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You May Be Seeing a Lot More About Triathlons Soon

Sports organizers are uniting with private groups on world circuit to make sport as big as tennis, golf

(Newser) - The sport of triathlon is taking action to try to boost its popularity, with hopes of bringing it closer to the level of tennis and golf. A new global circuit will debut in 2027 following an alliance between the international federation and private organizers in an attempt to unify a...

These Folks Take Their Pogo Sticks Pretty Seriously

Welcome to the world of extreme pogo, combining artistry and athleticism

(Newser) - The greatest day of Michael Mena's life as a pro athlete ended with a pair of world championships that the 33-year-old had spent the better part of two decades chasing. Asked how becoming the best in his chosen sport was going to go over back at the office, the...

Record-Breaking Daredevil Dies in BASE Jumping Accident

Andy 'Sketchy' Lewis died with another man in tandem jump in Utah canyon

(Newser) - Andy Lewis, a high-wire specialist watched by millions during Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show in 2012, has died in a BASE jumping accident in Utah. Authorities say the 41-year-old, known in extreme sports circles as "Sketchy Andy," was killed Sunday during a canyon jump in Mineral Bottom...

This Guy Just Climbed Everest in Under 10 Hours

Ascent by American Tyler Andrews breaks speed record using supplementary oxygen

(Newser) - An American runner just carved an hour off the clock on the world's tallest mountain. Tyler Andrews, 36, reached the summit of Mount Everest in 9 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday while using bottled oxygen, according to his expedition team, topping the previous confirmed best of 10 hours...

One Skydiver Dead, Another Injured After Midair Collision

Accident occurred during 11-person jump in Washington state

(Newser) - A team jump over rural Washington ended in tragedy on Sunday when two veteran skydivers collided in the air, killing one and injuring the other, authorities say. The Adams County Sheriff's Office says 11 people were participating in the jump near Ritzville, about 200 miles east of Seattle, when...

Ice Blockage Finally Cleared on Everest, but Concerns Remain

Route via Khumbu Icefall runs under unstable ice serac, spurring worries as climbing season begins

(Newser) - Mount Everest's climbing season is finally underway, but its most notorious obstacle is opening under a cloud. Nepal's rope-fixing teams on Tuesday finished establishing the route through the Khumbu Icefall, clearing the way from base camp to the first two camps up the mountain after a roughly 2...

Marathon Swimmer Beats the Crocs—and the Record

Andy Donaldson broke world record by swimming 34 miles along Australia's croc-infested Ord River

(Newser) - Well, he beat the record and he beat the crocs: Scottish-Australian swimmer Andy Donaldson swam 34 miles in a remote Australian river he was sharing with about 5,500 crocodiles in 11 hours and 51 minutes on Tuesday, reports ABC Australia . That beat the previous record handily by four hours,...

Coast Guard Rescues Athlete Doing 'World's Toughest Row'

Belgian athlete Benoit Bourguet is saved, 24 hours after vessel is capsized by rogue waves in Atlantic

(Newser) - A Belgian endurance rower competing alone in an Atlantic race was pulled from a life raft roughly 1,100 nautical miles east of Puerto Rico after his boat rolled over in heavy seas, the US Coast Guard says. Per People , officials identify the man as 47-year-old Benoit Bourguet, who was...

Paraglider's Experience Goes a Bit South

Man drops 500 feet into ocean off of Florida's Singer Island, escapes major injury

(Newser) - Witnesses on a South Florida beach watched a powered paraglider plunge hundreds of feet into the Atlantic last week—then saw the pilot walk away virtually unharmed. Police in Riviera Beach say the 52-year-old man from Pompano Beach fell an estimated 500 feet into the ocean on Friday off of...

Skydiver Cuts Himself Free After Parachute Snag on Plane

ATSB finds safety lapses as pilot lands damaged plane safely

(Newser) - Midair skydiving videos are usually all about the view, not about someone hanging off the wing of the plane by a parachute line or two (or 11). Australia's transport safety watchdog, however, has released dramatic footage from a Sept. 20 jump over Queensland's Mission Beach, in which an...

He Ran a Marathon Up 20K-Foot Volcano Like 'an Empty Corpse'

UK's Joshua Patterson sets record at Bolivia's Uturuncu for running highest marathon ever

(Newser) - British adventurer Joshua Patterson has set a new record by running what's believed to be the highest marathon ever—26.2 miles up Cerro Uturuncu, a 19,700-foot volcano in Bolivia. The grueling ordeal, which took more than 11 hours to complete, pushed Patterson to his physical and mental...

On Last Day of His 11K-Mile Solo Ride, an Arrest

French cyclist Sofiane Sehili detained by Russia on final day of attempt to break world record

(Newser) - French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili was on the verge of smashing a world record with a solo ride across Eurasia—until his journey ended not in triumph but in a Russian jail, just over 100 miles from the finish line. On Sept. 2, the day of his arrest, Sehili,...

Baumgartner Began to 'Spin Like a Top' Before Fatal Fall

Witnesses describe scene in Italy where famed daredevil died while paragliding

(Newser) - Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant , extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, when it crashed next to a swimming pool near the Adriatic Sea. A 30-year-old mother watched the deadly descent unfold Thursday afternoon...

This Adventure Race Definitely Isn't for the Weak
This Adventure Race
Definitely Isn't for the Weak
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Mar 16, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

This Adventure Race Definitely Isn't for the Weak

Doug Bock Clark details what it was like taking part in 30-hour, 120-mile slog during Hurricane Helene

(Newser) - When Doug Bock Clark set out with two pals in September to take part in the Adventure Racing Association's National Championships, an overnight adventure race held in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest, the rules seemed fairly straightforward: Travel 120 miles and find as many of the 50 checkpoints...

Teen Snowboarder Makes History With Stunt
Teen Snowboarder
Makes History
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Feb 1, 2025 7:00 AM CST

Teen Snowboarder Makes History With Stunt

Hiroto Ogiwara nails first known landing of a 2340

(Newser) - A 19-year-old Japanese snowboarder on Friday landed the first known 2340 in a competition, making history at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. Hiroto Ogiwara landed perfectly during his entry in the Big Air competition, CNN reports. The trick requires six and a half rotations in the air, and his...

Skiing Plus Rodeo = Wild Sport of 'Skijoring'

Saddle up!

(Newser) - Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees, and scans the snowy racecourse. Moments later, he's zipping past a series of gates at high speed and hurtling off jumps. But it's not gravity pulling him toward the finish line: It's the brute force...

Motocross Star Dies Practicing His Famous Stunt

Jayden 'Jayo' Archer was the first to perform a triple backflip in competition

(Newser) - A motocross star who was the first to pull off a triple backflip in competition has died while practicing the move, reports ESPN . Jordan "Jayo" Archer, 27, crashed in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. Only three people are known to have executed a triple backflip on a dirt bike,...

He May Be the Most Famous 'Freerider' in the World

'Guardian' profiles death-defying skier Jeremie Heitz of Switzerland

(Newser) - "To spend much time in [Jeremie] Heitz's world is to encounter something like the normalization, even the banalization, of premature death," writes Simon Akam in the Guardian . Hyperbole, you might think. But watch some video of Heitz's passion, and you'll think again. The 34-year-old from...

Daredevil Who Pioneered Bungee Jumping Has Peaceful Death

David Kirke dies in bed aged 78

(Newser) - The Independent uses the word "maverick" to describe him, and a friend says he was an "anarchic buccaneer" who pioneered the extreme sport of bungee jumping and co-founded the Dangerous Sports Club. But David Kirke's death, as the newspaper puts it, was a "peaceful" one in...

Champ Knocked Unconscious During Cheese Roll

'I still don't really believe it, but it feels great,' she says after bizarre event in England

(Newser) - As the US marked Memorial Day, people in Gloucestershire, England, celebrated a much sillier occasion: the annual cheese-rolling competition, in which participants with a nonchalant attitude toward personal safety chase a cheese wheel down a near-vertical 200-yard hill. The women's race at Coopers Hill this year was won by...

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