The Best Extreme Sports Books 2024

1. White Heat: The Extreme Skiing Life [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. White Heat is pure adrenaline--a thrilling exploration of extreme skiing that pushes the reader over the edge with heart-pounding accounts of people who risk their lives on the fastest, steepest slopes. Often obsessed and possibly crazy, extrem

White Heat : The Extreme Skiing Life, Used [Paperback]

2. Ice Climbing (Adventure Sports), Used [Hardcover]

Describes the history and techniques of ice climbing, one of the fastest-growing adventure sports today.

Ice Climbing, Used [Hardcover]

3. The Adrenaline Junkie's Bucket List : 100 Extreme Outdoor Adventures to Do Before You Die, Used [Hardcover]

Imagine kayaking the churning whitewater of Africa's wild and wet Zambezi River. Get barreled in a wave surfing Fiji's legendary Cloudbreak reef. Trek New Zealand's famed Milford Track through the lush, green fiords. The Adrenaline Junkie's Bucket List is the ultimate guide for the outdoor and sports enthusiasts seeking out the world's most fantastic adventures. The book runs the gamut of water, mountain and hiking sports for all skill levels--from beginners to experts. Written by a veteran outdoor adventure expert, author and wilderness physician, it presents readers with one hundred amazing and challenging voyages all over the world. Organized by continent, the book offers fifteen to twenty-five trips of a wide variety in each section, and also covers local lore and history, hotel and restaurant recommendations, and other relevant services. Sidebars throughout contain practical advice for the adventure travel enthusiast on health, safety, and outdoor life. This is the perfect book for extreme athletes and armchair travelers looking for an adventurous read. A heartstopping and essential guide to the best extreme outdoor adventures on every continent

The Adrenaline Junkie's Bucket List : 100 Extreme Outdoor Adventures to Do Before You Die, Used [Hardcover]

4. Summer (Xtreme Sports) [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Extreme sports athletes have gone mainstream, and are widely recognized through exposure on ESPN's X-Games, the Gravity Games, and the Warp Tour. This book is about the top extreme sports stars of the summer. From four-time world champion surfer Lisa Anderson to Motocross legend Carey Hart. Readers will get all the bio info, quotes, facts, and trivia about their favorite extreme sports superstars.

Summer, Used [Paperback]

5. Amped : How Big Air, Big Dollars, and a New Generation Took Sports to the Extreme, Used [Paperback]

Amped is the first comprehensive account of the history, culture, and business of action sports-skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, and freestyle motocross. Journalist David Browne interviews more than 100 athletes, pioneers, industry executives, manufacturers, and the adolescent amateurs at the heart of this movement. On his journey, he unravels the eye-opening tale of a flourishing culture that continues to reject old-fashioned stick-and-ball sports in favor of individualistic forms of expression, and that culture's struggle to hold on to its integrity despite the demands of corporate sponsors.

Amped : How Big Air, Big Dollars, and a New Generation Took Sports to the Extreme, Used [Paperback]

6. Extreme!: The Ultimate Guide to Action Sports [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Extreme is an in-depth look into the history, stars, and fast-growing popularity of skateboarding, snow-boarding, BMX, motocross, inline skating, wakeboarding, surfing, skiing, sport climbing, and mountain biking. Each sport is explored in detail -- featuring hundreds of dramatic action photos from their sometimes-surprising beginnings to the up-and-coming stars of today. Each sport segment also features an expert writer or editor who covers the action sport for Outside, Powder, Surfing, Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, Surfer, Gravity Games . . . and more.Inside Extreme you'll read about King of Extreme Tony Hawk, the skateboarding whiz kid who found escape from a troubled childhood by turning pro at age 14. You'll discover why Miracle Boy Dave Mirra, BMX superstar and most-decorated athlete in extreme sports history, shows no signs of slowing at the advanced age (for a BMX biker) of 28. You'll read the details of motocross wunderkind Travis Pastrana's astonishing five U.S. amateur championships. You'll find out why world famous snowboarder Terje Haakonsen decided to boycott the Olympics -- and the surprising motivation he found to create the Arctic Challenge, his own invitational event held on the remote Lofoten Islands of Norway.Extreme athletes go for it because of the thrill -- not because they have to. They go for it whether they get paid or not. They're out there putting themselves on the line for the same rush we all seek -- the rush of the extreme.

Extreme! : The Ultimate Guide to Action Sports, Used [Hardcover]

7. Adventures in Extreme Golf: Incredible Tales on the Links from Scotland to Antarctica, Used [Paperback]

For many golfers, the innocent thrill of striking a drive clearly, avoiding a deep bunker, or holing out an unlikely putt is all they need to make a round (or a whole year) of golf memorable. But there's an obsessed subculture of modern players in search of something more. They've rediscovered the magic of the game in Adventures in Extreme Golf, and their adventures are about to inspire golfers everywhere. Follow golfers like Andre Tolme and Torsten Schilling who go to Mongolia to play in a par 11,880 course, to 12,000 feet at Snowmass in Aspen, to the "naked open" in New Zealand, and to the freezing temperatures of Antarctica. Duncan Lennard describes a world at the very edge of sport, where the courses may be only ten holes long, but the average length of each hole is 638 yards. Learn that your resilience, and not just a pretty swing, determines your success. Adventures in Extreme Golf will take you all over the world and show you that a par four is nothing compared to these holes. See courses you've only seen in your dreams (or rather, your nightmares) and follow Duncan Lennard as he takes you on a trip to see why these courses and holes are considered "extreme."

Adventures in Extreme Golf : Incredible Tales on the Links from Scotland to Antarctica, Used [Paperback]

8. Dirty Inspirations: Lessons from the Trenches of Extreme Endurance Sports [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. An "exciting and inspirational" account of the physical, mental, and emotional journey of an ultra-endurance athlete (Barry Siff, President of USA Triathlon) The search to find one's own limits and surpass them is what defines us as human beings. By consciously choosing to walk the path of most resistance, we come to a better understanding of ourselves, and our potential for physical, mental and emotional growth. And nowhere is this universal journey better represented than in the crucible of extreme endurance sports, where athletes are truly pushed beyond the bounds of what seems possible. Direct from the trenches of ultra-endurance racing and mountaineering, Dirty Inspirations takes readers through environments as majestic as they are unforgiving--all while presenting the unique perspective of a woman who has made it her life's work to exceed her limits. From the brutal heat of the Sahara, to the deep jungles of the Amazon and the awe-inspiring peaks of Denali, Terri Schneider's quest to find the answers to life's ultimate questions have taken her to the furthest reaches of the Earth. Now, readers have the chance to experience for themselves what can truly be accomplished when you reject common sense, personal safety and preconceptions of what is possible. Seen through the eyes of one of the most diversely experienced female endurance athletes on the planet, the stories in Dirty Inspirations showcase discomfort as a virtue, reinvigorating the life-long athlete and providing encouragement to anyone looking to bring more action into their lives. Part philosophical journey, part spiritual awakening, and part riveting drama, the stories presented in Dirty Inspirations embody the incredible resiliency of the human body and the indomitable nature of the human spirit.

Dirty Inspirations : Lessons from the Trenches of Extreme Endurance Sports, Used [Paperback]

9. The Ultimate Parkour & Freerunning: Discover Your Possibilities [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. The growth of serious interest during the last fifty years in the scholastic contribution to the development of economic thought has been very marked, and no-where more so than in the history of economic thought in Spain. First published in 1978, this book begins in the Middle Ages and traces the effect on business practice and on thought of the presence of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish communities who lived side by side in the Peninsula. It shows how the economics of Plato and Aristotle were transmitted by way of Toledo to the Latin West. In the second half of the book the author considers e~Salamancane(tm) ideas and the views of the political economists and e~projectorse(tm) who preceded the Enlightenment. At the same time she surveys the present state of the subject and offers bibliographical guidance for the reader.

The Ultimate Parkour and Freerunning : Discover Your Possibilities!, Used [Paperback]

10. The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing, 2nd Edition [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. An updated and revised guide for the more than 30 million Americans who are living the RV lifestyle and the millions of others who have considered it but have not yet taken the plunge, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rving , Second Edition, includes the following- Basic facts about the different types of RVs - camper, van, motor home, bus, or tow rig - and the advantages of each Advice on buying your RV, from dealer negotiations to acquiring the proper insurance Driving tips for piloting your RV Information on how to choose a campground with an eye for water, electricity, propane, wastewater dump, hookups, phone, cable, and campground rules

The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing, 2nd Edition, Used [Paperback]