Bicycling Although bicycling is a fast-growing sport with a propensity for dramatic innovation, only 19 bicycle manufacturers showed up in Atlanta.

So, too, is snowboarding, a fast-growing sport, in which people slide down trials on what look like oversize surfboards.

For the uninitiated, cable wakeboarding is a fast-growing extreme sport.

Today, cutting is a fast-growing equine sport.

St. John expressed respect for the dedicated athletes of this fast-growing sport and may compete in future events.

The two schools have helped make women's basketball a fast-growing sport, and the 16,294 seats in the Hartford Civic Center are sold out for Sunday's game.

Soccer is currently making inroads as a fast-growing sport.

Vancouver is a centre for the fast-growing sport of Ultimate.

"We realize that soccer is one of the fast-growing sports," Mr. Gargano said.

During the muscle-car era, manufacturers not only sponsored the drivers, but designed stock cars specifically to compete in the fast-growing and highly popular sport.