Traveling Rings (10 images)

A new kind of sports has developed at Santa Monica Beach. After the city of Los Angeles built a structure with ten rings hanging from metal chains at a distance of about 2 yards, young athletes started using it and turned it into an art form. They call themselves 'ring flyers'. A community grew around the sport and websites sprung up to connect its and promote weekend gatherings involving the 'traveling rings', as the structure is called...©Stefan Falke / laif