SPM FINAL EXAM REVIEW Lesson 9 Video Clip 1 Guardian video feature focused on Texas Roller Derby Video Clip 2 News feature from Under the Pink Carpet focused on the Bingham Cup gay rugby tournament Boston IronSides difference b w gay and straight just as difficult etc Doug Portland Rugby occasional non acceptance Straight teams reaction to losing to gay teams Video Clip 3 National Geographic feature on the base jumper Dean Potter Use of parachute as rope in basejumping Changing dying to flying Art of wingsuit base jumping Video Clip 4 A short film on the endurance runner Jez Bragg and his record Thrill element in pushing your body to do these things breaking journey running the length of New Zealand Video Clip 5 A promotion film for the My Playground A Film About Movement in Urban Space documentary film Video Clip 6 A YouTube film focused on tomb stoning in Plymouth Harbour England Video Clip 7 New York Times video feature on Da Hui Wolf Pack and issues surrounding the Oahu North Shore surfing culture Surfing s Dark Side on Oahu s North Shore Video Clip 8 CBS Inside Edition story focused on alley cat racing Video Clip 9 Two television advertisements demonstrating the mainstream commercial use of alternative youth sport practices and sensibilities Video Clip 10 Parkour parody from The Office a Scion commercial featuring S bastien Foucan and a free running excerpt from Casino Royale 2006 Video Clip 11 An alley cat racing even sponsored by Red Bull Video Clip 12 Brief clips from the Yoga Inc 2006 documentary focused on the commercialization and commodification of yoga REQUIRED READINGS Reading I Breivik G 2010 Trends in adventure sports in a post modern society Sport in Society Cultures Commerce Media Politics 13 2 260 273 Since 1970 increase in adventure sports defined as alternative extreme X lifestyle action sports activities perceived as having high level of danger involving speed height etc Activities that have elements of challenge excitement risk o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o take place in demanding natural artificial environments more loosely organized represent freedom from dominant sport culture are individualistic pursuits that build groups subculture around activity Represent pretest against aspects in society and Express key ideas Individualism technology self realization transcendence In Adventure sports Possibility of mastery and perfection in challenging setting Need for mental skill lend for emotional high Not controlled by organizational framework rules competition White Middle Class Youth most closely associated to adventure sports adventure refers to settings that are demanding challenging exotic With X Games 1995 new extreme sports like bmx skate snowboarding introduced Shift to urban look lifestyle ALTERNATIVE SPORT represent opposition to dominant sport culture Groups lead to subcultures lifestyle sport express particular and exclusive social identity Resist institutionalization but adapt to modern market To explain meaning only in relation to market incorporation and resistance of market ignores consumer capitalism s role and media Contest discourses about commercialization Risk Sport concept that crosses borders of extreme atl and lifestyle sport with big risk death as consequence of activity Risk Sport ex Formula one downhill climbing white water kayak base jump DEVELOPMENTS IN ADVENTURE SPORT Differentiating and specialization in sports like climbing Air Sports hang glide skydiving have transformed new gear etc Skiing Transformed by Telemark ski extreme etc New Board sports snow skate sky etc New sports arise including street luge inline skate bmx Targets broader public used for character building family time Use of extreme sport in marketing development of post mod Society Explanations Compensation adaptation and expression dissatisfaction with aspects of modern control compensate with adventure Evolutionary explanation quest for excitement to experience thrills of life before modernity role differentiation Compensate for over safe life when perceived risk decreases we desire higher risk Cultivating risk joy of risk taking is b c of Awareness of risk Voluntary exposure to it Confidence you are skilled to handle it Deep flow flow experiences are described as merging of action and awareness immediate feedback match between skill and risk feelings of control and joy Extreme sport growth dependent on commercial imaging o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Future of adventure sport Organization history of self organizing Commercial aspect traditional link b w people in adventure sport and equipment producers non organization to be replaced by focus on media visibility High tech and relation to nature Reading II Higgins M 2009 January 22 Rough waves tougher beachers The New York Times The boys or Wolfpak use of violence to get respect choose who surfs waves Way of self governing Intimidation as part of the sport code is respect Such incidents create debate about localism a brand of territorialism that has been practiced at surf breaks around the world for decades Yet the North Shore remains a focal point because its breaks are a proving ground for professional aspirants who arrive each winter along with the massive swells out of the North Pacific Regulate surf breaks KEY CONCEPTS Subcultures as Social Collectivities Groupings Spatial dimentions diff ways we come together micro you macro globe Range from subculture to city to community range in towns and to global aspect of contemp Subculture collectivity differentiates self as outside of mainstream construct identity for Sport self identity constructed for you Position self against dominant group Expression of membership of particular group distinguishing individual from other individuals Often join groups based on alternative groups available to us Based primarily around these dimensions Generation class music culture gender style religion location style ethnicity sport Risk Subcultural groupings hippies bikers etc begin outside mainstream Formalize and create unique identity driven by COUNTER CULTURAL movement The Dimensions of Subculture and Subcultural Formations o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Insider Outsider Subcultural Status Membership Degree to which individual performs commonalities determines perceived subcultural authenticity INSIDER STATUS location insider status Sports in south subcultural whiteness ability to display this whiteness give you Boundaries formed