Extreme sports, such as snowboarding and mountain climbing, are gaining popularity all over the world. While these activities provide a sense of excitement, they can result in life-threatening ...

Extreme sports, like base jumping, free solo climbing, big wave surfing and downhill mountain biking, once reserved for a small percentage of people, are now becoming more mainstream. But why are ...

Riders constantly adjust and tune their bikes, brakes, and suspension system to meet the extreme course requirements ... is really where downhill mountain biking is its strongest.

Department of Traumatology and Sports Injuries, Paracelsus Medical University, Muellner Hauptstrasse 48, Salzburg 5020, Austria; johannes.becker{at}pmu.ac.at Background Downhill mountain biking (DMB) ...

Extreme sports are about exhilaration, skill and danger. People who take part use their skills and experience to control the risks. That control is what makes them sports and not just dangerous ...

Chronicling the blue-collar story and rise of a cult sport to a global phenomenon that put the race-driven sport of mountain biking on the map in the world of action sports and the mainstream.

2 Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Objective During a high-altitude expedition, the association of cardiopulmonary exercise ...