To the Extreme Alternative Sports, Inside and Out

Name: To the Extreme Alternative Sports, Inside and Out
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ISBN: 9780791456651

ISBN-10: 079145665X

ISBN-13: 9780791456651

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert E. Rinehart, Synthia Sydnor

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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 3/27/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 450
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782

ROBERT E. RINEHART is Independent Scholar. He has taught courses in Physical Education and Dance at Idaho State. His work has appeared in Sociology of Sport Journal, Aethlon, Journal of Sport History, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, and Cultural Studies.



Acknowledgments



Proem



Rollerblading



Psychotic Rant




Dropping into Sight: Commodification and Co-Optation of In-Line Skating



Windsurfing



Journey to La Gringa




Windsurfing: A Subculture of Commitment



Sky Diving/Dancing/Surfing



Free Dimensional Skydiving




Soaring



BMX



Small Bikes, Big Men




BMX, Extreme Sports, and the White Male Backlash



Mountain Biking



Out of the Gene Pool and into the Food Chain




Mountain Biking Madness



ECO-Challenge



ECO (EGO?) Challenge: British Columbia, 1996




"Another Kind of Life": Adventure Racing and Epic Expeditions



Kayaking/Whitewater Sports



The Wrong Side of the Thin Edge




Whitewater Sports: From Extreme to Standardization



Climbing



Xtreem




The Great Divide: Sport Climbing vs. Adventure Climbing



Surfing



Vintage Days in the Big Waves of Life




Expression Sessions: Surfing, Style, and Prestige



Skateboarding



Authenticity in the Skateboarding World




Drawing Lines: A Report from the Extreme World (sic)



Extreme Skiing



May 27, 1998




Oh Say Can You SKE: Imperialistic Construction of Freedom in Warren Miller's Freeriders



Snowboarding



Snowboarding: The Essence Is Fun




Selling Out Snowboarding: The Alternative Response to Commercial Co-optation



Index