MetaFilter posts tagged with sports and extreme

Mega Air

netbros — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:27:49 -0800

New Extreme Sports. Mega ramp skateboarding, ostrich racing, underwater golfing, pole dancing and pillow fighting are just a few of the innovative new sports you may see in future X Games. (via SpoFi)

Trainrider rides on German bullet trains.

IronWolve — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:30:27 -0800

Trainrider rides on German bullet trains. This video on youtube, about a 21 year old who rode outside on a German bullet train. The rider who filmed himself died of leukemia a year after the videos. Couldn't find much information except for a blurb inwikipedia, trainrider.net and youtube trainsurfing video collection.

Double Back Flip

BrodieShadeTree — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:31:57 -0800

Have extreme sports have reached their pinnacle yet? Apparently not. Travis Pastrana shows how motocross just got a bit more impressive. What's next? Apparently, stupidity and 720's. Watch at about 1:41, and just press mute. Both links: YouTube)

Oh Kids and Thier Sporting Extremity

patr1ck — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:13:08 -0800

Ropeboarding. Just when you thought the kids down the street couldn't get any more insane.

Free Running

riffraff — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:51:39 -0800

He flies through the air with the greatest of ease,
the only difference being he has no trapeze.
Past MeFi. QT plugin required for first link.

manly marathons

mathowie — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 16:19:47 -0800

I've run a marathon and it was hard. Then I learned about ultra marathoners doing 50 and 100 mile runs in one day. Then there are the marathons and ultra marathons in rough places, like Death Valley. Then there's the grand daddy of difficulty: The Marathon Des Sables. It's 6 days and 6 marathons long, run in a desert with temps topping 110F, you have to carry your week's gear and food, and you are limited to 9 liters of water a day. Here are some photos and blogger Ben Hammersley's current results are here. The event finishes tomorrow. [via jay allen]

mathowie — Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:18:45 -0800

EXPN is ESPN/ABC/GoNetworks/DisneyEmpire's newest attempt to exploit the existence of extreme sports. I've spent most of my life skateboarding, but I still don't know how much of it I could watch on TV. I'm sure it would get old after a few weeks.