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Far from being motivated by mere thrills, new research reveals the complex motivations behind extreme sports participation.
Action sports used to be a niche interest but are continuing to gain in popularity - why are more young people gravitating towards them?
In Alone Australia accepting fear as something useful and necessary is essential for survival.
People associate mindfulness with yoga and tai chi but meditation is actually closely connected with the most dangerous extreme sports.
In a world where transhumanists seek to use technology to save humanity, and even to defeat death, surfing reminds humans of our staggering insignificance.
A documentary about a high adrenaline outback adventure race, Finke: There & Back, provides spectacular aerial imagery and personal insights.
An equation from the 1890s can help us work out how high Hughes can actually reach with his homemade rocket.
The 2019 season has been one of Mount Everest’s deadliest for climbers.
A few visits to the gym or a short jog around the block in the week before departure isn’t enough preparation.
Chances are you won’t make it through this article without wiping your hands.
Why extreme sports can change your life for the better.
Extreme feats of human endurance require extreme measures to stay alive
Are you impulsive and easily bored? You may be a thrill seeker.
Can skateboarding – with its anti-establishment ethos and emphasis on individuality – mesh with the corporatized Olympics?
Many onlookers were shocked when a bus blew up on a London bridge for a film stunt, but at least no one was hurt. There is a long history of serious accidents and fatalities on set.
Wingsuit flying might be dangerous but that doesn’t mean all base jumpers are hedonists with a death wish.
Life is hardier than was thought only a few decades ago. With the help of new exploration technologies and new methods for finding and identifying organisms, our perceptions of what constitute the environmental…
Tough Mudder is an endurance foot race over 12 miles that belongs to a class of obstacle courses known as MOB, or mud, obstacles and beer, that have seen an explosion in popularity since 2010. They include…
UPDATE: After adverse weather conditions delayed earlier launch attempts, Felix Baumgartner has finally made his historic skydive. Red Bull Stratos reports that Baumgartner climbed to an altitude of over…
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Reader, Psychology with Outdoor and Adventure studies, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, University of Bath
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Emeritus Professor, Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance, Bangor University
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Professor of Film Studies, University of Leicester
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Doctoral researcher, University of Westminster
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Lecturer in Exercise and Environmental Physiology and Exercise Immunology, University of Westminster
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Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Senior Clinical Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Research Director Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Post-Doc Researcher in Sport Psychology, Bangor University
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Hypersonics, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Head of the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University
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Professor of Marketing and Tourism, Nottingham Trent University
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