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Extreme sports are activities that are different from traditional or normal types of sports. These sports are more dangerous and usually played by individuals rather than teams. Sometimes extreme sports are called adventure sports or action sports. Some examples include: skateboarding, riding a board that has wheels on the bottom; roller derby, racing around a track wearing skates (shoes with wheels on the bottom); windsurfing, riding a surfboard with a sail in the water; and BMX racing, riding a bicycle over dirt paths. Extreme sports have always been popular among younger people, but now, other people are getting interested in them. The "X Games," which is the unofficial Olympics of extreme sports that is broadcasted on ESPN, a sports cable channel in the U.S., is extremely popular. American extreme sports players like Tony Hawk, Shaun White, and Kelly Clark have become household names in the U.S. Some extreme sports, like skateboarding and surfing, have actually become "mainstream," and they are now considered as ordinary as soccer and baseball.

Extreme sports are getting more attention than ever. In 1998, snowboarding was included as an event in the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. The sport got a lot of attention in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in 2006 in Turin, Italy. American athletes have taken home the most medals in this event so far. Many people say that including snowboarding in the Olympics has been a big success. It has attracted a lot of attention, competitors, and fans, especially younger viewers. This has meant that the sport is making more money, too. Extreme athletes are getting "endorsement deals," or contracts to be in the advertising for companies, and TV advertisement involving these sports has increased a lot in the past several years as well. This success is opening the way for other extreme sports to be considered as contests in future Olympic games.