Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adventure racing -- Agon Motif -- Alaska -- Ballooning -- Barrel jumping -- BASE jumping -- Baumgartner, Felix -- Belle, Bavid -- Big wave contests -- BMX (Bicycle motocross) -- Body and extreme sport, The -- Bonifay, Parks -- Bouldering -- Bouldering, North America -- Buildering -- Bungee jumping -- Carmichael, Ricky -- Cave diving -- Caving -- Climbing -- Coleman, Bessie -- Commercialization -- Crandal, Louise -- da Silva, Fabiola -- Dakidea, Tara -- de Gayardon, Patrick -- Deegan, Brian -- Degrown and Z-Boys -- Dora, Miki -- Eisenberg, Ado -- Extreme ironing -- Extreme media -- Ferreras Rodriquez, Pipin -- Foley, Mick -- Foucan, Sebastian -- France -- Free diving -- Gender -- Gladiator competitions -- Haakonen, Terje -- Hackett, A. J. -- Hamilton, Laird -- Hang gliding -- Hawk, Tony -- Hillary, Sir Edmund and Tenzig Norgay -- Hoffman, Mat -- Ice yachting -- Iditarod -- Initiation/hazing -- Injury -- In-line skating/rollerblading -- Jaws -- Jet skiing -- Jousting -- Juio, Jon -- Kelly, Craig -- Khris, Talg -- Kite surfing -- Knievel, Evel -- Leadership and extreme sport -- Long distance racing and pedestrianism -- Meaning of extreme, The -- Media and extreme sport sport -- Mirra, Dave -- Motocross -- Motorvehicle sports -- Mountain bike racing -- Muldowney, Shirley -- Mullen, Rodney -- Noll, Greg -- Nyquist, Ryan -- Open water swimming -- Outrigger canoe racing -- Pankration -- Parkour -- Physiology of risk -- Playgrounds -- Professional wrestling -- Psychology of risk -- Queenstown -- Rock climbing -- Round-the-world yacht racing -- Scuba diving -- Shaw, Phil (Steam) -- Skateboarding -- Ski jumping -- Skiing -- Skyjumping -- Skiing -- Skydiving/skysurfing -- Snowboarding -- Sociology of risk -- Spirituality -- Stamstad, John -- Streeter, Tanya -- Strength -- Surfing -- Triathlon -- Ultimate fighting -- Ultramarathon -- Valeruz, Tony -- Venice Beach -- Vine jumping -- Violence -- Wakeboarding -- Wakeskating -- Waterskiing -- Whistler -- White, Shaun -- Whiteness and extreme sports -- Whitewater kayaking and canoeing -- Windsurfing -- Wing walking -- X games.