• Extreme Ironing on Rivelin Needle. Rivelin Rocks, United Kingdom. Extreme ironing (also called EI) is an extreme sport in which people take ironing boards to remote...
  • However, it has its own committee (The Extreme Ironing Bureau) and has had a world championship, so it counts.
  • In 2003, a documentary called “Extreme Ironing: Pressing for Victory” was released covering the origins, popular ironists, and why this sport is so popular.
  • The origins of extreme ironing can be found in 1980, it came into existence through a man named Tony Hillman.
  • Extreme ironing is an outdoor sport that combines the danger and excitement of an “extreme” sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.
  • As the sport of extreme ironing has taken off, it has happened in some truly bizarre locations and with some truly extreme positions.
  • Extreme Ironing is an intense pursuit where athletes (can we call them athletes?) lug ironing boards and an iron to remote locations to do their chores.
  • The sport of extreme ironing was introduced by Tony Hiam in the year of 1980 , in Yorkshire Dales National Park, near Settle, England.
  • Exterme Ironing is a new “sport” invented in England that combines the inherent excitement of ironing with “extreme” environments.