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To the Extreme: Alternative Sports, Inside and Out(SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)

To the Extreme: Alternative Sports, Inside and Out(SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)


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Insider and outsider narratives on the essence of modern "extreme" sports.

Table of Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. PROEM Robert E. Rinehart and Synthia Sydnor ROLLERBLADING 2. PSYCHOTIC RANT Arlo Eisenberg 3. DROPPING INTO SIGHT Commodification and Co-Optation of In-Line Skating Robert E. Rinehart WINDSURFING 4. JOURNEY TO LA GRINGA Bob Galvan 5. WINDSURFING A Subculture of Commitment Belinda Wheaton SKY DIVING/DANCING/SURFING 6. FREE DIMENSIONAL SKYDIVING Tamara Koyn 7. SOARING Synthia Sydnor BMX 8. SMALL BIKES, BIG MEN Brett Downs 9. BMX, EXTREME SPORTS, AND THE WHITE MALE BACKLASH Kyle Kusz MOUNTAIN BIKING 10. OUT OF THE GENE POOL AND INTO THE FOOD CHAIN Lee Bridgers 11. MOUNTAIN BIKING MADNESS Simon Eassom ECO-CHALLENGE 12. ECO (EGO?) CHALLENGE British Columbia, 1996 Jim Cotter 13. "ANOTHER KIND OF LIFE" Adventure Racing and Epic Expeditions Martha Bell KAYAKING/WHITEWATER SPORTS 14. THE WRONG SIDE OF THE THIN EDGE Ron Watters 15. WHITEWATER SPORTS From Extreme to Standardization Jean-Pierre Mounet and Pierre Chifflet CLIMBING 16. XTREEM David Dornian 17. THE GREAT DIVIDE Sport Climbing vs. Adventure Climbing Peter Donnelly SURFING 18. VINTAGE DAYS IN THE BIG WAVES OF LIFE Greg Page 19. EXPRESSION SESSIONS Surfing, Style, and Prestige Douglas Booth SKATEBOARDING 20. AUTHENTICITY IN THE SKATEBOARDING WORLD Becky Beal and Lisa Weidman 21. DRAWING LINES A Report from the Extreme World (sic) Jeff Howe EXTREME SKIING 22. MAY 27, 1998 Kirsten Kremer 23. OH SAY CAN YOU SKI? Imperialistic Construction of Freedom in Warren Miller's Freeriders Joanne Kay and Suzanne Laberge SNOWBOARDING 24. SNOWBOARDING The Essence Is Fun Jake Burton 25. SELLING OUT SNOWBOARDING The Alternative Response to Commercial Co-optation Duncan Humphreys INDEX

About the Author :
Robert E. Rinehart teaches Kinesiology at California State University at San Bernardino. He is the author of Players All: Performances in Contemporary Sport. Synthia Sydnor is Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791456651
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 450
  • Series Title: SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations
  • Sub Title: Alternative Sports, Inside and Out
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 079145665X
  • Publisher Date: 27 Mar 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 879 gr


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