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Category: extreme sports

For the sake of it

Most games and sports are inherently simple.  Get the ball through the hoop. Score the most points. Be the first to this line. This simplicity is probably a good reason for the wide popularity of sport across the globe, and indeed a simpler a sport is the wider its reach tends to be. But of … Continue reading For the sake of it →

EEL culture, extreme sports, sport Leave a comment 10 Nov 201814 May 2020 4 Minutes

That first time

  You’re bound to feel nervous, that first time, that very first time. Hands slowly clench and unclench, willing the nervous energy out of them; it just won’t go. You’ve agreed the date, the time, chosen what to wear. Not that all of your outfit is up to you, but you’re letting a little personality … Continue reading That first time →

EEL boxing, canada, culture, extreme sports, literature, sport Leave a comment 30 Apr 201814 May 2020 3 Minutes

Diversity

Colourful synthetics, dark bloody skin; rowdy exuberance, polite applause; going solo, doing it with brothers in arms; avoiding death or leaning closer to it. I’m aproachimg halfway on my expedition/holiday across the continents, looking for and at sports in all their guises. I’ve just left the sunny climes of Spain behind, and am enjoying the … Continue reading Diversity →

EEL extreme sports, research, sport, Uncategorized Leave a comment 30 Apr 201614 May 2020 3 Minutes

Joy Ride

The frenetic football of Morocco done with, I boarded the ferry in Tangier, bound for Tarifa and so Spain. This was to be the 2nd of 3 continents on this trip, and my longest stay in any one country, at 2 weeks. With a great diversity of traditions among the different regions of Spain, I … Continue reading Joy Ride →

EEL academia, culture, extreme sports, sport, Uncategorized 1 Comment 19 Apr 201614 May 2020 5 Minutes

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