To the Extreme: Alternative Sports, Inside and Out (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)

A Collection Of Essays On The Inner And Outer Aspects Of Extreme Sports Such As Rollerblading, Sky Diving, And Skateboarding Which Focuses On Their History And Athletic Performance. Proem / Robert E. Rinehart, Synthia Sydnor -- Psychotic Rant / Arlo Eisenberg -- Dropping Into Sight Commodification And Co-optation Of In-line Skating / Robert E. Rinehart -- Journey To La Gringa / Bob Galvan -- Windsurfing: A Subculture Of Commitment / Belinda Wheaton -- Free Dimensional Skydiving / Tamara Koyn -- Soaring / Synthia Sydnor -- Small Bikes, Big Men / Brett Downs -- Bmx, Extreme Sports, And The White Male Backlash / Kyle Kusz -- Out Of The Gene Pool And Into The Food Chain / Lee Bridgers -- Mountain Biking Madness / Simon Eassom -- Eco (ego?) Challenge British Columbia, 1996/ Jim Cotter -- Another Kind Of Life Adventure Racing And Epic Expeditions / Martha Bell -- The Wrong Side Of The Thin Edge / Ron Watters -- Whitewater Sports From Extreme To Standardization / Jean-pierre Mounet, Pierre Chifflet -- Xtreem / David Dornian -- The Great Divide Sport Climbing Vs. Adventure Climbing / Peter Donnelly -- Vintage Days In The Big Waves Of Life / Greg Page -- Expression Sessions Surfing, Style, And Prestige / Douglas Booth -- Authenticity In The Skateboarding World / Becky Beal, Lisa Weidman -- Drawing Lines A Report From The Extreme World [sic] / Jeff Howe -- May 27, 1998 / Maykirsten Kremer -- Oh Say Can You Ski? Imperialistic Construction Of Freedom In Warren Miller's Freeriders / Joanne Kay, Suzanne Laberge -- Snowboarding The Essence Is Fun / Jake Burton -- Selling Out Snowboarding: The Alternative Response To Commercial Co-optation / Duncan Humphreys. Robert E. Rinehart And Synthia Sydnor, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Proem / Robert E. Rinehart and Synthia Sydnor Psychotic rant / Arlo Eisenberg Dropping into sight commodification and co-optation of in-line skating / Robert E. Rinehart Journey to La Gringa / Bob Galvan Windsurfing: a subculture of commitment / Belinda Wheaton Free dimensional skydiving / Tamara Koyn Soaring / Synthia Sydnor Small bikes, big men / Brett Downs BMX, extreme sports, and the white male backlash / Kyle Kusz Out of the gene pool and into the food chain / Lee Bridgers Mountain biking madness / Simon Eassom Eco (ego?) Challenge British Columbia, 1996/ Jim Cotter Another kind of life adventure racing and epic expeditions / Martha Bell The wrong side of the thin edge / Ron Watters Whitewater sports from extreme to standardization / Jean-Pierre Mounet and Pierre Chifflet Xtreem / David Dornian The great divide sport climbing vs. adventure climbing / Peter Donnelly Vintage days in the big waves of life / Greg Page Expression sessions surfing, style, and prestige / Douglas Booth Authenticity in the skateboarding world / Becky Beal and Lisa Weidman Drawing lines a report from the extreme world (sic) / Jeff Howe May 27, 1998 / MayKirsten Kremer Oh say can you ski? Imperialistic construction of freedom in Warren Miller's Freeriders / Joanne Kay and Suzanne Laberge Snowboarding the essence is fun / Jake Burton Selling out snowboarding: the alternative response to commercial co-optation / Duncan Humphreys Annotation An international array of authors, including some prominent extreme athletes like Jake Burton and Arlo Eisenberg, look at a variety of issues and concerns within the new action extreme sports that are gaining popularity throughout the world. For each sport, an interpretation is presented through two essays: one written by a scholar active in some aspect of research for the given activity, and another by a practitioner/ athlete who writes "from the inside out." The juxtaposed essays confront questions about the essence of sport such as, What is sport?; How does it originate?; and What is its use, value, and function? This book offers a fascinating look at how twentieth and twenty-first century sport forms emerge, proliferate, and take hold in a sport-crazy world An international array of authors, including some prominent extreme athletes like Jake Burton and Arlo Eisenberg, look at a variety of issues and concerns within the new action extreme sports that are gaining popularity throughout the world. For each sport, an interpretation is presented through two essays: one written by a scholar active in some aspect of research for the given activity, and another by a practitioner/athlete who writes "from the inside out." The juxtaposed essays confront questions about the essence of sport such as, What is sport?; How does it originate?; and What is its use, value, and function? This book offers a ... look at how twentieth and twenty-first century sport forms emerge, proliferate, and take hold in a sport-crazy world.-Back cover