How extreme?

Extreme sports have been in the spotlight for quite sometime now. From extreme skiing (Patrick Vallençant and Co.) to extreme biking, base-jumping or climbing, the bar keeps being pushed higher and higher.

There isn't a month when some “extreme” athlete of some category doesn't die, victim of the increasingly narrow margin of safety that's left by the impressive levels reached in these extreme activities.

Last weekend was the Red Bull event in St. George, Utah, that provided us with some great footage and some spectacular falls of mountain bikers with extra temerity.

I wonder if these daredevils think about their family (parents, significant others or kids) before they let it all go? What a concept this might be for a change!