Extreme sports involve a high level of danger and include activities with many uncontrollable variables related to weather and terrain. They tend to be more solitary than traditional sports and athletes often do not have coaches. Extreme sports can be divided into five groups: board sports like snowboarding and skateboarding; motorsports such as motorcross and rallying; mountaineering like rock climbing and ice climbing; freefall activities like parachuting and bungee jumping; and outdoor action sports including mountain biking and cliff diving. The largest extreme sports event is the annual X Games held in the United States.
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1. EXTREME SPORTS
1. Completethefollowingtextwiththefollowingwords:weather event danger sports others boardsports
mountaineering motorsports freefall
Extreme sports is a term for certain activities considered
having a high level of ...................... There are several
characteristics common to most extreme sports:
- More solitary than traditional ..................
- Beginning extreme athletes usually dont have of a coach.
- A higher number of uncontrollable variables that are often
related to ...................... and terrain (such as wind, snow, water
and mountains).
The biggest extreme sport ..................... is the X Games,
organised every year in the US.
Extreme sports can be divided into five groups:
1. ..............................: Snowboarding, sandboarding, windsurf,
kitesurfing, riverboarding, river surfing, surfing, flowboarding,
skysurfing, skateboard, mountainboarding, snowskate,
wakeboarding,
2.................................: motorcross, snowcross, rallying,
drifting, motorcycle rally
3. ...............................: ice climbing, rock climbing, bouldering,
canyoning, free solo climbing
4...................................: paragliding, parachuting, bungee
jumping, wingsuit flying, hang gliding
5. ........................: mountain biking, BMX, inline skating, free
diving, cliff diving.
Name the sports on the right.
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