April 24, 2019
Several versions of footgolf, a sport that combines soccer and golf, had been kicked around in various European countries for about 20 years—Switzerland in the late ’80s, Scandinavia in the ’90s—before being introduced in the United States through the American FootGolf League (AFGL).
It was a simple search by …
April 23, 2019
Riding the waveSince the day pro surfer Laird Hamilton stood on a long board and picked up a paddle, the sport of standup paddleboarding (SUP) has ridden a wave of growth. From 2010 to 2016, SUP participation expanded from about 1 million to 3.2 million, a growth of 220 …
April 22, 2019
Game, set, matchHow do you make a long-established sport appeal to the next generation? With smartphone technology exploding over the last decade and the mixed needs of millennials, organizations such as the United States Tennis Association (USTA) are looking for ways to draw new players. Children are not …
April 21, 2019
What is pickleball? That might be a question heard just a few years ago but it won’t be asked much longer.Pickleball—a sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong—has flown under the radar for decades but in the past few years, the unique sport has become much …
April 20, 2019
If you think you know cheerleading, think again. It has become so much more than just girls—and sometimes boys—standing on the sidelines, cheering for their teams to win the game. Research shows there are approximately 4 million participants in cheerleading across the United States, from elementary school to college. …
April 19, 2019
Adrenaline junkies are always looking for a new, better, more-exhilarating sport, a different extreme of an old sport or a more-heart-pounding, less-boring way of putting their bodies to the athletic test. Today’s extreme sports pack a punch. Whether base jumping, kiteboarding, parkour or other adrenaline-fueled activities, sports that push …
April 18, 2019
Having originated as military training, orienteering combines analytics and accuracy as athletes navigate specialized courses using maps and compasses to finish the course first. Since 1886 in Sweden, orienteering has been on the map. There it began as a form of military training then evolved quickly into competition, first for …
April 17, 2019
When Kristin Pace and one of her best “human” friends, Ryne Olson, made their run to the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2016, “it felt like everything was made of magic.” She and Olson met when they were the only two women to finish the …
April 16, 2019
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