Beschreibung:
Action sports have undergone dramatic growth, commercialization, and institutionalization over recent decades. This book uncovers the social, political, economic and organizational dynamics of their professionalization.
1. The professionalization of action sports: mapping trends and future directionsHolly Thorpe and Guillaume Dumont2. Dual governance structures in action sports: institutionalization processes of professional snowboarding revisitedAnna-Maria Strittmatter, Boris Kilvinger, Annika Bodemar, Eivind Å. Skille and Markus Kurscheidt3. Organizational evolution and the Olympic Games: the case of sport climbingMikhail Batuev and Leigh Robinson4. The gendered emotional labor of male professional 'freesurfers' digital media workClifton Westly Evers5. Young Dutch commercially sponsored kite surfers: free as a bird?Froukje Smits6. The glocalization of parkour: a New Zealand/Aotearoa case studyDamien Puddle, Belinda Wheaton and Holly Thorpe7. Professionalisation of action sports in AustraliaEva M. M. Ellmer and Steven B. Rynne