For extreme sports-crazy boys only / John Coy ; illustrated by Headcase Design.

Includes bibliographical references.

Explosion -- Extreme, adventure, action -- Team sports versus extreme sports -- What happened to traditional sports? -- Rise of extreme sports -- Reasons to participate -- Why? -- Five questions for Alan "Ollie" Gelfand -- Danger -- Emergency room visits -- Extreme danger -- Protect yourself -- How to learn to fall -- How great? -- Excellent nicknames -- Basic skate terms (that also apply to other sports) -- The top 40 extreme sports -- Aggressive inline skating -- BASE jumping -- Bodyboarding -- Bungee jumping -- Cave diving -- Cliff diving -- Extreme aerobatics -- Extreme pogo -- Freediving -- Freeflying -- Free running -- Freeskiing -- Freestyle BMX -- Freestyle scootering -- Hang gliding -- Ice climbing -- Kitesurfing -- Longboarding -- Motocross -- Mountain biking -- Mountain boarding -- Mountain climbing -- Paragliding -- Parkour -- Rock climbing -- Sandboarding -- Skateboarding -- Skimboarding -- Skydiving -- Sky surfing -- Slacklining -- Snowboarding -- Snowmobiling -- Stand up paddle surfing -- Surfing -- Wakeboarding -- Waveski surfing -- Whitewater kayaking -- Windsurfing -- Wingsuit flying -- X Games -- First-time tricks at Winter X Games -- First-time tricks at Summer X Games -- X Games Stars -- Other competitions -- The Olympics -- Olympic Medals -- Winter Olympics -- Summer Olympics -- Death -- Those left behind -- Five questions for "Monster Mike" Schultz -- Just for laughs -- Find your way -- Bibliography.

Provides information about the world of extreme sports, from skateboarding and cave diving to freestyle BMX and hang gliding.

Age: 7-12.