Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sport

by Douglas Booth (Editor), Douglas Booth (Author), Holly Thorpe (Editor)

New
Illustrated
2006
$159.37

The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports provides the first international survey of extreme sports, which include a wide variety of physical pursuits and activities such as bungee jumping, dirt biking, sky surfing, and rock climbing: individualist, adventure-type sports rather than traditional team sports. Extreme also refers to the antisocial attitudes and uncompromising values associated with these new sports, attitudes and values that are often in sharp contrast to those of more conservative, mainstream, and middle-class sports. This volume is a state-of-the-art summary of where extreme sports are today, where they have come from, and how they are likely to grow and change in the years ahead.

Synopsis

The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports provides the first international survey of extreme sports, which include a wide variety of physical pursuits and activities such as bungee jumping, dirt biking, sky surfing, and rock climbing: individualist, adventure-type sports rather than traditional team sports. Extreme also refers to the antisocial attitudes and uncompromising values associated with these new sports, attitudes and values that are often in sharp contrast to those of more conservative, mainstream, and middle-class sports. This volume is a state-of-the-art summary of where extreme sports are today, where they have come from, and how they are likely to grow and change in the years ahead.

$159.37

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 450
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group
Published: 30 Nov 2006
ISBN 10: 0977015955
ISBN 13: 9780977015955

Author Bio

Douglas Booth and Holly Thorpe, co-editors of the Encyclopedia of Extreme Sport, work at the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies in the School of Education at the University of Waikato, on the North Island of New Zealand. They have published widely on extreme and alternative sports from historical and sociological perspectives. Douglas and Holly are cultural insiders, immersed in surfing and snowboarding respectively, two activities closely allied to extreme sports. As well as traveling internationally in pursuit of waves and powder, they have competed in various surfing and snowboarding events, and remain active participants in these two fields.