Today's Fresh Blogs...

• What is ... pond swooping?

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:43 pm

  Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Extreme Sports Holidays

  You might have thought sky diving and parachuting were gnarly enough, but for experienced jumpers looking for even more of a thrill, pond swooping, also known as extreme sky diving, is the ultimate high.

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• Coasting all the way

  Published: August 17, 2007, 6:57 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Cycling Holidays, Portugal, Extreme Sports Holidays

  Mountain biking in the heat of the Algarve might sound like hard work, but with a descent that goes on for miles this course is more about exhilaration than perspiration.

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• Thrill-seekers warned over tombstone money-makers

  Published: August 19, 2007, 10:25 am

  Tags: Uk News, The Observer, Travel, Travel News, Extreme Sports Holidays

  With 100 firms promoting the sport that has killed five this year, organisers say regulation is vital.

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• Three sheets to the wind

  Published: August 24, 2007, 6:53 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Sailing Holidays, Denmark, Adventure Travel, Extreme Sports Holidays

  Gavin Bell joins a classic yacht race off the coast of Denmark where novices are welcome, beer flows freely and water balloon fights are compulsory.

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• [No Headline - page id: 3Where I'd rather be

  Published: September 14, 2007, 6:43 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Extreme Sports Holidays

  Karina Hollekim, extreme sports athlete

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• The Coupe Icare annual 'free flight' festival, Grenoble, France

  Published: September 25, 2007, 6:24 am

  Tags: Travel, Extreme Sports Holidays, France

  Each September the quiet farming village of St Hilaire du Touvet in the French Alps explodes with the sights and sounds of a paragliding and hang-gliding festival called the Coupe Icare (the Icarus Cup). Check out our gallery to see the highlights of this year's event ...

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• Coasteering

  Published: September 28, 2007, 7:05 pm

  Tags: Life Style, Travel, United Kingdom, Devon, Cornwall, Extreme Sports Holidays, Wales

  Not to be confused with the extremely dangerous and foolish pursuit of tombstoning, the properly organised sport of coasteering is about clawing your way along the base of sea cliffs, learning about the rocks and wildlife as you go, before jumping in the water, spitting, snorting and inadvertently swallowing waves.

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• River bugging

  Published: September 28, 2007, 7:05 pm

  Tags: Life Style, Travel, Extreme Sports Holidays, Scotland, United Kingdom, Adventure Travel

  Thrill rating 8/10

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• The ulimate ski challenge: Corbet's Couloir in Wyoming

  Published: October 13, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: Travel, Skiing, United States, Winter Sports Holidays, Extreme Sports Holidays, Observer Escape Section

  It's an icon, a final exam, the ultimate box that all serious skiers need to tick. So no pressure then. Tom Robbins peers into the abyss of Corbet's Couloir in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Will his nerve hold?

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• Snowboarding's newest frontiers

  Published: October 13, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: Travel, Snowboarding, Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Winter Sports Holidays, Extreme Sports Holidays

  Some very unlikely locations are emerging as snowboarding destinations. Matt Barr, author of Snowboarding the World, picks four hotspots.

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• Ski Fox, the latest winter sports craza

  Published: October 13, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: Travel, Snowboarding, Skiing, Winter Sports Holidays, Extreme Sports Holidays, Austria, Observer Escape Section

  It may look like an office chair, but the Ski Fox is the latest winter sports craze to hit the slopes. Gemma Bowes tests it out and asks whether sitting is the new skiing?

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• Beyond the bungee

  Published: November 23, 2007, 7:10 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, New Zealand, Adventure Travel, Extreme Sports Holidays, Camping, Horse Riding, Walking Holidays

  Sand yachting New Zealand is an adrenaline-junkie heaven. But far from the mad-for-it crowds there are more serene ways to enjoy the stunning scenery, as our writers discover

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• Perfect storm

  Published: December 4, 2007, 5:17 am

  Tags: Surfing, Ireland, Extreme Sports Holidays, Travel

  On Saturday, four surfers enjoyed the rides of their lives on waves the size of houses. Except they weren't in Hawaii, but Ireland, reports Lauren Davies

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• Instant weekend ... Dublin

  Published: May 31, 2008, 7:01 pm

  Tags: Observer, Dublin, Hotels, Restaurants, Shopping Trips, Food And Drink, Extreme Sports Holidays, Travel

  Everyone crushes into the city for March's St Patrick's Day parades, but far better to visit for the more esoteric Bloomsday

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• Patrick Barkham on the rise of extreme tourism

  Published: July 8, 2008, 7:02 pm

  Tags: Antarctica, Environment, Adventure Travel, Extreme Sports Holidays, Travel

  Patrick Barkham on the rise of extreme tourism - and the potential cost to the planet

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