Extreme Sports and Their Greatest Competitors

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SNOWY SLOPES CLIFFS AND THE SKY ABOVE ome risk takers love the challenge of clawing upward at a snail's pace Others find their thrills plunging downward at incredible speeds Hugging a rock face skiing or snow boarding down a mountain slope and hurtling from heights are all means of exhilaration Many of these sports can be enjoyed by beginners They also can be taken to extremes SnowBOARDING CON EF SPAHEHER Snowboarders Sometimes call it riding the mountains Snowboarding combines techniques of skiing skate boarding and surfing Chinese snowboarder Shuang Li started snowboarding competitively in 2008 at age 16 Here she is in the Women's Half Pipe Qualification at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia lurii Osadchi Shutterstock com IO