gain great control over the movements, slide down snowy mountains and fill out air time with some impressive stunts. Snowboarding has become so popular.

SKIING

Skiing describes the riding on two ski, downhill on snow. The fact, that one is riding on two separate skis helps the rider to make agile movements and slide down a mountain in the most elegant and seamless manner. This, however, does not make skiing less extreme.

ICE CLIMBING

Armed with an ice pick, spike boots and a fair amount of guts, ice climbers take on glaciers and icy cliffs seeking the ultimate challenge. With tools designed to get a hold in the slippy ice, it takes some serious strength and an exposure of constant danger, that some ice may break. Ice climbing has become increasingly popular.

SNOWMOBILING

These engine powered snowmobiles have some serious potential and allow its rider to reach up to 110 miles per hour and more. Given this incredible speed, the athletes compete in races and freestyle competitions against each other. With the size of these vehicles, the stunts are mind bending and definitely ought to impress.

SNOWKITING

Snowkiting, as the name implies, describes the usage of a kite as an additional way of accelerating. Whether it is a snowboard or ski you are using, this kite uses the wind to transport you wherever you want and gives you some incredible speed you have to know how to handle. The kite allows you to move on flat areas.

MONOSKIING

Monoskiing is a mixture between snowboarding and skiing, but existed even before snowboarding was a thing. Placing two feet behind each other on a single ski while sliding down the mountain has been more popular in the past than it is today, and is, to be honest, quite rare to see. However, that does not take away the impressive skills.

SNOWBLADING

Snowblades or Short Ski, are ski that are comparably short, like a mixture between ski and ice skates. Their shape enable their rider to gain some extra agility, more flexible movements and some extra control when it comes to spins, flips and tricks. Snowblades are mostly used for freestyle purposes.

AIR

BASE JUMPING

Base Jumping describes a parachute equipped jump from a fixed formation, let it be a cliff or a high building. These adrenaline junkies are constantly looking for a more breath taking challenge which sometimes even implies looking for the absolute limit, jumping from as close to the ground as possible.

SKY DIVING

Equipped with a parachute, sky divers mostly jump out of helicopters or planes. Usually they go as high as they can in order to make the sky diver spend as much time in the free fall as possible. Stepping over the edge is the most challenging moment but the free fall after makes you forget about any fear.

WING SUITING

Wing suiting is relatively new to the world of extreme sports but has been making great impact ever since. Equipped with an extra wing suit, the athletes jump down cliffs and steep hills reaching some breaking speed. Their suit allows them control the area of the suit they expose to the upwinds.

BUNGEE JUMPING

Bungee Jumpers are attached to a fixed object, mostly a bridge, tower or building, with a flexible rope. When overstepping the edge, the adrenaline starts rushing through your body as you are situated in a free fall toward the surface. Shortly before you reach the ground.

HIGHLINING

Highlining describes the balancing on a rope / slackline, which spans between two objects in high altitude. The key is control, balance and concentration, which is hard to maintain seeing the deep fall one might be facing when running out of either of the three.

HANG GLIDING

Hang Gliders make use of a big Gliding chute with a construction attached, that they may lie in horizontally in order to control the glider. Starting from mountains, the athletes take a long run-up in order to catch the upwinds, which carry them into the skies.

PARAGLIDING

Paragliders are sitting in a harness belt attached to a paragliding chute, which they are able to glide over a long period of time with. Mostly launched by foot, similar to the hang glider, one needs to take a long run-up in order catch the winds which carry them.