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'''Hitchhiking''' is also seen by some as a (new) form of extreme sport.
Russian hitchhiking clubs (e.g. [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]]) are the pioneers of this form of sport, where specific distances have to be traveled by hitchhiking as fast as possible in order to win a competition. This included excursions of a few days up to several weeks, covering thousands of kilometers of hitchhiking motorized vehicles, freight airplanes or boats. Next to that, elements of ''sport orienteering'' & ''navigation'' in (un)known territory off the road can be implemented in such competitions, asking the participant for more than just ''hitting the road''.
In 2012, there will be a third attempt for the [[World Championships]].
While '''competitive autostop''' is currently mostly based in the Baltics and Russia, there are attempts to establish competitive autostop/sport hitchhiking in [[Western Europe]] as well. If you are interested in building up such, be welcome to join the [https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitchsport hitchsport mailing list].
==Regulations==In the past PASL created a document of competitive autostop rules & regulations, wich have been adopted and revised by other hitchhiking clubs, e.g. Vilnius based [[Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club|VHHC]].
The international regulations by VHHC can be found [http://www.autostop.lt/faq/comprule.html here] {{en}}.
==Links==*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AYlm20PpA Alexey Vorov explains the idea of the TransGlobal Austostop Race] {{ru}}*[https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitchsport hitchsport] mailing list for competitive autostop in Western Europe
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