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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Mountain biking"”.
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The Power Output Characteristics of Downhill Mountain Biking
… characteristics of field-based Downhill Mountain biking (DH) and to identify the best methods of assessment for DH type activity. Methods: Twelve trained male cyclists of differing experience levels (age 31.4 ± 9.8 yrs, mean ± s.d.), performed a single laboratory-based intermittent cycle …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of parent-child co-participation in mountain biking
Parent-child relationships are known to be particularly influential on youth sport outcomes (e.g., Dorsch et al., 2021). The sport environment is intimately related to the social dynamics experienced in youth sport, influencing what types of parent-child interactions may occur (e.g., Côté et al., …
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Personalized route generation for Mountain Biking cycling based on the user’s profile
Personalized route generation for Mountain Biking cycling based on the user’s profile. Advisor: Jugurta Lisboa Filho. The popularity of cycling has been on the rise both as a sustainable transport alter- native and as a leisure activity, through Mountain Biking (MTB). As its popularity increases, …
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Balance and agility in mountain bikers: a reliability and validity study on skills affecting control in mountain biking
… is broadly categorised as road cycling or mountain biking, and each form presents unique challenges and has different skill requirements. While cycling, in general, provides many benefits to both physical health and social behaviours, there are legitimate concerns about injuries related to …
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Exploring the facilitators of adapted mountain biking based on the lived experiences of adults living with a spinal cord injury
Research related to adapted mountain biking for people living with spinal cord injuries has primarily focused on the barriers that exist. Facilitators of adapted mountain biking have not been well-researched, and a better understanding of the facilitators that address these barriers is needed. The …
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Erosion and Trail Building: A Case Study of the East Tennessee State University Trail System.
… multiple types of users, such as hiking and mountain biking, must be able to sustain both groups. At East Tennessee State University the trail system was originally designed for hiking. Mountain bikers have become the main user group on the trail system leading to erosion problems on certain …
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Living to Ride: A Sociological Study of Freeriders in Missoula, Montana
… society such as land managers. The history of mountain biking and freeriding are explored and issues within Missoula’s local backdrop are described. The riders’ perspectives on their sport and its image is described while the future of freeriding is speculated upon using extreme sport …
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Living to Ride: A Sociological Study of Freeriders in Missoula, Montana
… society such as land managers. The history of mountain biking and freeriding are explored and issues within Missoula’s local backdrop are described. The riders’ perspectives on their sport and its image is described while the future of freeriding is speculated upon using extreme sport …
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Irish Hills Natural Reserve Conservation Plan Update
… green belt that provides a number of hiking and mountain biking<br />trails within a short distance from the downtown core as well as ensures that valuable<br />habitat be preserved into the future. As the subject of my thesis project, IHNR presented the opportunity to pursue an aspect of city …
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An Adventure Therapy Mountain Bike Program for Middle School Students: A Pilot Study
… and navigate developmental transitions. A mountain bike specific program was created to assess the effectiveness of the kinesthetic activity along with the addition of AT concepts. The program was informed by a conceptual framework that integrates the EcoWellness holistic model of wellbeing …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Adventure Recreation and Adolescent Identity Development
… activity areas: backpacking, exploration (e.g., mountain biking, leadership training, wilderness skills, and environmental education) and white water rafting. The quantitative results supported the hypothesis that the adventure recreation program would promote positive adolescent identity …
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Middle School Students' Perceptions of and Responses to the Inclusion of Culturally Relevant Units in the Physical Education Curriculum
… and responded to the inclusion of archery, mountain biking, and slacklining in PE. Methods: A mixed methods design was employed, in which the results of an initial quantitative phase served to identify LPA and MPA students to participate in a subsequent qualitative inquiry. Twelve focus …
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Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Traits of Female Athletes
… in individual, recreational sports including mountain biking, rock climbing, snow boarding, surfing, and wind surfing. Participants are 108 female athletes and non-athletes between the ages of 18 and 30. All participants were administered a questionnaire packet containing a demographic data …
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Forest Disturbances: Occurrences and Impacts of Recreational, Hydrogeomorphic, and Climatic Disturbances
… soil erosion rates for multiple-use (hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding) recreational trail approaches to stream crossings were found to be 13 times greater than rates for undisturbed forests. Downstream changes in macroinvertebrate-based indices indicated water quality was …
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Fuzzy Transfer Learning
… when acquiring the more sophisticated skills of mountain biking. This humanistic approach to learning can be used to tackle real-world problems where a-priori labelled training data is either difficult or not possible to gain. The transferral of knowledge from a related, but differing context can …
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"From Fear to Flow" : Understanding the Motivations for Participating in Extreme Sports
… various disciplines, climbing (n=9), downhill mountain biking (n=3), wingsuit/BASE jumping (n=3), surfing (n=1), and freestyle skiing (n=1). Thematic analysis identified five key themes: (1) Being Outdoors (2) Motivation (aligned with self-determination theory), (3) Risk Management and Thrill …
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An injury profile of musculoskeletal injuries in mountain bikers in the eThekwini Municipality
This work is submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s degree in Technology: Chiropractic at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.