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Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Kris Koonar @ Friday, 18th January 2008 @ 2:23 PM

While outdoor rock climbing is an excellent sport, it is also fraught with risks. You could lose a foothold or you could get caught up in a blizzard or a snowstorm and get frostbitten. Rock climbing also requires proper time and planning. The time spent on planning and reaching your mountain could be more than the time you actually spend on rock climbing. Enter indoor wall rock climbing. This type of rock climbing where you can climb a wall fitted with footholds and even finger holds can ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Kris Koonar @ Friday, 18th January 2008 @ 2:23 PM

The three-dimensional model you made of poster board or construction paper is now ready to be transitioned to design drawing. Begin with a simple sketch to define the dimensions. CAD or computer aided design software may be used or you can draw it by hand. CAD is not required, if you can define the entire dimension mathematically. Each joint or edge should be labeled for the exact distance from the last joint. The distance from existing structure such as wall, floor, ceiling is to be ref... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Kris Koonar @ Friday, 18th January 2008 @ 2:21 PM

Before preparing the plan of the climbing wall, clear and concise training objectives have to be defined. The wall could be built to increase your muscular strength or increase endurance. Different types of configurations are responsible for imparting the type of training desired. Once the objective is finalized, identifying the location is the next important step to be taken. Climbing walls can be built to fit any size; even if the space is limited an awesome wall can still be built to b... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Kris Koonar @ Friday, 18th January 2008 @ 2:21 PM

Its not very difficult to build a Home climbing wall, but proper planning and materials are needed to ensure that you get it right on one go and do not have to remove or replace ply or bolts to get it right. The first step is to locate the ideal place where you want to mount your wall. You could fabricate it indoors and bolt it to an existing wall and part of your ceiling or you could mount it outside. Make a rough sketch and make a list of all the materials needed for your construction.... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Kris Koonar @ Friday, 18th January 2008 @ 2:14 PM

Indoor rock climbing walls usually have wooden walls for its basic structure. Plywood sheets of adequate thickness with anchors are placed and used in building climbing walls. Varying degrees of difficult positions can be setup in segments. The possibility of setting up segments with different difficult levels is limitless. Handholds and fasteners are essential parts you need, when shopping for an indoor rock-climbing wall. The standard requirement is one handhold per three square feet of... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Jim Brown @ Saturday, 12th January 2008 @ 3:08 PM

You have made the best decision to drop by online because skateboarding gear shopping will never be the same. Ever find it difficult to start shopping or did you not find anything at all? Tired of the perennial out of stock items for your favorites? Say goodbye to them! Your shopping can never be as hassle free at the comfort of your finger tips and right before your doorsteps just before you need them! Your shopping will change now that you're shopping online. It's the most convenient... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Corey Palmer @ Monday, 7th January 2008 @ 10:09 AM

Paintballs are ball like capsules of gelatin containing polyethylene glycol and water soluble, non-toxic substances and dye. These basically are used in a game, paintball, in which participants out do the opposition by shooting with these paintballs from a powdered marker of compressed gas. These are commonly referred to as the paintball guns. Paintballs are the brainchild of the Nelson Paint Company. It indeed was an invention that arose from the need to mark trees in the forests. Besid... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Friday, 4th January 2008 @ 4:45 PM

Tennis is a tough game, both physically and mentally, and requires a great deal of effort and dedication to improve. Having said that, by devoting the time to learn new techniques, and consolidate your existing game, you can improve your overall on-court performance in no time. One of the most important aspects of tennis is the serve. It's your chance to score heavily, but it's also your opponents chance to break you down, and smash your spirits. During the serve, the pressure... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Christa Kowalczyk @ Thursday, 3rd January 2008 @ 10:48 PM

Seriously impressed with Spider-Man and his wall climbing skills? Then wall climbing is what you should do next. Started as a fun activity wall climbing has now taken a shape of professional sports where the rock climbers get their hand on experience before climbing a real one. Professional or Amateur wall climbing is now favored as a perfect indoor adventure activity which rushes adrenaline with the sheer joy and technique which requires both strength and flexibility. Climbing the wa... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Gregg Hall @ Wednesday, 2nd January 2008 @ 2:54 AM

Even though people didn't really get the concept of snowboarding until the 1970s it didn't really become part of the winter Olympics nor popular until 1998. Today this is the sport that everyone is waiting for when watching the winter Olympics. So due to many people snowboarding and many people wanting to learn many resorts offer rentals and free lessons on most of their slopes. They would want you to learn from someone who can teach rather than just renting you a board and hav... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Nerode Abraham @ Tuesday, 1st January 2008 @ 3:51 AM

Airsofting requires some very specific equipment. Depending on what kind of Airsofter you are, you might need special camouflaged clothing, and you will definitely need a helmet, some gloves, and some padding because airsoft pellets do not live up to their name when they are coming at you at high velocities. The most important piece of equipment you will need to purchase, of course, is your airsoft gun. When buying an airsoft gun there are two basic things you will want to already know when y... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Gregg Hall @ Tuesday, 1st January 2008 @ 3:50 AM

Surfing is the only type of sport where the person relies on the wave to pick them up and for them to do tricks. Unlike body boarding and kite surfing you have to stand up fast before the wave breaks on you so you can get down the line and do your tricks on the wave. Surfing first had started way back in Hawaii when Captain James cook was on the island. The boards they used back then were made from heavy thick wood so it made them hard to even paddle out. They were later made from other m... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Gregg Hall @ Tuesday, 25th December 2007 @ 4:52 PM

Rock climbing is the sport where you climb steep rocks and it was first done in England. By 1930 some hundred climbing resorts opened in England alone and people started the sport of rock climbing. A person who wants to be a climber should always be ready to climb such as being in good physical and mental health. The person who is outlaying the route to the top of the climb should always be watching out for the other climbers since they just started climbing. There are a few different ki... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Nerode Abraham @ Tuesday, 25th December 2007 @ 2:49 PM

Airsoft guns are sometimes also known as soft air guns and are usually powered by gas, spring or electric power. These are guns that will shoot small plastic pellets, typically six millimeters or eight millimeters around, though there is some debate as to whether the spring powered weapons are actually air guns at all. Some of these airsoft guns are used for playing airsoft, a sport that is sort of like paintball except that airsoft is usually done in a military action simulation with clear ob... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Nerode Abraham @ Friday, 21st December 2007 @ 11:34 PM

Are you an airsofter or paintballer? That is the question that many enthusiasts in the sport want to know. But for a beginner who is not sure where to start, it can be difficult to determine the difference between the two. So, for all of you newbees to the sport of simulated combat, here is the rundown. Paintball is a sport which is often played outdoors. This exciting extreme sport is very popular all over the United States and is played all over the world. The usual game of c... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Jim Brown @ Monday, 17th December 2007 @ 7:07 AM

Part of the intrigue that people have about skiing down the ski slopes is the danger involved. Most people feel that they know how to ski, or well enough to feel that they will not get injured by running into a tree or another skier. There are other things to worry about when skiing and the extreme sports enthusiasts are probably at the top of the list or directly under the imminent threat of an avalanche. What extreme skiing represents is perfectly fine, but people on the slopes have a t... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Sunday, 16th December 2007 @ 6:11 AM

Buying the right mountaineering equipment for your trip is one of the most crucial factors in ensuring your safety where you're on a climb. Once you're up the side of that mountain, there's no emergency store where you can pick up an extra hat or scarf if the weather turns nasty. You're going to be very much on your own, so it's always best to plan well in advance to make sure you have everything you could possibly need. The first thing you should think about be... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Kris Koonar @ Sunday, 16th December 2007 @ 6:08 AM

High Performance Climbing Walls are perfect options for Universities, Indoor climbing facilities, Health clubs, YMCA's, Recreation centers, or any facility that needs a custom rock climbing wall with a climbing features, durability, and high quality look. High Performance walls are usually built on a steel framed superstructure. This gives the builder the liberty of implementing indefinite ideas like cracks, free standing pinnacles, archways, huecos, aretes, and much more. After er... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Roger Munns @ Friday, 14th December 2007 @ 10:53 AM

Certain ski resorts in Canada plan to make their slopes more family friendly by removing all of their man-made snow jumps. This is good news to some, especially if your father is bunny hill material, yet he still pretends to be a stuntman from a James Bond film. The Canadian resorts stretch from Quebec to British Columbia. They include Lake Louise, Fernie, Kimberley, Nakiska, Mont-Sainte-Anne, and Stoneham. The resorts want to put safety first and they believe that other major resorts wil... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Extreme | By Corbin Newlyn @ Friday, 14th December 2007 @ 3:55 AM

If you and your friends and family are planning on spending your next vacation or holiday outdoors, why not do a little white water rafting? This activity is great for groups, and is ideal for people who enjoy being outside or in the water. If the idea sounds interesting, and you're not quite sure where to start, here are some white water rafting tips for beginners that will help you feel more at ease during your first trip. First of all, you'll want to select a white water par... more...