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14.2.53

Extreme Sports Wall Decals Bring Life Size Action to Your Bedroom Walls

If you're interested in extreme sports like Motocross, skateboarding, BMX or snowboarding, then you'll want to read about how to show your fan pride with extreme sports wall decals. After reading this article, you should be able to see how to show your sports enthusiasm with removable wall decals.

Hang Them Anywhere
The really cool thing about wall graphics is that they can be applied to any clean smooth surface. And because they're made to be restuck to walls and surfaces, you can take them down and move them to other locations.

Stands up to Hard Use
Wall decals for kids are going to get touched. They're going to get dirty. They're going to be hanging on the wall in direct sunlight day in and day out. Extreme sports wall decals are up to the task. They're fade resistant. They're easy to clean, and they're durable and will stand up to being touched and moved often.

Outrageous Action
If you're really into extreme sports like motocross, what could be better than getting a larger than life image of Brian Deegan soaring hands free and upside down to put up right next to your favorite flat screen TV. That way when you're not catching him live in action you can still keep the inspiration.

Inspire Your Dad
Look. It sucks getting old. If your Dad is over 40, when he was young, half the action sports like Snowboarding didn't exist. You totally need to get him his own sports wall decals of Travis Rice. Even if you can't have your sports wall decals up all the time, when you hang with your dad to catch the latest competition, you can show your pride by putting it up for the event.

Inspire your Son
Remember when you were young and felt like you were no good at anything you did? Find out which sport he's into and then go out and get him the gear to do it and some extreme sports wall decals to get him inspired. Hang out with him. Show your pride in him and get him fired up.

Better yet, after he gets his gear and gets going, break out your hi-res camera with telephoto lens and get a few shots of him in full action at a meet or event. You can get custom vinyl wall decals made with your own images.

Appeal to the Individual
Action sports are primarily one person pitting themselves against a challenge. Having sports wall decals of the heroes of these sports can only encourage your own kids to explore how to be successful as their own person.

Extreme sports wall decals depict high performing and achieving individuals in action. Fans of extreme sports learn that individual achievements are important and possible. Being able to rely on yourself to accomplish a goal is an important talent to cultivate.

Conclusion
So now that you know some of the benefits of these great wall graphics, what are you waiting for? Show your fan pride. Bond with your kids. Get to know what they're into. Get your own wall graphics today!

12.2.53

Top Ten Extreme Sports

Extreme sports have a craze all over the world. Here is a detailed analysis on the basis of the Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association International's report. Following is the current Super study of Sports Participation.

TOP 10 MOST POPULAR SPORTS

1. Inline skating 19.2 million

2. Skateboarding 11 million

3. Paintball 9.8 million

4. Artificial Wall climbing 8.6 million

5. Snowboarding 7.8 million

6. Mountain biking 6.9 million

7. Trail running 6.1 million

8. BMX bicycling 3.3 million

9. Wake boarding 3.3 million

10. Roller Hockey 2.7 million

Following are some additional facts on the 12 most popular extreme sports:

• Inline skating:
Out of total population of inline skating, 51 percent are female. However, 58 percent of all regular (25-plus days/year) inline skaters are male.

• Skateboarding:

The average number of days of participation is 44.

• Paintball:

Overall participation in paintball and U.S. sales has grown up each year since 1998.

• Artificial Wall Climbing:

The average age was found to be only 19.9 years in this game.

• Snowboarding:

Sales figures are incredible now. Snowboard equipment sale in 2003 was $141 million.

• Mountain Biking:

Almost 70 percent of mountain bikers are guys.

• Trail Running:

Since 1990, on the whole participation has increased 17.3 percent in trail running. It became 6.1 million in 2003.

BMX Bicycling:

The average age of a BMX cyclist is 26.

• Wakeboarding:

The average annual income of a wake boarder is $73,400.

• Roller Hockey:

Out of the 2.7 million roller hockey participants, 33 percent of them play the sport on a "regular" (25-plus days/year) basis.

As is said, fear is in the brain! If a person overcomes it, extreme sports are a thrilling experience. If this fear persists in the brain, extreme sports seem to be no less than a suicidal act.

6.2.53

Leaps Of Faith - Extreme Sports With Adventurous Appeal

Extreme sports have traditionally been the preserve of only the maddest, baddest and most dangerous to know, and of course rebellious teenagers keen to worry their mums. However, as with any trend worth its salt, the history and variety of 'extreme' activities - also known as action, adventure or dangerous sports - are more interesting than many people realise, and there are well-established organisations which can help make delving into their adrenaline-pumping world almost as safe as any other hobby.

The phrase 'extreme sports' only came into use in the 1990s, probably thanks to the first television coverage of organised events like the X Games. Many enthusiasts actually dislike the term, arguing that most typical activities such as bungee jumping, hang gliding and ice climbing are not 'sports' in the sense of competing against others to win something, and the 'extreme' tag just smacks of mid-90s advertising hype.

Whatever you prefer to call it, extreme sports is a loose and ill-defined category which can include fairly mainstream pastimes like inline skating, BMX biking and snowboarding, (activities which can all involve elaborate spins, stunts and tricks) as well as more 'out-there' pursuits such as BASE jumping, freediving, zorbing, swooping, kite landboarding, volcano gliding, shark diving, octopus wrestling, nude parasailing, mafioso cuckolding (alright, that one's not real).

Just as some of these fall out of fashion - for instance, octopus wrestling is now considered cruel - new sports and clubs are growing up all the time, although several are tongue-in-cheek parodies such as extreme wheelbarrow and the celebrated extreme ironing. Skateboarding and snowboarding, or 'snurfing' as it was originally called, have been popular since their inception in the 1950s and 60s, while kite surfing can trace its origins back to thirteenth-century China when kites were used, just like sails on boats, to harness the power of the wind and allow streamlined, one-man canoes to go much faster for practical reasons, not just fun!

With so much choice and interest in these previously niche activities, it's unsurprising that an industry is springing up around extreme sports instruction and adventure holidays, where novices can learn the basics of a sport and then let loose their adventurous spirits in a supervised environment. These experiences could be the ideal gift for the 'person who has everything'; don't you know someone who'd rather spend their honeymoon in a cage in the Indian Ocean baiting great white sharks, than admiring their new toaster? Don't we all?! How about bouncing down a hill in a three-metre, transparent PVC ball, with or without the optional water, and other people, inside it? It's called zorbing, and it's seriously taking off as the latest way to spend a fun weekend, from New Zealand to Bournemouth.

Bear in mind that some activities should not be attempted by absolute beginners; the BASE jumping academy will only admit 'students' who have completed 200 skydives, and swooping, or 'extreme skydiving', is similar. As long as you're clued up about such regulations, got any necessary equipment, and perhaps made sure your life insurance is up to date, though, why not explore a new activity today - the sky really is the limit!