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Urban Sports articles explore unusual sports that are performed in busy urban settings. Discover urban sports videos about BASE jumping, Parkour, and more.
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  • Fact or Fiction: Fight it out!
    Fact or Fiction: Fight it out!

    Today we shall see if all that training, gaming and movie watching have paid off. Can you tell the difference between real martial arts maneuvers and fictional ones? In this quiz, you shall face both. Fight! See more »

  • Flying High: Skydiving Quiz
    Flying High: Skydiving Quiz

    Skydiving has been described as one of the greatest adrenaline rushes a human being can have. So what keeps skydivers safe as they plummet to Earth? And what happens if something goes wrong on your jump? See more »

  • How BASE Jumping Works
    How BASE Jumping Works

    For BASE jumpers, leaping out of an airplane at 15,000 feet and free-falling at well over 100 mph isn't quite daring enough. They look for more unique ways to test their limits -- stunts so risky that they're actually illegal in many places. See more »

  • How Land Sailing Works
    How Land Sailing Works

    What attracts people to this outdoor sport? The speed. Harnessing the wind, a land sailboat can easily jet across dry land at 50 miles per hour or more. See more »

  • How Longboarding Works
    How Longboarding Works

    Longboards aren't ideal for doing the impressive ollies and railslides that win the hearts and minds of skateboarding enthusiasts, but they do provide a sweet way to get from point A to point B. See more »

  • How Mountain Boarding Works
    How Mountain Boarding Works

    For avid snowboarders, summer brings deprivation -- six months without waist-high powder, death-defying drops and high-flying half-pipes. Mountain boarding can help board-sport fanatics cope with the sunshine. See more »

  • How Parkour Works
    How Parkour Works

    What if a morning jog didn't involve training for a marathon or wearing short shorts? What if it meant creative individual expression through acrobatic moves like leaping from walls and over gaps doing ground rolls and precision jumping? See more »

  • How Street Luge Works
    How Street Luge Works

    Picture yourself driving on a curvy road high in the mountains. Take away the car and put yourself in a small metal sled. Now, imagine that the sled has no brakes -- and you're going 60 mph. If this sounds like fun, street luge just might be the sport for you. See more »

  • How Urban Gaming Works
    How Urban Gaming Works

    People everywhere are putting location-based technology to innovative use creating "experiences" in public settings that are part game, part performance art, and part sociology experiment. Find out about urban gaming. See more »

  • Travel the World: Dubai
    Travel the World: Dubai

    How much to you know about this financial capital of the world? Take our Dubai quiz to test your knowledge and learn about lesser-known aspects of Dubai's culture. See more »

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