'Life would be pretty dull without risk': Voluntary risk-taking and its pleasures

“He Didn't Go in Doing a Skydive”: Sustaining the Illusion of Control in an Edgework Activity

“…Like other studies of hazardous activities (e.g., Albert 1999;Celsi et al, 1993;Doka et al, 1990;Kiewa 2001;Lois 2005;Lupton and Tulloch 2002;Lyng 1990;Natalier 2001), this article points toward the centrality of control in risk-sport participants' constructions of the hazards to which they subject themselves through their involvement in their chosen activity. In the case of skydiving, jumpers draw on socially and experientially constructed knowledge to frame the hazards of skydiving as within their control, and they reinforce this notion through an approach to the sport in which they identify the hazards they are able to negotiate and then make choices to manage them.…”

Fear and youth citizenship practices: insights from Montreal

“…Michel's statement illustrates Lupton and Tulloch's (2002) point about the pleasures of voluntarily taking risks, whether in sports or other 'illegal' activities. According to these authors, voluntary risk-takers downplay the risks involved, which makes what are they doing seem less dangerous to them.…”

“…So my personal philosophy on fear is: accept it, embrace it, appreciate it, but don't let it hold you back from doing what you know you're able to do. According to Lupton and Tulloch (2002), venturing out of one's comfort zone to take risks enables deeper knowledge of oneself and, ultimately, the ability to reach a higher level of consciousness. As Antoine mentioned 'climbing is important for personal development, you push your limits.'…”

“…Interestingly for this research, Lupton and Tulloch (2002) hold that voluntary risktaking occurs at a particular moment in one's life trajectory and suggest that the willingness to take risks is built through experience, interaction with others, and learning from different individuals. Participants in extreme sports search for an emotional intensity that would allow them to escape the alienation of daily life and live in the present moment.…”

“La suerte no existe” [“luck does not exist”]youth, risk and leisure in Cali, Colombia

“…The theoretical framework of this proposal finds its roots in the work of Beck (1992Beck ( , 1998 and Giddens (1991) regarding the risk society and individualization processes in late modernity; in the considerations of Douglas (1992) and Luhmann (1991) on the anthropological and sociological aspects of the notion of risk, and in the extensive and current research on the topic developed by Lupton (1999), and Lupton and Tulloch (2001, 2002a, 2002b. A growing body of research has also been analysing risk taking in youth regarding processes of transitions, identity construction, and social inclusion and exclusion (Plant and Plant, 1992;Furlong and Cartmel, 1997;Foreman et al, 2000;Williams, 2003;Mitchell, et.…”