Ray Zahab
Ray Zahab used to be a smoker who lived an unhealthy life. After a few major life changes, he’s on the other side of the spectrum, running marathons, raising awareness for important causes and living an adventurous life.
All Extreme Sports Stories
The Veterans of Motocross
It’s the ultimate motorized highwire act, requiring lightning-fast reflexes, incredible strength and stamina, and nerves of steel. For decades, motocross has been a young man’s extreme sport. It’s still extreme, but suddenly there’s gray hair everywhere.
Terry Peterson
This over-50 extreme sports athlete makes peoples’ jaws drop with only one wheel. Terry Peterson, best known as the UniGeezer, has become a worldwide sensation on a unicycle.
Ellyn Brown
What drives an extreme athlete? Find out from Ellyn Brown, a 54-year-old Alaskan who is the U.S. mountain running champ and one of the best snow shoe racers alive.
Norman Gitterman
How do you mark your birthdays? Even in his mid-70s, Norman Gitterman really likes to get off the ground for his.
Meet “Banana” George Blair
Celebrating this barefoot-water-skiing, Guinness-Record-holding sensation today on what would have been his 106th birthday.
Free-Falling Family Time
Time flies and so does this mother-son skydiving team. Growing Bolder found a unique tandem whose definition of spending quality time together involves taking the plunge at 13,500 feet.
They Don’t Ride Like This Anymore
Well, maybe THIS guy does. Growing Bolder introduces you to Rhett Rotten, a young man dedicated to keeping the tradition of the Wall of Death alive.
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan, 55, is part of the wave of older athletes dominating the field of ultra-marathoners.
Paula Simon
A housewife just wanted to lose 20 pounds. She ended up completing a 400-mile wilderness trek. Hear how she did it.
Banana George Blair
World-famous barefoot water-skier “Banana George” Blair isn’t letting a little thing like turning 92 keep him off the water.