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Extreme Sports as a facilitator of ecocentricity and positive life changes
World Leisure Journal
Short Title: World Leisure Journal
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2009/01/01/
Pages: 47 - 53
Sources ID: 36151
Notes: doi: 10.1080/04419057.2009.9674581
Visibility: Public (group default)
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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.