The “extreme” nature of the X Games events certainly caught the attention of spectators here in Rhode Island back in summer 1995.

Bungee jumping is an extreme sport that involves leaping off a high platform while connected to a long elastic cord. Originally inspired by "land diving," from the island of Vanuatu, ...

Venues in Providence, Newport and Middletown hosted events that included skateboarding, bungee jumping and street luge. ESPN budgeted a reported $10 million for the first event.

Decades before extreme sports such as bungee jumping, kiteboarding and wingsuit flying became mainstream, Mr. Kirke and his coterie of foolhardy mates were skiing down Swiss slopes on grand pianos ...

Why It Matters. Bungee jumping is an extreme sport that involves leaping off a high platform while connected to a long elastic cord. Originally inspired by "land diving," from the island of ...

The Extreme Games — now called the X Games — made their debut in 1995, and this revolutionary brand of alternative sports enjoyed a two-year stand in Rhode Island before taking on the world.

Venues in Providence, Newport and Middletown hosted events that included skateboarding, bungee jumping and street luge. ESPN budgeted a reported $10 million for the first event.

Venues in Providence, Newport and Middletown hosted events that included skateboarding, bungee jumping and street luge. ESPN budgeted a reported $10 million for the first event.

Venues in Providence, Newport and Middletown hosted events that included skateboarding, bungee jumping and street luge. ESPN budgeted a reported $10 million for the first event.

Venues in Providence, Newport and Middletown hosted events that included skateboarding, bungee jumping and street luge. ESPN budgeted a reported $10 million for the first event.