Shredding Stereotypes: Modern Perceptions of Extreme Sports
By Cameron Livermore
As humanity has continued to evolve and adapt to the rise of new technology, so have our pastimes. In the late twentieth century, the combination of sport and technology began to give birth to a new breed of recreation: the extreme sports. Simple stick and ball games have changed over time with the advent of better equipment, but this new breed of sports is different in that the participants rely on specialized technology to achieve feats that the human body is ill-equipped for on its own.