The Isle Of Man is a place where speed is in the air.
Not only does it not have a speed limit outside of the towns, but it’s also one of the very few places in the British Isles where public roads can be closed for motorsport events due to the island having its own legislature.
This dispensation has given rise to such iconic events as the Manx Rally and Isle of Man TT motorcycle race.
These events are extreme enough, but the Manx Kart Grand Prix is right up there too. Running through the streets of Peel, the top drivers use 250 international superkarts to weave among the kerbs.
These machines have disc brakes, six-speed sequential gearboxes and about 95 bhp to play with.
That may not sound all that but with no weight to push along 0-60 arrives in less than 3 seconds and they can top 170 mph with aero kits. They can out brake and out corner almost any car and at some circuits superkarts hold the outright lap record.
A friend of mine has been known to take his out for a spin at night on the streets, but I’ll leave it to the professionals below to show you what that might feel like.
If you need a jet pack in your life (and I think we all do) then your choices at the moment are limited to GTA San Andreas.
If you want to fly around with a giant pipe sticking out of your back then you’re really going to struggle.
Until now.
The Jetlev Flyer is the last word in pipe-based flight over water.
Utilising powerful water jets supplied by a drone boat dragged behind you, the Flyer can lift you to over 10 metres, travel at up to 40mph and fly for durations of up to two hours.
Training is so simple that you can be commuting to work up the Thames within 6 minutes.
Mutantsports.com is the twisted brain child of two long term friends, both with a hunger for the extreme. In the beginning we were going to focus our efforts mainly on the MMA (mixed martial arts) world but have since opened our minds, broadened our horizons and now aim to explore the most extreme sports & activities the UK has to offer.
Neither of us have ever been into “the norm” shall we say – football, rugby, cricket, basketball, tennis, they just don’t cut it………..Real sports take more than one ball!
We’ve made a lot of new friends lately thanks to the power of Facebook and are continuing to open doors into the extreme sports world so we can bring you all the most up to date info, news, events, who to watch out for and the latest merchandise this exciting realm has to offer.
Early days yet but we’ve got big plans!
We Aim To:
Build & Strengthen the UK extreme sports community
Supply a huge variety of quality sports/street related Brand products
Release our own brand, buts that’s top secret so you’ll have to wait for that
Hold/Sponsor events and parties
Sponsor Athletes (teams & individuals)
Build our own teams
and even the possible hint of a Uk Extreme Sports & Music Festival!
Influences one’s thought processes by enhancing self-confidence and critical-thinking skills that allow one to overcome everyday physical and mental obstacles, a discipline to self development!
Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as free runners, use urban and natural landscapes to perform movements that most humans would think impossible. It incorporates efficient movements from Parkour, adds aesthetic vaults, acrobatics, tricking and street stunts creating an athletic and aesthetically pleasing way of moving. It is commonly practiced in gyms, the street and park areas that are cluttered with obstacles.
Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.It’s a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible, as if moving in an emergency situation. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific Parkour moves are employed. The object of Parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one’s environment, but Parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails.
While Freerunning and Parkour share many common techniques, they have a fundamental difference in philosophy and intention. The main aim of Parkour is the ability to quickly access areas that would otherwise be inaccessible and the ability to escape pursuers, it can be compared to some martial arts, but is more interested in getting away rather than defending anyone from physical threat, in the fight-or-flight response Parkour is the flight, which means the main intention is to clear their objects as efficiently as they can, while Freerunning emphasizes self development by “following your way”, everyone has their own way of doing parkour and they shouldn’t follow someone else’s way of doing it, instead they should do it their way. However, as free runners became interested in aesthetics as well as useful movement, the two became different disciplines, Freerunning is commonly misinterpreted as being solely the beauty of a certain vault, jump, etc, a lot of free runners choose to focus on aesthetics, that is just “their way”, the goal however is still self development. In Freerunning you may employ movements of your choosing. You might also do certain movements solely for their aesthetic value and the challenge of execution. Freerunning is essentially complete freedom of movement.
The discipline was not originally about moving from A to B but rather a way of testing oneself physically and mentally!
