Anthropology of Sports Professor Eastman 12/08/13 Extreme Sports The X Games is one of the more popular sporting events‚ where people gather to watch athletes compete in extreme sports. Some of these sports include skateboarding‚ mountain biking and motorcycle racing. The community around extreme sports can sometimes be seen as exclusive and particular when it comes to defining what an extreme sport is and who is a true extremist. Originally‚ I believe the extreme sport community created this division of
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like the X-games are part of the extreme sports market. Extreme sports received a huge popularity boost in the mid-nineties‚ when American sports channel ESPN launched the “X-Games”. The annual events bring together the best of the world’s extreme athletes to complete for gold‚ silver and bronze medals. There are quite a few sports that are considered extreme‚ with skateboarding‚ rollerblading‚ and BMX biking being perhaps the most well-known. In addition‚ extreme sports encompass some cold weather
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Extreme sports risky but worth it? Imagine the feeling of accomplishment‚ the adrenaline rush‚ and the overall thrill of participating in an extreme sport for the first time. Whether it be skydiving or successfully landing a jump on your snowboard or skis for the first time. Extreme sports are all about big risk‚ and big reward. To me there are four categories of extreme sports the ones performed in the air‚ water‚ on the ground‚ or on the snow. They can vary from mountain biking or jumping out
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enough. Frankly‚ I was not particularly good or at any of them. In fact‚ I always used to wish there was a game I could play without having to compete with anyone‚ but enjoy myself simply by virtue of playing it. My interest and participation in extreme sport started one Saturday afternoon after me‚ and a few of my friends watched a van Disel video. We thought‚ why not try some bike stunts‚ by then I had a dirt bike‚ and we played truth and dare. None of us could do any real stunt‚ but we practiced
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Extreme sports popularity: People enjoy the thrill of having their heart race and their stomach knot‚ and they link these thrills with entertainment and enjoyment. Extreme sports‚ such as BMX biking‚ skateboarding‚ bungee jumping‚ rock or ice climbing‚ and whitewater kayaking fulfill the need for danger and fear. Although traditional sports remain popular‚ still extreme sports popularity is steadily increasing because of different age‚ sex‚ and race‚ media influence‚ degree of danger and fear‚ and
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Extreme Sports An extreme sport can be defined as a sport which has a high degree of risk or danger. These types of sports are attempted by trained athletes in controlled conditions. An extreme sports person would express fearless‚ adventurous‚ risky and reckless behaviour. This is because extreme sports athletes attempt dangerous sports and must be fearless and adventurous. There are many extreme sports. New sports are being added to the list continually because people are always finding new ways
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Living in an extreme world There is compelling evidence to show that many weather-related disasters are not chance occurrences but are a result of human activities that have altered our atmosphere The recent flood-related disaster in Uttarakhand was labelled a Himalayan tsunami‚ recalling the deaths‚ damage‚ and destruction that followed the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 2004. Yet‚ this is a misleading metaphor‚ because there is little evidence that real tsunamis are linked to
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Extreme Sports Motivational Factors Lawrence Cannon December 4‚ 2011 PE 5880 Abstract In the 1970s‚ extreme sports had been growing rapidly since its introduction. However‚ there has been little research done on extreme sport participants. In specific‚ the reason why consumers participate in extreme sports has not yet been investigated‚ although the number of participants and spectators of extreme sports is rapidly growing. Since motivation is a significant factor of sport participation
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The popularity of extreme sports has continued to grow steadily over the last decades. A lot of people all over the world are extremely attracted to these relatively new sports because they have the possibility to express themselves in a new way and experience adrenaline rush. As we all know everything new is very attractive to us and new kinds of sports are not exceptions. When massive media support of these activities was launched‚ in order to get kids off the couches‚ their popularity went
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employing more than five people will have a safety policy and this states the emergency procedures in case of a fire and what to do in the event of some major incidents such as a child who has gone missing‚ an unwelcomed intruder in the setting or very extreme weather conditions. Now I am going to identify eight non emergency incidents and then for LO 3.2 I will outline the actions to take when there is a Fire‚ A Missing Child and Unauthorised Entry. Missing Child A child should never go missing from
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