Figure skating is a sport for single skaters The athleticism, the sheer level of physical training that that it takes to do a quad jump makes single skating a sport in its own right.

Skateboarding, form of recreation and sport, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. Considered one of the so-called extreme sports, skateboarding as a professional sport boasts a range of competitions, including vertical and street-style events.

Figure skating requires strength, speed, stamina, dexterity, balance, timing, guts and just about everything other imaginable athletic skill. But figure skating is a competition, not a sport, and it has nothing to do with how difficult or entertaining it is. It is simply a matter of how the winner is determined.

Most Dangerous Sports

1. 1 Bull Riding Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider.
2. 2 Horseback Riding Horseback riding (or Equestrian) is one of the most intense sports known to man.
3. 3 Cheerleading.

Using direct measurement and expert analysis, the sports of boxing, skiing, squash and tennis have each been labelled as the fittest, and as you can see no one agrees….Alpine Skiing wins the Canadian Experiment.

The hardest major sport to play in college? For boys, it’s wrestling (2.7 percent), then volleyball (3.3 percent) and basketball (3.5 percent). For girls, it’s a tie between volleyball (3.9 percent) and basketball (3.9 percent).