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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The professionalization of action sports: mapping trends and future directions 2. Dual governance structures in action sports: institutionalization processes of professional snowboarding revisited 3. Organizational evolution and the Olympic Games: the case of sport climbing 4. The gendered emotional labor of male professional 'freesurfers' digital media work 5. Young Dutch commercially sponsored kite surfers: free as a bird? 6. The glocalization of parkour: a New Zealand/Aotearoa case study 7. Professionalisation of action sports in Australia
