This article is an introduction to paintball. Within a few short minutes you should understand what to expect at your first paintball game. You should also know what is required and what to wear when playing paintball.

Is Paintball Safe?

Like any sport, there is risk of injury. Paintball fields will ask you to sign a waiver of liability for their insurance purposes.

Your climbing harness is one of the most essential pieces of equipment that most climbers will use during their climbing adventures. Not only will your climbing harness be used to connect you to certain pieces of gear along the way of your climb, but a climbing harness will be one of the most important factors in keeping you safe in the event of a fall.

So, you heard about bmx, or you saw one of those extreme shows about bmx, and now you're thinking, hey, that looks like fun. Well, before you go head first into the bmx world, there are a few things you need to know. A bmx bike consists of many different parts, and if you dont pick the right combination, you'll end up replacing and fixing more then you will riding.

Paintball is an exciting and fun activity. Many have heard that it is an extreme sport. To the contrary, many paintball parks are designed for the whole family. Like any sport, paintball has various levels and types of games to play. One of my favorites is woods ball. As a boy, I used to go hunting with my father. These days, hunting animals is just not what I want to do anymore.

Perhaps you've seen them on the T.V. doing their tricks that look so cool and effortless. Maybe you've seen them at the local skateboarding park. Whatever has brought your attention to the sport, you are awed by it and think that this is going to be your thing. There is only one thing that could stand in your way...MOM.

Right off there are going to be two things that pop into her mind: your safety and the cost.

Have you ever suffered a rock climbing injury? If you are like most rock climbers the answer is a resounding yes. You see rock climbing can be very hard on your body especially if are not doing the things you should be. Before we get into all of that let's talk about some common rock climbing injuries.

-Climbers Elbow
-Tendinitis
-Strained or pulled finger pulleys (most common pulley injury is the A2 pulley)
-Injured Hamstrings
-Shoulder injuries

Now all five of these rock climbing injuries can put you out of commission for weeks or even months, not too mention I have seen rock climbers who had to literally have surgery to heal from these injuries.

Snowboarding rose to prominence on the slopes in the 1970s and 1980s as an rebellious alternative to skiing. The more sophisticated, sensible skiiers didn't accept the sub-culture of snowboarding at first and there was a clear divide between the two groups.

As snowboarding became more popular as a sport and began to build its own style, fashion and culture - slopes would aim specific runs to the snowboarders.

Chris Sharma has been unstoppable lately. After spending a lot of time in Spain climbing with some of rock climbings greats like Dani Andrada and Patxi, Sharma has made some world class sends. He has been working on tons of projects that are hard, like 5.15 hard.

You can tell that Sharma has been getting stronger and his endurance is amped up from Clark Mountain.

It is perfectly acceptable and, actually, highly recommended to take a surfing lesson when you are just picking up the sport. You might think surfing is logical and that you will have the natural ability to pick it up right away, but the reality is that surfing is a very awkward sport when you first start out and there are tons of little tips that you can acquire only from a surf instructing professional.

So you have mastered the art of standing up on a surfboard, now what? How do you ride the wave, change positions, and maybe even hit the lip or hang 10? The art of changing positions on a surfboard is a skill that you will learn, the more you practice it. You will also find that positioning is also a matter of technique. For the most part, this ability takes a good deal of balance and requires you to distribute your weight on the board correctly as you ride a wave.