To the Extreme: Alternative Sports, Inside and Out

To the Extreme......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Proem by Robert E. Rinehart and Synthia Sydnor......Page 14
ROLLERBLADING......Page 32
2. Psychotic Rant by Arlo Eisenberg......Page 34
3. Dropping into Sight: Commodification and Co-Optation of In-Line Skating by Robert E. Rinehart......Page 40
WINDSURFING......Page 66
4. Journey To La Gringa by Bob Galvan......Page 68
5. Windsurfing: A Subculture of Commitment by Belinda Wheaton......Page 88
SKY DIVING/DANCING/SURFING......Page 116
6. Free Dimensional Skydiving by Tamara Koyn......Page 118
7. Soaring by Synthia Sydnor......Page 140
BMX......Page 156
8. Small Bikes, Big Men by Brett Downs......Page 158
9. BMX, Extreme Sports, and the White Male Backlash by Kyle Kusz......Page 166
MOUNTAIN BIKING......Page 190
10. Out of the Gene Pool and into the Food Chain by Lee Bridgers......Page 192
11. Mountain Biking Madness by Simon Eassom......Page 204
ECO-CHALLENGE......Page 218
12. Eco (Ego?) Challenge: British Columbia, 1996 by Jim Cotter......Page 220
13. “Another Kind of Life”: Adventure Racing and Epic Expeditions by Martha Bell......Page 232
KAYAKING/WHITEWATER SPORTS......Page 268
14. The Wrong Side of the Thin Edge by Ron Watters......Page 270
15. Whitewater Sports: From Extreme to Standardization by Jean-Pierre Mounet and Pierre Chifflet Genevieve Rail, translator......Page 280
CLIMBING......Page 292
16. Xtreem by David Dornian......Page 294
17. The Great Divide: Sport Climbing vs. Adventure Climbing by Peter Donnelly......Page 304
SURFING......Page 318
18. Vintage Days in the Big Waves of Life by Greg Page......Page 320
19. Expression Sessions: Surfing, Style, and Prestige by Douglas Booth......Page 328
SKATEBOARDING......Page 348
20. Authenticity in the Skateboarding World by Becky Beal and Lisa Weidman......Page 350
21. Drawing Lines: A Report from the Extreme World (sic) by Jeff Howe......Page 366
EXTREME SKIING......Page 384
22. May 27, 1998 by Kirsten Kremer......Page 386
23. Oh Say Can You Ski?: Imperialistic Construction of Freedom in Warren Miller’s Freeriders by Joanne Kay and Suzanne Laberge......Page 394
SNOWBOARDING......Page 412
24. Snowboarding: The Essence Is Fun by Jake Burton......Page 414
25. Selling Out Snowboarding: The Alternative Response to Commercial Co-optation by Duncan Humphreys......Page 420
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Z......Page 449
SUNY series, Sport, Culture, and Social Relations......Page 450