The annual BMX World Championships are upon us again. Next week, Shanaze Reade will lead a party of seven elite British riders into action at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham and hopes are high that the event will see the Olympic hopeful secure her fifth international Championship title. Reade, who took the... 

Britain’s elite Olympic canoeists are heading out to Poland this weekend with the intention of showing the rest of the world that Britannia still rules the waves, at least as far as this particular extreme sport is concerned. The ICF Canoe Sprint Cup will take place in Poznan and it is likely that the event will... 

In the year of Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Britain has a new Queen of Rock Climbing. Hazel Findlay from Bristol has been acknowledged as the number one female rock climber by her fellow British enthusiasts after she successfully scaled the “Once Upon A Time Climb” in Devon, an ascent that is believed to be... 

The BMX Hall of Fame will welcome a group of new inductees on 16th June this year, with a ceremony scheduled to take place beneath the Olympic Flame at the United States Olympic Training Centre in California. The prestigious event will see five big names from the world of BMX join some of the sport’s all-time legends.... 

The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a masterpiece of Victorian engineering, but in recent times it has taken on a very modern use that Brunel could not have foreseen. It has become a hotspot for renegade base jumping, attracting numerous adrenaline junkies over the past few years, who scale the 8 foot tall security fence... 

Most divers would take every precaution possible to avoid a confrontation with a tiger shark, but for Stefanie Brendl, swimming with the massive predators is her primary motivation for taking the plunge in the first place. The 46-year-old from Germany, who thinks nothing of spending hours freediving in the company... 

Alexandra Palace in north London was designed to be a “people’s palace”. It’s therefore fitting that the location should play host to one of the biggest BMX events ever staged in the United Kingdom. The Empire of Dirt BMX contest will take place on 19th May, hosted in the historic grounds of the Grade II listed... 

British windsurfer, Nick Dempsey has condemned a decision by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to ditch windsurfing at the 2016 Olympic Games in favour of kite surfing. The British champion and Olympic medalist said that the decision by the governing body was “bizarre” and demonstrated that the federation... 

The extreme sports hall of fame welcomed another star athlete into its fold today following confirmation that Garrett McNamara had secured a surfing world record. The 44-year-old professional surfer from Haleiwa, Hawaii, became the official holder of the “tallest wave surfed” record, following a lengthy adjudication... 

If you’ve ever wondered which group of people would be most likely to survive the apocalypse, wonder no longer. The answer is freerunners. With their ability to defy gravity, scale walls and summersault over obstacles, freerunners possess a unique set of physical skills that stand them in good stead to face whatever...