NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Extreme ironing

Extreme Ironing (or EI) is an extreme sport and a performance art in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron a few items of clothing. According to the official website, extreme ironing is This article is about various Extreme Sports. ... This article is about Performance art. ... An iron Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool to remove wrinkles from washed clothes. ... Clothing protects the vulnerable nude human body from the extremes of weather, other features of our environment, and for safety reasons. ...

Part of the attraction and interest the media has towards extreme ironing seems to centre on the issue of whether it is really a sport or not. It is widely considered to be tongue-in-cheek.^[1] Business shirt A shirt is a piece of clothing for the trunk of the body. ...

Some locations where such performances have taken place include a mountainside of a difficult climb; a forest; in a canoe; while skiing or snowboarding; on top of large bronze statues; in the middle of a street; underwater; whilst parachuting;^[2] under the ice cover of a lake; and in warzones^{[citation needed]}. The performances have been conducted solo or by groups. Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... This article is about a community of trees. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ... Snowboarder in a half-pipe Snowboarder riding off cornice Snowboarding contributes greatly to the economies of ski resorts Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard that is attached to ones feet using a boot/binding interface. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... In political terms, conflict refers to an ongoing state of hostility between two or more groups of people. ...

The Guardian said of extreme ironing that it carries on a tradition of British eccentricity.^{[citation needed]} The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... In popular usage, eccentricity refers to unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual. ...

History

Before heading into the mainstream extreme ironing was used by the band Monster Magnet in the video of their song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" from their album Dopes to Infinity (1995). However, purists of the sport will claim that it was started in 1997 in Leicester, East Midlands, England by resident Phil Shaw in his back garden. Shaw came home from what he recalls as a hard day in a Leicester knitwear factory.^[3] Preferring the idea of an evening out rock climbing, he decided to combine the two activities into a new extreme sport. In June 1999, Shaw, who uses the nickname "Steam", embarked on an international tour to promote the activity. The stops included the United States of America, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. An encounter with German tourists in New Zealand led to the formation of a group called "Extreme Ironing International", and the German Extreme Ironing Section or GEIS. Monster Magnet is an American rock band. ... Negasonic Teenage Warhead is the second track on Monster Magnets 1995 album, Dopes to Infinity. ... Dopes to Infinity is the third album by Monster Magnet. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... photo of a backyard A yard is an enclosed area of land, usually tied to a building. ... Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles A woman knitting at a coffee shop Knitting is one of several ways to turn thread or yarn into cloth (cf weaving, crochet). ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

As extreme ironing has branched off, the conditions can gain in extreme activity. For example a branch of ironing has been developed that includes both bungee jumping and well-pressed clothing. Bungee ironing is, what some would call, the ultimate in the thrill of extreme ironing.

A documentary, titled Extreme Ironing, was filmed for Britain's Channel 4. The programme concentrates on the rivalry between the EIB (Extreme Ironing Bureau) and a breakaway group called Urban Housework. It was later aired on the National Geographic Channel.^[2] This article is about the British television station. ... The National Geographic Channel is a subscription television network that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. ...

In 2003, Phil Shaw released a book published by New Holland Publishers, also entitled Extreme Ironing^[4]. The following year saw the release of a DVD titled Ironing Under the Sky, which was produced by Hot Under the Collar (HUTC) Productions. A follow-up documentary was made in 2004, this time by RDF and HUTC, which was aired on Sky's Adventure One channel the following year. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

In 2003 the Rowenta Trophy was won by a group from South Africa by ironing across a gorge at the Wolfberg Cracks.

In 2004, the EIB traveled to the US on the Rowenta Tour to recruit additional ironists and ironed at Mount Rushmore, New York, Boston and Devils Tower. For the 1960s rock band, see Mount Rushmore (band). ... â€œNYâ€ redirects here. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area - City 232. ... Devils Tower National Monument Devils Tower is a geological feature located in eastern Wyoming that was established as the first United States National Monument in 1906. ...

Notes

^ "Jazz, giants and ironing boards", The Guardian, 2003-12-14. Retrieved on 2006-02-16. (English) “The idea, which combines the thrills of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt, is thoroughly explained in this tongue-in-cheek manual...”
^ ^a ^b Wollaston, Sam. "O brother, where art thou", The Guardian, 2005-06-06. Retrieved on 2006-02-16. (English) “That's because Phil is a star of Extreme Ironing (National Geographic, Saturday).”
^ "Worldwide extreme ironing competition launched", Extreme Ironing Bureau, 18 February 2003.
^ ISBN 1-84330-555-0

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