Extreme Sports as a facilitator of ecocentricity and positive life changes
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in World Leisure Journal
- Vol. 51 (1), 47-53
- https://doi.org/10.1080/04419057.2009.9674581
Abstract
Extreme sports and extreme sports participants have been most commonly explored from a negative perspective, for example the ‘need to take unnecessary risks’. This study reports on findings that indicate a more positive experience. A phenomenological method was used via unstructured interviews with 15 extreme sports participants and other first hand accounts. The extreme sports included B.A.S.E. jumping, big wave surfing, extreme skiing, waterfall kayaking, extreme mountaineering and solo rope-free climbing. Results indicate that participating in activities that involve a real chance of death, fear and the realisation that nature in its extreme is far greater and more powerful than humanity triggers positive life changes, and an eco-centric standpoint.Keywords
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