By our definition, independent sports are those sports that are normally unregulated, generally unsupervised, often unaffiliated and yet are regularly played and enjoyed by many millions of people, individually or in groups, all over the world. They champion nature and celebrate the human spirit. They are enduring, compelling and compulsive. They draw on the strength, courage and commitment of the individual. Many are born of independence, some of rebellion and disenchantment but all are the offspring of individual challenge.

Independent sports include surfing, mountaineering, skiing, wakeboarding, motocross, sky surfing, mountain biking, canyoning, snowboarding, base jumping, skateboarding, ice climbing, free diving, sandrailing... the list just goes on and on!

So far NSN has identified more than 120 individual independent sports that for network purposes have been grouped under six sub-categories: action, adventure, endurance, extreme, motor and urban.

NSN is dedicated to them all.
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