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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"extreme sports"”.
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Extreme Identities: An examination of extreme sports and the creation of identity within the extreme sports experience
… a rapidly growing increase in the popularity of extreme sports. Whilst the root of the exact reasons that extreme sports have grown so dras;cally as an industry is not en;rely clear, there are many theories and sugges;ons which can create a narra;ve to the evolu;on of the sports. Not only have …
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"From Fear to Flow" : Understanding the Motivations for Participating in Extreme Sports
Extreme sport participation has grown exponentially in recent years, yet the underlying motivations for engaging in high-risk activities remain complex and not fully understood. Extreme sports are defined as those where a mismanaged mistake can lead to serious injury or death. While research has …
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Phenomenological research on the motivation and self-directedness of recreational motocross athletes returning to the sport after significant injury
Participation in recreational extreme sports is on the rise, but with extreme sport participation comes significant injuries. Recreational extreme athletes endure a variety of significant injuries that hinder their normal function and sometimes cause permanent, life-altering trauma. Due to the …
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Concussion Knowledge in Amateur Motocross
… estimated that there are 1.6-3.8 million sports related traumatic brain injuries in the United States annually which occur in both mainstream and extreme sports. Many of these concussions have been associated with collisional sports, like football, but high risk extreme sports, like …
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The Relationship Between Trauma-Related Shame, Disordered Behaviors, and Contextual Factors of Sexual Trauma Beyond Trait-Shame and Sex-Guilt
… shame and motivations for participation in extreme sports, drinking games, and sex would differ based on the contextual factors of sexual trauma and the past experience of non-sexual trauma. Age was related to the linear combination of trauma-related shame and risk-taking motivations. …
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Psychosocial Motivators for Obstacle Course Racing: A Qualitative Case Study
… to participate in adventure racing and extreme sports. Individuals were guided more by intrinsic motives than extrinsic motives. Important motivations for obstacle course racers included the camaraderie among participants, connecting and socializing with other like-minded people, having …
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Reality Bites? The Cultural Politics of Generation X and Youthful White Masculinities in Sport and Popular Culture in 1990s America
… of American tennis star, Andre Agassi, a 1997 Sports Illustrated cover story, ""Whatever happened to the white athlete?,"" and the emergent sport formation of extreme sports. I also offer an alternative way of making sense of the Generation X phenomenon by reading it as a symptom of 1990s …
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Walking away from VR as ‘empathy-machine’: peripatetic animations with 360-photogrammetry
… its formative intentions as an accessory for extreme sports, I focus on everyday life, and become inspired by Harun Farocki’s ‘another kind of empathy’. Within the collaborative projects presented within my thesis, I move away from the colonialist-inspired ideal of ‘walking in someone else’s …
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Exploring their dark side or death before DNF: Ultra-athletes motivation to compete in and complete ultra-distance races
… elicit what drove them to pursue ultra-distance sports, and the tools they used during training and the event itself sustain their motivation. Findings from the analysed data were arranged into six broad themes: training; commitment; self-belief; mental toughness; support; addiction. During …