Extreme & Unusual Sports

Discover unusual and adrenaline-fuelled sports from rural and countryside settings. These articles cover emerging activities, adventure sports, and thrilling pastimes beyond traditional pursuits.

Base Jumping and Coasteering

Rural or coastal sports don’t get much more extreme than base jumping or coasteering. Both sports require nerves of steel but can prove hugely rewarding. T...

Climbing and Hill Scrambling

To climb or to scramble, that is the question. Many people are keen to explore the hills, mountains and ridges of the UK. For safety reasons, it is important...

Motorbike Trials, Scrambling and Rallying

People have long made use of the rural landscape for its sporting opportunities. The relief of the land can render running, cycling and horseracing unpredict...

Potholing and Caving

Caving, also known as potholing, is viewed by many with apprehension. For some, it calls to mind grisly horror films and devastating news stories. If practis...

Touring, Downhilling and Cross Country

To most people, the bike is rather simple. Two wheels, a seat, a pair of pedals, a set of handlebars and perhaps some gears. Biking enthusiasts, however, kno...

What Are Grassboarding and Kite Buggying?

Despite boasting a sizeable number of ardent followers, both grassboaring and kite buggying are still relatively little known sports. Practised by both men a...

What is Zorbing?

When thinking of sports that can be enjoyed in the countryside, it is usually the traditional ones that spring to mind. Fishing, rambling and horse riding ar...