Read the following texts about different kinds of extreme sports.

Read the following texts about different kinds of extreme sports.

SKATEBOARDING

Skateboarding has become more than just a popular sport in America. It’s also an accepted form of transportation. Young people skateboard to school, to work, to visit a friend. But the danger of people walking on the streets has forced many towns to pass laws that restrict the use of skateboards.

Across the nation, cities and towns are passing laws that keep skateboards off streets and sidewalks, especially in the centre of the town. Says a police officer in New York, ‘If you’re a resident and you’re trying to walk down the street, all it takes is one skateboarder for it to be a problem.’ Skateboarders caught breaking the rules can be punished or have their boards taken away.

Skateboarders are angry about the new rules. They say they should be allowed to use skateboarders to travel.

sky surfing

Sky surfing is like surfing and flying at the same time.

It’s also very fast and sky surfers must like heights because they have to jump from an aeroplane.

Sky surfers work in pairs. One surfer does the tricks and the other one records the tricks with a video camera. In sky surfing competitions, judges watch the videos to decide who is the winner.

It looks exciting, but sky surfing is a very dangerous sport. You must know when to use your parachute and how to land safely.

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