New Jersey: What Is Our Most Popular Extreme Sport?

It's officially X Games week. The competition will officially kick off on Friday, July 21. To coincide with the action, Storage Café has highlighted the most popular extreme sport in every state, and the winner in New Jersey may surprise you.

"Extreme sports also offer a unique insight into how we push our limits and discover ourselves," Storage Café explains. In order to determine which extreme sports people are seeking out they compiled and analyzed a year's worth of search data, and then compared them to previous trends.

As a result, they found that skateboarding, mountain biking, and rock climbing are, as expected, the most popular three extreme sports across America. In fact, one of those is also New Jersey's choice for the most popular extreme sport.

This thrilling sport compiled 12,100 searches in the year. Rock climbing and mountain biking also ranked in New Jersey's top three extreme sports interests.

There are well-established skateparks throughout New Jersey that help make skateboarding the most popular extreme sport in the state. Skate the States recently highlighted nine of the best skateparks in the state. They highlighted the different variations and location types as well. There are winter months each year when skateboarding these outdoor bowls is impossible due to the freezing weather and snow. However, there is a workaround. Extreme sports facilities like Battle Grounds in Battle Creek, offer skate enthusiasts a place to go at any time.

Lastly, Storage Café points out that many extreme sports have seen significant year-over-year growth in America. "Rock climbing was the biggest standout with a huge 83% increase in interest, while scuba diving takes second place with a 50% increase in average monthly searches year-over-year," they say.

This is certainly good news for the X Games. After you come in from partaking in the most popular extreme sport in New Jersey this weekend, here are a few X Games events be aware of, including many that feature skateboarding.

The Women's FIFA World Cup is just hours away from kickoff. In anticipation of the 2023 games, we will highlight five things you need to know about the USA Women's FIFA World Cup team.

Although we'll get underway in New Zealand, this is the first time two countries will serve as the host nations. Australia is the other. Four cities and stadiums will be the site of the games in New Zealand. Furthermore, five cities and six stadiums will be used in Australia.

The opening ceremonies are planned to take place at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand prior to the first game between New Zealand vs. Norway. This is a 50,000 capacity stadium. "The ceremony will feature mind-blowing, electrifying performances showcasing the cultural diversity and heritage of New Zealand and Australia," Goal.com states.

This year's World Cup will feature 32 different nations. This is eight more than previous tournaments. In addition, eight nations will be making their FIFA World Cup debut.

The USA Women's FIFA World Cup team has been placed in Group E. This includes Vietnam, Portugal, and the Netherlands. In total, there are eight different groupings. USA's group is aligned to New Zealand for the first round of play.

To date, the USA Women have won four World Cup titles. They are the defending champions, beating the Netherlands during the 2019 tournament in France. Before that the USA Women's team also won the World Cup in 2015, 1999 (the Brandi Chastain winning penalty kick year) and 1991.

Although the USA is ranked #1, they are considered a young team. NPR explained that "Nine players on this year's U.S. roster were part of the 2019 champion team. This includes Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Julie Ertz." Five players remain from the 2015 team.

Excitement is surely mounting. Team USA has now been in New Zealand for a week. In anticipation of their defending title run, here are five additional things you need to know about the USA Women's FIFA World Cup team.

Back in April, new uniforms were debuted by Nike. USA will wear white when they are the home team, and blue when they are the away team. Nike crafted this uniform using innovative techniques emphasizing player comfort and staying cool.

#22 Kristie Mewis was born in Weymouth, and grew up in Hanson. She graduated from Whitman-Hanson Regional High School where she was a three-time All-American midfielder. Unfortunately, Samantha Mewis (Kristie's sister) is not on this year’s World Cup team due to a knee injury she is currently recovering from.

Rapinoe recently announced her retirement. Therefore, this will be her last World Cup experience. #15, this legendary midfielder/winger is the oldest member of the team at 38 years old. The youngest player is Alyssa Thompson, an 18-year-old forward. She is sporting an iced-blue hair color look for 2023 Cup.

The United States women's soccer team has had a  long battle to be paid as much as the men's team. "The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, passed late Wednesday, will require all athletes representing the United States in global competition to receive equal pay and benefits in their sport, regardless of gender," ESPN reported back in December.

There are 23 members of the team. This also includes Dennis Rodman's daughter, #20 Trinity Rodman. The USA Women's Team will play their first game on July 21 (9PM EDT). It will be vs. Vietnam and played in Auckland, New Zealand.