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  | | Snowboarding The Ultimate Guide (Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports) by Holly Thorpe Hardcover, 205 Pages, Published 2012 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-37622-1, ISBN: 0-313-37622-0 "This book provides a comprehensive look at the snowboarding phenomenon, including its history; techniques and equipment; biographies of the sport's pioneers, athletes, and heroes; key sites and events; and future directions.• Draws on interviews with more than 100 snowboarders• Provides a chronology of snowboarding, starting from the mid 1960s to the present• Includes biographical sketches of pioneers, athletes, and heroes, such as Jake ..." |
 | | Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports by Douglas Booth, Holly Thorpe Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2007 by Berkshire Publishing Group Llc ISBN-13: 978-0-9770159-5-5, ISBN: 0-9770159-5-5 "The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports provides the first international survey of extreme sports, which include a wide variety of physical pursuits and activities such as bungee jumping, dirt biking, sky surfing, and rock climbing: individualist, adventure-type sports rather than traditional team sports. "Extreme" also refers to the antisocial attitudes and uncompromising values associated with these new sports, attitudes and valu ..." |
 | | Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies (Critical Issues in Sport and Society) by David Andrews, Joshua I. Newman, Holly Thorpe, Mary Louise Adams, Kiri Baxter, Douglas Booth, Kyle S. Bunds, Michael D. Giardina, Mariana Clark, Simon C. Darnell, Samantha Frost, Simone Fullagar, Pirkko Markula, Mary G. Mcdonald, Jennifer Sterling, Christopher Mcleod, Matthew G. Hawzen, Richard Pringle, Oliver Rick, Jacob J. Bustad, Samantha King, Shannon Leigh Jette, Katelyn Esmonde, Carolyn Pluim, Gavin Weedon, Rutgers University Press Paperback, 370 Pages, Published 2020 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9181-0, ISBN: 0-8135-9181-3 "The moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web of scientific rationalities, spatial arrangements, corporate imperatives, and identity politics (i.e. politics of gender, race, social clas ..." |
 | | Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies (Critical Issues in Sport and Society) by David Andrews, Joshua I. Newman, Holly Thorpe, Mary Louise Adams, Kiri Baxter, Douglas Booth, Kyle S. Bunds, Michael D. Giardina, Mariana Clark, Simon C. Darnell, Samantha Frost, Simone Fullagar, Pirkko Markula, Mary G. Mcdonald, Jennifer Sterling, Christopher Mcleod, Matthew G. Hawzen, Richard Pringle, Oliver Rick, Jacob J. Bustad, Samantha King, Shannon Leigh Jette, Katelyn Esmonde, Carolyn Pluim, Gavin Weedon Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2020 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9182-7, ISBN: 0-8135-9182-1 "The moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web of scientific rationalities, spatial arrangements, corporate imperatives, and identity politics (i.e. politics of gender, race, social clas ..." |
 | | Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies(1st Edition) (Routledge International Handbooks) by Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews, Holly Thorpe, Holly Thorpe Dr Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-81721-0, ISBN: 1-138-81721-X "Physical cultural studies (PCS) is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of study. This handbook offers the first definitive account of the state of the art in PCS, showcasing the latest research and methodological approaches. It examines the boundaries, preoccupations, theories and politics of PCS, drawing on transdisciplinary expertise from areas as diverse as sport studies, sociology, history, cultural studies, performance studies a ..." |
 | | Transnational Mobilities in Action Sport Cultures (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship) by Holly Thorpe Hardcover, 332 Pages, Published 2014 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-39073-7, ISBN: 0-230-39073-0 "This book contributes to recent debates in transnationalism, mobilities and migration studies by offering the first in-depth sociological examination of the global phenomenon of action sports and the transnational networks and connections being established within and across local contexts around the world." |
 | | Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice (Global Culture and Sport Series) by Dr Holly Thorpe Hardcover, 313 Pages, Published 2011 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-57944-6, ISBN: 0-230-57944-2 |
 | | Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies by Joshua I. Newman, Holly Thorpe, David Andrews 350 Pages, Published 2020 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9183-4, ISBN: 0-8135-9183-X "She continues to find much inspiration in the challenges of working across disciplines, engaging with social theory, and exploring ... GAVIN WEEDON is with the Department of Sport Science, School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University. ... and exercise cultures with a focus on supplementation, (post)genomic health and fitness technologies, and body- healthenvironment relations." |
 | | Snowboarding The Ultimate Guide by Holly Thorpe 205 Pages, Published 2012 by Abc-Clio ISBN-13: 978-0-313-37623-8, ISBN: 0-313-37623-9 "Holly Thorpe ... boards were all different shapes, with all different features: rocker, multiple fins, swallow tails, fish tails, and all different kinds of side-cut” (Howe, 1998, p. ... In South Lake Tahoe, Chris Sanders made snowboards in his garage." |
 | | Surfing The Ultimate Guide (Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports) by Douglas G. Booth, Holly Thorpe Hardcover, 155 Pages, Published 2011 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-38042-6, ISBN: 0-313-38042-2 ""The Pipeline" in O'ahu, Hawaii. "Maverick's Point" in northern California. "Ours" near Sydney, Australia. All over the world, extreme surfers risk severe injury or even death from riptides, shark attacks, and collisions with the seabed itself, just to experience the ultimate high from tackling—and triumphing over—one of the most powerful forces on earth.Surfing: The Ultimate Guide explains the culture of extreme surfing—including the o ..." |
 | | Women in Action Sport Cultures(1st Edition) Identity, Politics and Experience (Global Culture and Sport Series) by Holly Thorpe, Rebecca Olive, Holly Thorpe Dr Hardcover, 387 Pages, Published 2016 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-45796-7, ISBN: 1-137-45796-1 "Young, white men have dominated action sports for many years, yet women have refused to accept positions on the margins of these unique sporting cultures. Developing in a different context to many traditional sports, girls and women have adopted highly proactive approaches and developed unique strategies to negotiate space alongside their male peers in the waves, skate parks and cityscapes, on mountains and climbing walls, along t ..." |
 | | Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice by Holly Thorpe ISBN-13: 978-1-349-36812-9, ISBN: 1-349-36812-1 |
 | | Sport, Gender and Development Intersections, Innovations and Future Trajectories by Holly Thorpe, Megan Chawansky 376 Pages, Published 2021 by Emerald Group Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-83867-863-0, ISBN: 1-83867-863-8 "Intersections, Innovations and Future Trajectories Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst, Holly Thorpe, Megan Chawansky. violence have increased (Nesamoney, Darmstadt, & Wise, 2021). As UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres relates in the most recent ..." |
 | | Sport, Gender and Development Intersections, Innovations and Future Trajectories by Holly Thorpe, Megan Chawansky 376 Pages, Published 2021 by Emerald Group Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-83867-865-4, ISBN: 1-83867-865-4 "Intersections, Innovations and Future Trajectories Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst, Holly Thorpe, Megan Chawansky ... programming and resources for women and girls who experience marginalization (Darroch, Roett, Varcoe, Oliffe, & Montaner, 2020)." |
 | | Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies by Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews, Holly Thorpe 640 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-59600-4, ISBN: 1-317-59600-5 "Michael L. Silk is a professor of sport and social sciences and founder and director of the Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre (SPARC) at Bournemouth University, UK. ... including The Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport (Routledge), Qualitative Research in Physical Culture (with Pirkko Markula; Palgrave Macmillan), Sports Coaching Research (with Hugh Lauder, Anthony Bush and David Andrews; ... Professor Silk is m ..." |
 | | Global Culture and Sport Women in Action Sport Cultures : Identity, Politics and Experience by Holly Thorpe, Rebecca Olive 387 Pages, Published 2016 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-137-45797-4, ISBN: 1-137-45797-X "Identity, Politics and Experience Holly Thorpe, Rebecca Olive. original theses in our twenty-first century courses (e.g., Sydnor, 2015, p. 216). Physical culture and action sports express intertanglings with art, dance (e.g., Streb, 2015), music, ecstasy, fasting (e.g., Liu, 2010; Maxwell, 2015), fashion, architecture, design, celebrity, communication, pharmaceuticals, urbanism, neuro-cultures, human machine technology interactions ..." |
 | | Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports Snowboarding by Holly Thorpe Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-39436-9, ISBN: 1-283-39436-7 |
 | | Global Culture and Sport Ser. Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice by Holly Thorpe Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-09709-3, ISBN: 1-283-09709-5 |
 | | Global Culture and Sport Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice by Holly Thorpe 313 Pages, Published 2011 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-0-230-30557-1, ISBN: 0-230-30557-1 "After making the boards, he became a 'travelling salesman', loading his station wagon and driving to ski and sports stores across the eastern States trying to market and sell his product (Bailey, 1998, para. 28). Within the first year the fledgling company had sold 300 boards for US$88 each, although 'everyone said it was too much' (Burton, cited in Howe, 1998, p. 11). Burton responded with a cheaper version, the 'Backyard', which ..." |
 | | Action Sports and the Olympic Games(1st Edition) Past, Present, Future by Belinda Wheaton Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2023 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-03-212832-0, ISBN: 1-03-212832-1 |
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