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The ‘X Games’ is an extreme sports competition organized by ESPN.
It is primarily for broadcasting on TV.

X-Games are of two types.
These are Summer X- Games and Winter X-Games. X Games competition is a multi-event sport.

Competition is performed in various styles. Participants can win bronze, silver, and gold medals. Apart from this, they can also win money. The competition offers great level of excitement.

The main events in summer X games are as follows:

Freestyle BMX, Park, Racing-Introduced in X Games 13, Big Air, Freestyle
Best Trick, Vert, Step Up, and Supermoto are very popular.

Men’s-Women’s Vert Best Trick, Super cross, Women-Team USA vs. the World (Introduced in X Games 13), Skateboarding Street, Big Air, and Men’s Women’s Street Best Trick Vert are included as well.

MotoX, Surfing, and Men-Team USA vs. the World (Formerly East vs. West) were also included.

The main events winter X games:

Skier X, Men’s Women’s Super Pipe, Men’s Women’s Slope style,
Super Pipe, and Men’s and Women’s Monoskier X (mixed-gender) were commonly played.

Snowboarding, Slope style, Men’s Women’s Snowboarder X, Skiing, Men’s Women’s Best Trick, Snowmobiling, Freestyle, SnoCross, and Snow skating are among other popular events.

Some of the most popular events in these games are as follows:

SnowCross- It is a kind of Snowmobile racing to check the skills of endurance, and speed. The final race is made up of twenty laps.

Skier X and Snowboarder X- Riders try to win on a 3,500-foot downhill path full of tabletop jumps, rollers, banked turns, and gaps.

Skiing Super Pipe and Snowboarding Super Pipe- 500-foot long, 16-foot deep Super Pipe is used to show aerial maneuvers.

Skiing Slope style and Snowboarding Slope style- It mainly checks the ability of freestyle riding.

By: Kum Martin

3D is the ‘now’ technology – again! Yes it’s a little hard to work out why it’s suddenly back after disappearing the first time around in 1987. Or perhaps the mystery is why it ever went away to begin with, since people actually seem to dig it quite majorly. Whatever. My question is: could it work in a music video clip?

Yes, I know that most of us would find it a bit weird donning a pair of geeky, round, thick-rimmed, plasticky glasses to watch a musical performance. Hey, wait a sec, that’s a good description of every third indie kid in Shoreditch!

So I guess style is not such a concern in the current climate of of geek chic, and personally I think that a lot of people would make the effort in order to see their favourite vids in a different light. Hot Chip’s “I feel better”, for example – now that would rock in 3D. Just picture that beam of destructive energy from the white monk’s mouth powering towards you in three glorious dimensions. Or Bat for Lashes’ “When you love someone” – having those wolf BMX riders leaping out of the screen towards you would be very fun. And we all know that the more up close and personal we can get with our favourite sexy lead singers, the better!

Then there’s the issue of screen technology. Fear not. If you follow the tech sector you’ll know that manufacturers are now bringing out 3D-capable screens for everything from flat screen TVs down to handheld devices. Oh and some of those at least claim not to require the aforementioned glasses – so, indie kids, if you really want to make a fashion statement, but one of these extra special screens, wear nothing on your face, and be different!

But the overriding reason to make 3D music videos is to shake this genre up a little. Frankly, music videos are often boring. Technically speaking, nothing much has happened to the genre for a few years now. It’s a testament to the un-dynamic nature of the competition that a few videos that, when the White Stripes used that tunnelling effect in ‘Seven Nation Army’ so many bands jumped on the bandwagon and released videos with the exact same effect and people just seemed to keep lapping it up like it was something original. The same thing happened when Gnarles Barkley realised ‘Crazy’, with its dominant 70s-esque Rorscharch Inkblot mirroring effect. Dozens of videos that used this effect followed, which is made all the funnier by how very easy that effect is to create now with digital video programmes.

In other words, we need another technology that would allow people to branch out a little and achieve some distinctive new looks and have an impact on the audience.

Of course, for indie video producers, 3D is going to be a big challenge as well as an opportunity. Not all cameras are capable of it, so there’s there’s a cost barrier to getting started. And shooting in 3D complicates things – even to get the basics right requires a fair bit of knowledge about scene layout and camera angles. But with a bit of sweat, us indie producers could be way out in front of the major labels producing the ‘same old same old’ as always.

By: Simon John Evans

Nichole Mary Kidman is a well-known American cum Australian Actress, singer, fashion model and humanitarian. Nichole Kidman was born to Australian parents Dr. Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann on June 20, 1967 at Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Since she was born in America she holds dual citizenship of America and Australia. Her parents moved back to Australia when she was 4 years old.

As a kid she was very much interested in ballet, mime and drama. While still being at school she enrolled in theatre and worked at Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney and later at Australian Theatre for Young People. Encouraged by director, Jane Campion, she landed up with roles in “Bush Christmas” in 1983 and went on to work in few more television series “BMX Bandits” and “Five Mile Creek” and much more. Her work in “Vietnam” won her the Australian Film Institute Award.

Her first breakthrough in the US films came with “Dead Calm” in 1989. The following year her movie “Days of Thunder” became the highest-grossing movie of the year. She earned her first Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Billy Bathgate”.

In 1995 she shot to international fame with her blockbuster movie “Batman Forever”. Her real breakthrough in Hollywood, however, came with her next movie “To Die For” the same year. She was noticed for her impressive range and comic timings and won her critical acclaims. She took home her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and five other best actress awards.

She received her next Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and an Academy Award nomination in 2001 for her performance in the musical “Moulin Rouge!”. Her portrayal of “Virginia Woolf” in the 2002 movie “The Hours” won over both the audiences and critics. It also brought her, her first Academy Award, along with Golden Globe and number of other honors.
It was the first time when an actor had received Oscars for a short role in a film; her role had lasted for only 25 minutes in this movie.

With her success in Hollywood she became the face of the Chanel No. 5 perfume. She made news when she was paid US$12million for appearing in the 3-minute commercial of the perfume, making her the most money paid per minute actor. She has also lent voice to animation movie “Happy Feet”.

She was honored with Companion of the Order of Australiaby the Australian government for her contributions to the art, and her humanitarian efforts in Australia and around the world.

By: Darius Maslow

Extreme sports have a craze all over the world. Here is a detailed analysis on the basis of the Sporting Goods Manufacturer’s Association International’s report. Following is the current Super study of Sports Participation.

TOP 10 MOST POPULAR SPORTS

1. Inline skating 19.2 million

2. Skateboarding 11 million

3. Paintball 9.8 million

4. Artificial Wall climbing 8.6 million

5. Snowboarding 7.8 million

6. Mountain biking 6.9 million

7. Trail running 6.1 million

8. BMX bicycling 3.3 million

9. Wake boarding 3.3 million

10. Roller Hockey 2.7 million

Following are some additional facts on the 12 most popular extreme sports:

o Inline skating:

Out of total population of inline skating, 51 percent are female. However, 58 percent of all regular (25-plus days/year) inline skaters are male.

o Skateboarding:

The average number of days of participation is 44.

o Paintball:

Overall participation in paintball and U.S. sales has grown up each year since 1998.

o Artificial Wall Climbing:

The average age was found to be only 19.9 years in this game.

o Snowboarding:

Sales figures are incredible now. Snowboard equipment sale in 2003 was $141 million.

o Mountain Biking:

Almost 70 percent of mountain bikers are guys.

o Trail Running:

Since 1990, on the whole participation has increased 17.3 percent in trail running. It became 6.1 million in 2003.

o BMX Bicycling:

The average age of a BMX cyclist is 26.

o Wakeboarding:

The average annual income of a wake boarder is $73,400.

o Roller Hockey:

Out of the 2.7 million roller hockey participants, 33 percent of them play the sport on a “regular” (25-plus days/year) basis.

As is said, fear is in the brain! If a person overcomes it, extreme sports are a thrilling experience. If this fear persists in the brain, extreme sports seem to be no less than a suicidal act.

By: Kum Martin