Extreme Sport Tourism

A recent article in Leisure Opportunities reports that Manx tourism officials are looking to diversify the economy of the Isle of Man by pushing extreme sport tourism. Director of Manxtreme.com, Simon Crellin, is working with tourism officials to push sports such as sea kayaking, mountain biking, open-water swimming and coasteering, making the most of the island’s natural resources such as mountains, coastline and mountain bike trails.

www.manxtreme.com

The island already has a busy calendar of events, including the Sleepwell end2end mountain bike race – a 75km cycle across the island’s natural trails and the Manx Mountain Marathon, a 31 mile fell race. As well as maximising these existing competitions, others will be organised too. This June, a triathlon is being organised to coincide with the TT races. It will include an open-water swim, the equivalent of three laps of the TT course on a bike and a full marathon. The end will be at the TT Grandstand.

Extreme Sport

A series of fascinating photographs exploring the non-competitive sport of Parkour, high energy sport that involves moving through landscapes by running, climbing and jumping launches at The Public. 

The exhibition runs from 27 January to 20 May 2012 -  

find out more here

Underwater tunnelling, suspended electric wires, broken glass, mudpools and fire - this describes an assult course for extreme running, which according to this article by the BBC, is becoming increasingly popular

BBC Motion Gallery

Next time you are viewing YouTube, take a look at the BBC Motion Gallery, a new channel aimed particularly at students. The channel includes Travel World - a collection of quality clips featuring places of interest, from modern cities to ancient sites and civilisations.

The channel covers other topics too, including Extreme World with videos on extreme sport; try this one on urban freestyler football.