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For those of you who get your thrills from skateboarding or street luging then enjoy it in the beautiful region in Tuscany if you decide to holiday here! There are many skate parks and street luging tracks available in Siena for example. There's also a great selection of holiday villas in Siena to rent during your stay here.

Skateboarding is extremely popular here and there are many schools to learn the skills as well as shops to rent or buy skateboards and protective equipment. It originated in the 1940’s in California when surfers were at a loss for what to do when the waves were too flat to surf. So they started messing around the idea of attaching wheels to the bottom of wooden planks and skating around.

It was first known as sidewalk surfing and later became ‘skateboarding’. There is a fantastic skate park in Vicchio outside Florence if you want to give it a go or even just to watch!

There is a wealth of thrilling land sports you can get involved in during your adventurous holiday to Tuscany! The region is brimming with fast paced activities like quad racing, motocross tracks, rock climbing, parkour and much more!

These exciting land sports are available all across Tuscany so booking luxury vacation rentals near the cities of Florence, Lucca, Pisa, or in the towns and villages at the foot of the Apennines or Apuan Alps will guarantee close proximity to many of them.

Try learning the art of skateboarding at a popular skate Park just outside of Florence city or get into combat mode with an exhilarating few hours spent in simulated combat at an airsoft adventure centre! Learn how to act like a soldier in a war situation but in a non violent and non physical simulation that still gets the adrenaline flowing!

If you’re thinking of booking a sporting activity to do whilst holidaying in Tuscany then why not try a few hours of airsoft?

This is a role playing combat game without the violence or physical contact; it involves using sleek movements and fast thinking to outwit your opponents.

There’s a fantastic airsoft centre near Florence city where there’s also a superb collection of holiday villas to rent during your stay here if you wish to explore the city for a few days.

If you are a skiing enthusiast, you’ll love all the extreme variations available in Tuscany’s most popular ski resorts as well as some that you can enjoy in total tranquillity further up in the mountain slopes.

There is a fantastic collection of holiday rentals in the Garfagnana area of Tuscany for adventurous skiers and snowboarders to base their thrilling stay!

If you are an accomplished skier then perhaps you'd like to book a few lessons of freestyle skiing; a mesmerising sport that combines high speed skiing with extreme skateboarding tricks and acrobatic movements.

Zoom down specially designed slopes with built in half tubes to propel yourself into the air to attempt stimulating stunts before landing firmly on the slope again to continue downhill. This is highly suited to adventurous people with a keen eye for balance and an appetite for risk! It first became popular in the 1960’s and has grown so much over the years that it is now a winter Olympic sport!

For all the snowboarders out there that are looking for great skiing locations in Tuscany, the search is over! There’s a spectacular variety of ski resorts like Abetone, Cimone, and Val di Luce in the Apennine Mountain ranges. There are plenty of superb vacation rentals in Bagni di Lucca town nearby to base your adventurous holiday at!

Some exciting slopes in Abetone ski resort especially are specifically designed for freestyle skiing and snowboarding which have built in rails, half pipes and jumps for extremists to enjoy practicing new stunts and somersaults!

Snowboarding is well suited to people who are good at surfing or skateboarding as it requires about the same level of control, more so than skiing.