As an increasing numbers of holidayers and vacationers opt for places that combine a scenic vista along with some kind of adventure sports or extreme adventure activities and sports, it would always be helpful to have a go to list of some of the top ranked adventure sports destinations. Houghton Skate Park at Long Beach, California is a very popular adventure sports destination for skating enthusiasts. Spread over 25,000 square feet, this skate park has very well designed skating bowls and street sections. The Coleman Oval Skate Park in New York City also offers a wide variety of skating experiences for beginners as well as more advanced skaters. The Cumberland caverns in Tennessee offer adventure sports enthusiasts a chance to explore subterranean caves as well as underground pathways that span over 32 miles. Overnight camping options are also available here. Visiting Las Vegas and taking in its sparkling city sights in itself may be an exhilarating adventure for many. However, now, a company called Sky Combat Ace offers you the chance to recreate the Top Gun flight experience for yourself in an aerobatic plane that your pilot maneuvers through some heart stopping rolls and loops. The mountains around the region of Lake Tahoe offer a large number of trails ranging in various levels of difficulty for mountain biking fanatics.

It is a bat and ball game that is played between two teams of nine players each who alternately bat and field as well as try to score runs, advance around the base, and return to the home plate. This is what Baseball is all about. Unlike most sports that are time bound, there is no concept of a time limit in baseball. An aggressive batting strategy is essential to win this game. Like the game of Cricket, Baseball is both a team sport as well as a game where individual skills come into play. Every player, i.e., every pitcher, batter, and fielder, is responsible for the outcome of the game. Furthermore, no woman has ever been part of a major league baseball game in the United States. Hot dogs are the most popular food item made as well as sold in baseball parks. Some of the best ballpark hot dogs are the ones found in SunTrust Park stadium, Atlanta, Chase Field stadium, Arizona, and Fenway Park stadium, Boston. The first World Series championship game of baseball was played between the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series in the year 1903.

Basketball is among the top most popular sports both played by and viewed with great enthusiasm not only by Americans but people across the world as well. Here is some interesting basketball trivia for basketball aficionados. The origins of basketball can be traced all the way back to the year 1891, when a gym teacher by the name of James Naismith was looking for some interesting ways to keep the students in his gym class occupied during their physical education sessions when it happened to be a rainy day. The present hoops consist of a metal ring to which an open net is attached came to be designed much later. The earliest baskets used for playing basketball were the baskets used for keeping peaches in grocery stores. After every ball went into the basket, it would have to be retrieved before the game could continue. It was only in the early years of the 20th century that the metal hoops were introduced. Several rules of basketball were actually adaptations of the rules of a game played by children called “ducks and stones,” in which a large stone was placed at a height, say on a wall or the stump of a broken tree.

We would all have wished to be boxers at some point, especially when we are or were in the presence of annoying people in our lives. Whether we followed up with our wish or not is an entirely different topic for another day. The game of boxing is a combat sport in which two people of similar strengths come into contact with one another and literally throw punches, jabs, and hooks at each other. A predetermined time limit, a pair of boxing gloves, a boxing ring, as well as a host of other requirements and rules form part of the professional boxing game that became popular in the early 20th century. A boxing match has multiple rounds of bouts, is supervised by one referee or sometimes more than one, and the result of the competition between two competitors is decided in many ways: when one of the participants is judged by the referee to be incapable to continue the match, or when one boxer is disqualified for breaking the rules, or when one player resigns from the game voluntarily, or when one of the players is pronounced the winner or loser on the basis of the judges’ scorecards. The rules of a boxing match vary depending on factors such as where it is played, and by whom it is played, whether it is an amateur or professional match.

Cycling, while also being a popular sport also offers a wide range of health benefits ranging from physical as well as physiological to emotional as well as social. First of all, at the very outset, even a half an hour of cycling every day can provide your body with a good workout as it is a well-rounded exercise that improves cardiac efficiency, boosts your metabolism as well as enhances general vascular health. In our present times, people who regularly exercise are known to live longer than people who do not. Cycling falls into one of these exercise modalities that offer you some great physiological benefits. When it comes to weight management, a regular routine of cycling can contribute to toning of the muscles in your thighs as well as legs. Since cycling is an aerobic activity that increases both breath rate as well as heart rate, it also facilitates improved metabolism as well as complete bowel evacuation. Research statistics generally show a positive correlation between regular exercise and quality of sleep. Specifically, those who are in sedentary jobs and who complain of difficulty in sleeping as well as poor sleep quality, cycling has been proven to have significant benefits, with many reporting an increase of at least an hour in sleep duration as well as reduction in time taken for onset of sleep.