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Books in Odysseys in Extreme Sports series

  • Mountain Biking

    Steve Behr

    Paperback (Barrons Juveniles, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Lists equipment needed for mountain biking, covers the basic riding moves, and shows how experts perform some of their complicated tricks
  • Air Sports

    Ellen Labrecque

    Paperback (Raintree, Aug. 1, 2011)
    Air Sports takes readers on a tour of some of the world’s most extreme air sports!
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  • Rope Sports

    Ellen Labrecque

    Paperback (Raintree, Aug. 1, 2011)
    Rope Sports takes readers on an exciting tour of some of the world’s most extreme rope sports!
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  • Kayaking

    Bill Lund

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Describes the history, equipment, and contemporary practice of kayaking.
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  • Snow

    Garry Chapman

    Library Binding (Chelsea Clubhouse, May 1, 2001)
    Recounts the origins of extreme sports performed in the snow, surveys the appropriate weather conditions, equipment, clothing, and safety factors, and describes the sports of snowboarding, free skiing, skiboarding, and snow mountain biking.
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  • Extreme Wakeboarding

    Anne T. McKenna

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Describes the history, equipment, and safety measures of extreme wakeboarding, developed from surfing, in which a wakeboard is ridden while being towed by a power boat.
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  • Windsurfing

    Ellen Labrecque

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2011)
    Action-packed overview of the sport of windsurfing, its origins, and the equipment required.
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  • Gliding

    K. C. Kelley

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Action-packed overview of the sport of gliding, its origins, and the equipment required.
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  • Animal Sports

    Jim Gigliotti

    Library Binding (Raintree, July 1, 2011)
    Animal Sports introduces readers to different extreme animal sports practiced around the world!
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  • Wheel Sports

    Michael Hurley

    Library Binding (Raintree, July 1, 2011)
    Wheel Sports shows readers different extreme wheel sports from around the world.
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  • Powerboat Racing

    Jim Gigliotti

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Action-packed overview of the sport of powerboat racing, its origins, the stars and the vehicles and equipment required.
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  • Water Sports

    Bob Woods, Cecilia Minden-Cupp PH.D.

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, July 1, 2003)
    Briefly describes new versions of surfing and water skiing, as well as newer water sports such as kitesurfing and wakeboarding.
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