In the world of sports high season (35 photos)

A lot of good shots.






Surfer Kelly Slater raises his fist, breaking the rushing water waves while surfing competitions in memory of Eddie cardiopulmonary bypass on the North Shore at Waimea Bay, Hawaii, December 8. (AP Photo / The Orange County Register / Michael Goulding)



Snowboarder takes part in the US Grand Prix snowboard men on December 11 in Koper Mountain, Colorado. (Streeter Lecka / Getty Images)



Athlete takes part in the women's 4x6 km relay point in the Biathlon World Championship December 13 in Hochfilzen, Austria. (Lars Baron / Bongarts / Getty Images)



Dylan Pell involved in the final BMX Northwest League 2009 December 13 skatepark Kensington and Melbourne. (Robert Cianflone ​​/ Getty Images)



Snowboarder taking part in the preparatory events for the World Cup snowboard «LG Snowboard Big Air FIS World Cup 2010" on the square Kvanva-moon in Seoul on December 13th. (REUTERS / Kang Bong-Gyu / Korea Pool)



Member events «Hyundai Card Super Match IX» on December 11 in the center of Seoul. (Kim Bum-Seok-pool / Getty Images)



Andreas Shtrodl Germany falls during the World Cup «FIS Ski World Cup» Men December 12, 2009 in Val d'Isere, French Alps. (FRANCK FIFE / AFP / Getty Images)



Malcolm Floyd from the team «San Diego Chargers» will not be able to score as he was attacked by the defenders of the team «Dallas Cowboys» Alan Ball and Mike Jenkins during a football game in Arlington, Texas, December 13th. (REUTERS / Mike Stone)



Chris from Frankfurt (right) and Demba Ba from Hoffenheim fighting for the ball in a match between first division teams in Germany «TSG 1899 Hoffenheim» and «Eintracht Frankfurt» in Sinsheim, Germany, on 12 December. (AP Photo / Daniel Roland)



Marie-Philip Pooley (above) from Canada and Caitlin Kaho US faced in the fight for the puck in the match at the stadium "Magness" in the University of Denver on December 12 in Denver. (Doug Pensinger / Getty Images)



Pascal PAPE of «Stade Francais» (left) could not hold the ball, knocked Darren Cave of «Ulster» during Cup Hauneck at Ravenhill Park in Belfast December 12, 2009. (PETER MUHLY / AFP / Getty Images)



Pakistani wrestler Bashir Bohla Balkh (right) trains in wrestling club in the old city of Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo / Vincent Thian)



Ken Whelan and his horse fall on the steeplechase at the international meeting in England on 11 December. (AP Photo / David Davies / PA Wire)



Cody Hancock falls in the dirt with a bull named "ballistics" during the ninth round of the National finals rodeo 2009 on December 11 at the arena «Thomas & Mack Center» in Las Vegas. Hancock was hospitalized with a concussion. (AP Photo / Las Vegas Sun / Sam Morris)



Players «Virginia» stepped on Anthony Ampaipitakvonga of «Akron» during the World Cup among colleges in Kerry, North Carolina on 13 December. (AP Photo / Gerry Broome)



David Trezeguet from "Juventus" rejoices after scoring a goal in the Champions League at the gate of the Munich "Bavaria" in the Olympic stadium in Turin on December 8th. (AP Photo / Massimo Pinca)



Crocodile lies at 13th greens before the Alfred Dunhill Championship in club «Leopard Creek Country Club» December 9 Meyllane, South Africa. (Warren Little / Getty Images)



Kangaroo jumping past Robert Allenby, who is 120th in the fairway at the Australian PGA Championship on December 10 at the Sunshine Coast, Australia. (Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images)



Participants 'Le Tour de Madagascar' drive by oxen harnessed to a plow. The sixth round of the tour ended in Antananarivo after ten days of flawless races, despite political and logistical difficulties. Racing were particularly popular in the rural areas of Madagascar. (GREGOIRE POURTIER / AFP / Getty Images)



Russians Arkady Vyatchanin (top) and Stanislav Donets compete in the finals in the men's 100 meters backstroke in Istanbul on December 13th. (AP Photo / Darko Bandic)



Members of women's 200-meter freestyle at the European Championships in Istanbul on December 13th. (MUSTAFA OZER / AFP / Getty Images)



Brooke Delano (right) returns the ball from Nebraska team from Texas in the final match on volleyball among college in Omaha on 12 December. (AP Photo / Nati Harnik)



Chelsea Lee from the team «Rutgers» trying to throw the ball in the basket in the women's championship match against a team from among the colleges «Prairie View» in Piscataway, New Jersey, on 10 December. (AP Photo / Tim Larsen)



Alex Stevenson of "Southern California" vies with Demetrius Monroe (right) and chrono Tatum of "Idaho State" in the game of basketball in Los Angeles on 11 December. (AP Photo / Chris Carlson)



Chantal Okoye Hampson (left) from the national team of Congo aimed at kick in the World Cup qualifying match in handball against Denmark in Wuxi, China, on December 7. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP / Getty Images)



Vitali Klitschko (right) and Kevin Johnson show the other side of boxing during the fight for the title in the heavyweight division in Berne, Switzerland, on 12 December. (AP Photo / Keystone, Lukas Lehmann)



Michael Valhofer World Championship races on skis «World Cup Super G» in Val d'Isere on December 12, and Peter Maydich at the World Cup ski sprint at 1, 4 km in Davos December 13 doing the same meaningful gesture. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann) (REUTERS / Miro Kuzmanovic)



Chad Hedrick runs metrovku 1500 World Championship skating December 11 in Cairns Utah. Chad is pr blog, which gives advice to novice skaters. (Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images)



Fan Team «Army Cadet» watching a football match against «Navy Midshipmen» December 12 at the stadium "Lincoln Financial" in Philadelphia. (Drew Hallowell / Getty Images)



Managing Director of the race track «Silverstone» Richard Phillips speaks at a press conference in England December 8, announcing a contract for 17 years, in which his track will host the British Grand Prix. (REUTERS / Darren Staples)



Brett Favre of «Minnesota Vikings» trying to traverse the ball through a crowd of opponents in a football match against «Cincinnati Bengals» December 13 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo / Morry Gash)



The orchestra played at Lambeau Field before a football match between the teams «Green Bay Packers» and «Baltimore Ravens» December 7 in Green Bay. (AP Photo / Jeffrey Phelps)



Players «Olympiakos» celebrating reaching the next round of the Champions League after the match against "Arsenal" at the stadium «Karaiskakis» in Piraeus, Greece, on 9 December. (AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris)



"Mamacha" (representative of the people of the Andes) has a penalty, while the other protects the gate during a football match at the National Stadium in Lima on 12 December. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP / Getty Images)



Michelle Wie plays golf on the viewing platform «At the Top Burj Dubai» on the 124th floor of the tallest building in the world in front of the Dubai Women's Golf Championship on December 8 in Dubai. (David Rogers / Getty Images)