Describes the sport of BMX freestyle, including tricks and safety information.
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BMX bikes have been around for a long time, but found a whole new outlet when skateboarding became popular. In addition to motocross racing, BMX riders are tearing it up on pipe ramps and in pools with their own vocabulary of tricks. Extreme BMX flies kids right into the middle of this rejuvenated sport with features such as
Tighten your trainers and get to grips with 32 pages of breathtaking ball sports, including volleyball, basketball, netball and football
The acrobatic sport of free running is taking the urban landscape by storm - make sure it's on your radar! Look inside to the real-life story of an awesome, adrenalin-fuelled free runner, a star story featuring a Hollywood actor who pulls cool street stunts and a 5-minute interview with a free running expert. Are you on the radar?
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From Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis to Michael Phelps and Tom Daley, this book looks at potential champions.
A comprehensive look at the Olympics. Covers many aspects of the London Olympic Games, from behind the scenes and the sports, to the Paralympics and the main competitors.
A comprehensive look at the Olympics. Covers many aspects of the London Olympic Games, from behind the scenes and the sports, to the Paralympics and the main competitors.
An introduction to chess for children from the age of seven upwards. This book contains 30 short lessons, starting with learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate, and finally basic strategy and thinking skills.
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The quirkiest guide you will ever read to the history of the world's most famous celebration of sport. From the story of how ethos of the games of ancient Greece has been carried down and into the twenty-first century, to the individual tales of heroes and heroines, this is a lively, witty and entertaining guide for young readers everywhere. As always with Richard Brassey's popular books, there are comic strips, fact boxes, hilarious captions and speech bubbles, in a book that's packed with amazing information and entertaining insight.
Who is the only player to take 50 or more wickets against every modern Test-playing nation? Who holds the England record for the longest occupancy of the crease in a five-match Test series? Who is the youngest player to reach the milestone of 5,000 runs in Test cricket? Who holds the record for the highest score by a Test debutant? It's time to open up the BUMPER second edition of World Cricket Records 2012 - a massive collection of team and player records, facts and stats, covering every aspect of international and domestic cricke... read more
Bear Grylls is no stranger to extremes. During a three-year stint in the SAS he was involved in a horrific parachuting accident in Africa and broke his back in three places. Months of rehabilitation followed but, never losing sight of his childhood dream of climbing Everest, Bear went on to become the youngest Briton ever to reach the summit and survive. It was a close-run thing, however, as during the descent he was almost killed in a crevasse, his life saved only by his team-mate and a rope. In 2003 Bear completed another world-r... read more
The Badwater ultramarathon through Death Valley in the United States is one of the world's toughest races. Lisa Tamati was the fi rst New Zealand woman to compete in the race alongside such legends of the sport as Dean Karnazes and David Goggins.
The AA ran the high-profile 101 Must-do Weekends campaign all through 2008, with several feature articles in NZ Woman's Weekly, Directions magazine and The New Zealand Herald. This book is a fresh take on the campaign, with 101 great suggested weekends away in different parts of the country, divided into 10 broad themes. Whether you're into history and culture, or prefer to concentrate on food and wine, you'll find the perfect weekend here. There are Family Fun weekends, Eco-wilderness weekends, Active Adventures, Road Trips, and w... read more
New Zealanders love travelling around their beautiful country and part of that experience encompasses the time-honoured ritual of pitching a tent in the great outdoors. Happy campers Sarah Bennett and Lee Slater have travelled the length and the breadth of the country to inspire you to get out on the road and experience the best camping that New Zealand has to offer. Each site has been hand-picked, focusing on those with the most stunning locations, exceptional facilities or best ambience, making this book the essential guide for c... read more
With more than 50 test matches at fullback under his belt, Mils Muliaina is the most capped All Blacks No.15 of all time. Muliaina combines pace and a dangerous counter-attacking ability with dependability and strong positional play at the back for New Zealand. He also has the speed and rugby nous to play at the highest level at either wing or centre. He has scored 21 test tries for the All Blacks, which places him amongst the top 10 all-time test tryscorers for New Zealand. Mils Muliaina's biography will plot a highly unusual path... read more
Recently retired All Blacks captain Tana Umaga is one of the most respected players in world rugby. As the first player of Samoan heritage to captain the All Blacks in test rugby, his story is unique. One of the proudest players ever to wear the famous black jersey, Umaga became an inspirational captaina man adored by both his team-mates and public alike. In his biography, Umaga will talk of his great love of the All Blacks; of the many highs and lows he has experienced in his 10-year career at the top, and will not shirk the contr... read more
