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Competition-class skate bowl opens in Hong Kong

Video | Hong Kong now has a competition-class skate bowl

It took about two years to build the 3,800 square metre (40,900 sq ft) facility, which now has an international governing body certification

22 Apr 2025 - 11:25AM

Video | The Nepali teen staring down the world’s tallest peaks

9 Sep 2024 - 5:12PM

Video | Centenarian World War II pilot abseils for charity

15 Sep 2023 - 7:00PM

Video | Extreme bike race welcomes its first two women

23 Aug 2023 - 9:00AM

Meet the first women extreme cyclists to participate in the Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan

Video | World champion completes longest single-building slackline

2 Aug 2023 - 2:04PM

Expeditions and adventures

Video | Singaporean swimmer makes history crossing English Channel

4 Oct 2022 - 11:30AM

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Video | Indoor skydivers win gold for Singapore

25 Jul 2022 - 5:00PM

Indoor skydiving takes off in Singapore as team from city state wins international competition

Chinese street culture

Video | Chinese women take up surfskating

20 Jul 2022 - 7:07AM

India’s ‘Everest Twins’ have conquered it all – and they’re still only 30

Sisters Tashi and Nungshi Malik were not only the first siblings and twins to climb the highest mountains on each continent, they were also the first to reach both the North and South Poles.

2 May 2023 - 1:24AM

Extreme fitness

Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge: testing the limits of endurance

The city’s annual event is one of the most gruelling ultramarathons on the planet.

21 Feb 2021 - 2:22PM

The Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge: testing the limits of human endurance

Video | Nepalis return home from historic K2 climb

27 Jan 2021 - 1:48PM

Nepalese climbers return home after historic winter summit of K2 mountain

The Philippines

Video | Filipino skateboard champ on a mission to help

28 Jan 2020 - 1:04PM

Video | Parkour in Tehran

5 Jun 2019 - 12:51PM

Extreme weather

Freak storm kills at least 14 climbers and skiers in Alps

3 May 2018 - 3:37PM

The Mount Blanc Massif is a popular destination for climbers – but a freak storm took many by surprise. Photo: Keith Ladzinski

Video | Why Yangshuo is the best place to go rock climbing in China

Climbers from around the world are visiting Yangshuo in Guangxi, southwest China, to experience its lofty peaks and unique rock formations, contributing to a rock-climbing revolution that is seeing many new facilities developed

30 Apr 2018 - 8:16PM

A female climber ascending the Egg, a well-known crag in Yangshuo, Guangxi province, China. Photo: Alamy

Charity fundraising drives sporty Hongkongers to extremes

From ultrarunning and extreme triathlons to rollerblading across the United States and rowing across the Atlantic, five Hong Kong adventurers are embarking on very different journeys – each one motivated by a higher cause

16 Mar 2018 - 10:28AM

Hong Kong climber has world at her fingertips at first Asian Cup

1 Mar 2018 - 2:50PM

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Brash or brave? Climber ditches team to summit ‘savage mountain’ solo

27 Feb 2018 - 8:52AM

A polish team makes the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in 2007. They are now attempt to climb K2, but Denis Urubko has set out alone. Photo: Artur Hajzer

Outdoor & Extreme

Blind Hongkonger battles ‘Coldest race on Earth’ in Arctic

10 Feb 2018 - 1:00PM

Skijoring, winter’s wildest sport

17 Jan 2018 - 1:02PM

Four Oarsmen and solo paddler smash Atlantic rowing records

16 Jan 2018 - 11:06AM

The Four Oarsmen become the first team to row the Atlantic in under 30 days. Photo: Four Oarsmen

Nepal ban on disabled and solo Everest climbers ‘won’t be enforced’

10 Jan 2018 - 4:18PM

Adrian Ballinger reached Everest’s summit with no-oxygen in 2017, and believes Nepal's ban on disabled climbers and solo attempts will not be enforced. Photo: Alpenglow Expeditions

World champion cyclist in ‘good spirits’ after car crash

3 Jan 2018 - 12:33PM

Hong Kong war games soldiers prepare for Battle of the Bulge simulation

2 Jan 2018 - 9:47PM

Gruesome-looking school sports day injury almost thwarts top HK mountain biker

7 Dec 2017 - 11:32AM

Brian Cook put his quick recovery down to diet, supplements, oils and gels and family support. Photo: Handout

Five of the best Asian countries to go skiing, plus our top resort pick

The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang will put the spotlight on slopes in South Korea, but there are plenty of other places in Asia to go for great skiing, including a few surprising locations

18 Nov 2017 - 7:11PM

Cable cars going to and from the Shymbulak Ski Resort, one of the best places to ski in Kazakhstan. Photo: Alamy

Oxfam Trailwalker

And they’re off and racing in the 2017 Oxfam Trailwalker

18 Nov 2017 - 11:57AM

British expat completes gruelling swim around Hong Kong Island

13 Nov 2017 - 9:22AM

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