The origin of ice hockey is unknown, however, ice hockey probaly evolved from the game of field hockey that has been played in Northern Europe for centuries.
The rules of modern ice hockey were devised by Canadian J G A Creighton. In 1875, the first game of ice hockey with Creighton’s rules was played in Montreal, Canada.
Do you like to play in the dirt? Do you like to take care of things? Do you like to see colors in front of you? Do you like the smell of fresh flowers? Do you like fresh vegetables and herbs every day? Then, gardening is your hobby of choice. Now all you need is a garden, a shovel and some plants for you to plant. Read more
Run, climb, jump, roll, vault. Do you think of them as merely words or as separate actions to be performed for fun or adventure? Then you are no traceur and you haven’t heard of parkour. Parkour is a physical discipline which focuses on efficient movement around obstacles, over, above, between, through them. Basically you move through the natural and artificial environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping. Read more
As extreme sports go, cliff diving is one of the most adrenaline filled one. No equipment, no safety net, no platform from which to jump off, just you, a cliff and the water below. History has it that it was king Kahekili, the last independent king of Maui and chief of four islands, famous for leaping off Kaunolu, a 63-foot (19-meter) cliff without causing a splash, who initiated this sport as a way to test his warriors’ courage and loyalty back in 1770. Read more
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists. Apart from ordinary two-wheeled bicycles, cycling also includes riding unicycles, tricycles,quadracycles, and other similar human-powered vehicles (HPVs).
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground. This is in contrast towalking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vaults over the legs in an inverted pendulum fashion.