Are extreme sports worth the risk? (Higher Level) Text Set
Articles:
- “Famous snowboarder pulls out of slopestyle at Sochi Olympics” (By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff, Feb. 10, 2014 (multiple levels available) https://newsela.com/articles/slopestyle-risks/id/2702/
- *Safer Slopes (from Super Science Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2013)
- “Best of the X Games”
http://discoverykids.com/activities/best-of-the-x-games/ - “Skate Safety: A Crash Course” By Sky Siljeg http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/Skateboarding/articles/index. asp?article=safety&topic=0
- “X Games Too Extreme? New Questions After Snowmobile Accident” (By Brian Tood and Dugald McConnell, January 31, 2013)
- “Extreme Sports Growing In Popularity” (By Lola Jones, May 20, 2008) http://xtremesport4u.com/extreme-land-sports/extreme-sport-growing-in-popularity/
- “Kids and Extreme Sports” (By: Kyanna Sutton, Family Education) http://life.familyeducation.com/sports/safety/29462.html
- “Why Do People Enjoy Extreme Sports?” http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/why_do_people_enjoy_extreme_sports
- “The World’s First Wingsuit Champion is Crowned” http://www.dogonews.com/2012/10/22/the-worlds-first-wingsuit-champion-is-crowned
- “Wingsuit Daredevil Jeb Corliss Completes Another Heart-Stopping ‘Flight’” http://www.dogonews.com/2013/9/30/wingsuit-daredevil-jeb-corliss-completes-another-heart- stopping-flight
- The Toughest Sport Infographic: http://www.rsvlts.com/2012/10/03/the-toughest-action-sport-infographic/ who-its-the-toughest-action-sports-athelete_5065a4c38d0fe/
- “Given the risks involved, where’s the appeal in extreme sports?” (By Allan Maki and Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2012)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/ given-the-risks-involved-wheres-the-appeal-in-extreme-sports/article552756/
- “With the thrills come extreme risks” http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/with-the-thrills-come-extreme-risks/?_r=0
- “Are Extreme Sports Worth the Risk?” (Storyworks Magazine November/December 2014).
Books:
• any of the other extreme sports books by Bobbie Kalman such as Extreme Skydiving
- Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (And What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt
- Skateboarding by Clive Gifford
- Defying Gravity! Rock Climbing by Christine Dugan
- Extraordinary Women Athletes by Judy L. Hasday
- Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder by Tony Hawk
- To the Extreme by DK Readers
Multimedia:
- “Extreme Sports” http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/extreme-sports (0–2:24)
- “Base Jumper On Extreme Sports Risks and Rewards” (Video clip from CBS This Morning) Base jumper and extreme skier, JT Holmes, discusses the risks and benefits of his career. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-extreme-sports-too-dangerous/
- “Sarah Burke’s Death: Extreme Sports Dangers” (January 1, 2012) http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/sarah-burkes-death-extreme-sports-dangers-15407972