(From Kiteboarding School of Maui) The 12th annual X Games get underway this weekend in Los Angeles. The Olympiad of extreme sports showcases motocross and skater dudes, among others, defying gravity in front of throngs of slack-jawed teenagers and skeptical parents. But, in the ever expanding world of extreme sports, the X Games only scratch the surface. Many of today's most spine-tingling sports don't even make it on the roster of events. Kiteboarding mixes the aggressiveness of surfing and wakeboarding with the power of windsurfing and tosses in acrobatics worthy of Cirque du Soleil. The sport is exploding in popularity -- kiteboarders show their stuff wherever the wind blows. Sometimes they even emerge from the waters to catch the wind on the sand or snow. Kiteboarding's simple gear and plentiful locations to learn the sport make it a breeze to push yourself to the extreme. Suggested Sites... Kiteboarding Magazine - all you need to know to get some air. Airush - a good place to gear up. Extreme Sports Channel - get as extreme as possible, from the safety of your couch. Extreme Sports: Faster, Riskier, More Outrageous - timeline charting the development and evolution of extreme sports. Flickr: Kiteboarding - cluster of kiteboarding photos.

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