Extreme Sports

WATCH: Base Jumper Cheats Death After Parachute Fails During 1,000ft Leap

SWNS | Sara C Nelson | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK

A base jumper’s miraculous survival after falling 1,000ft to the ground has been caught on film. Matthew Gough was base jumping in Lake Garda, I...

Worth The Surf

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

If lazing on the beach, listening to your favourite bands play live, or raving the night away on a rooftop isn't enough to tempt you to this year's Be...

Streetfest 2013, or What to Do This Bank Holiday Sunday

Lucy Karsten | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Lucy Karsten

The thing posh people really, truly like, is pretending not to be posh.

Why Remaking Point Break Is A Mistake

Ben Falk | Posted 12.06.2013 | UK Entertainment
Ben Falk

You remake Girl With The Dragon Tattoo because millions of people can't be arsed to read subtitles. You do a hundred versions of Macbeth because the writing is so complex and universal that each one can yield myriad subtext or reflections on our own modern-day existence. Point Break is Point Break. There's nothing to interpret.

WATCH: Runners Brave World's Hottest And Coldest Marathons

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Runners are putting their minds and bodies to the ultimate test as they take part in the world's hottest and coldest marathons. From minus 28°C on...

Budget Bullet-Time: GoPro Array Does Hollywood On The Cheap

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.05.2013 | UK Tech

An innovative use of everyone's favourite ridiculously small extreme sports camera has let a bunch of amateur filmmakers recreate scenes akin to 'The ...

WATCH: Proof That Umbrellas Can Be Used For Sky-Diving

Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Tech

Incredible videos of skydiving, jetpack rides and other insane tech-aided extreme sports are pretty much a staple for us - but we've never seen anythi...

Canyoning, The Azores, and a Glorious Descent Into Ignorance

Ben Whitmarsh | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Ben Whitmarsh

Walking along rivers and streams, rappelling, jumping and sliding to overcome natural obstacles, this is canyoning. In the Azores there are exceptional geo-morphological conditions for the practice of this sport.

Now THIS Is How You Impress A Dolphin

Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK Tech

An amazing water-based jetpack hoverboard thing has been captured with a tiny GoPro camera. This ridiculous mode of transport/method of impressing ...

WATCH: People Are Awesome

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK Comedy

People are amazing, aren't they? They can do incredible things - like backflips, and skateboard stunts, and forming a government when they didn't gain...

People Are Awesome (Again)

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Tech

The latest annual compilation of the best extreme sports clips, feats of heroism and ridiculous stunts has just been released on YouTube. The origi...

Go on, Do Something Stupid - But Only if It's Included in the Price

Martin Dorey | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Martin Dorey

So go on, do something stupid. Take a chance on that tandem skydive, google that slack lining school, splash out on that ice holing holiday and book in that bobsleigh break. It's all covered, although, interestingly, I couldn't find skinny dipping anywhere. Oh well.

Zorbing Father-Of-Two Tumbles To Death In Russian Ski Resort (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK

A father-of-two has been killed after the giant inflatable ball (known as a "zorb") he was riding in suddenly veered off course and plunged down a mou...

Nokia Gets a Winner With the World of Red Bull App

Katerina Zherebtsova | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Tech
Katerina Zherebtsova

"This is super dope", says Marko Grilc in a melodic Slovenian accent. The rockstar snowboarder is talking about something in the palm of his hand. His...

Why Are 15 Men Flinging Themselves Of A Chinese Mountain?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK

What is it with men wearing nothing more than some flimsy fabric between their legs and arms flinging themselves off very high objects? Forget Feli...

Skydiver Dies And Another Injured After Mid-Air Collision Over Peterborough

PA | Posted 23.09.2012 | UK

One man has died and another is in a serious condition after they collided while skydiving, the ambulance service said. Emergency services went to ...

British Man's Body Found In Canada River

Posted 08.08.2012 | UK

The body of a British man who drowned during a river trip in Canada has been recovered. Andrew Barrie, from Balloch in West Dunbartonshire, was on ...

In Praise of Lycra Clad Bottoms

Shirley Thompson | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Shirley Thompson

One of the best parts of being a slow runner is that when I started taking part in races, I had an abundance of sexy lycra clad bottoms running in fro...

Could You Jump 30m Down Onto A Bag Full Of Air?

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Comedy

Ever heard of 'blobjumping'? Also known as 'blobbing', it's essentially the art of leaping off a tower onto a big bag of air, then bouncing off it and...

WATCH: Paraplegic Girl Goes Bungee Jumping In A Wheelchair

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 21.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Just because someone happens to be paraplegic, that doesn't mean they can't do some seriously awesome stuff. Just take a look at Christine Rougoor her...

WATCH: Mobility Scooter Goes At 50mph In The Snow

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Comedy

Back on 14 October 2010, serial daredevil Colin Furze took a modified mobility scooter to a racetrack and got it up to 71.59mph, breaking the Guinness...

WATCH: Airbag Saves Professional Snowboarder's Life

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 09.02.2012 | UK Comedy

'Snowboarder saved by airbag' - It doesn't seem to make any sense when it's written down, does it? But as this video proves, snowboarding airbags real...

WATCH: World's First Snowmobile Front Flip

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK Comedy

So this is unfair: not only does extreme sportsman - our term - Heath Frisby have an amazing name, but he's also the only person to ever front flip a ...

The Ultimate Cliff Face-Off: Cyclist And Snowboarder Go Head To Head Racing Down A Mountain (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alastair Plumb | Posted 07.12.2011 | UK Comedy

Think about it - if you had to guess, who would win in a race between someone on a mountain bike or someone on a snowboard in a race to the bottom of ...

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No, It's A Norwegian Daredevil Flying At 155mph In A Wingsuit (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Alastair Plumb | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK Comedy

Adrenaline junkie Espen Fadnes may not actually be Superman (or a bird, for that matter), but he does a damn good impression of him as he soars throug...