Reflections on Competition and Nature Sports

Krein, Kevin

doi:10.1080/17511321.2015.1067249

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“…It should also be noted that snowboarding, skiing, and surfboarding are practiced in direct contact with nature, which is not the case for baseball and table tennis. The interaction with nature has many implications [27], and it is not surprising that the issue of protecting the environments in which such sports are played is often raised on websites.…”

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Web-Based Communication of Wooden Sport Equipment: An Analysis Based on Six Olympic Sports

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Forests

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Wood has traditionally been used to make sports equipment and playing surfaces. While its use is outdated in several sports, in many others, wood remains well-established or even the material of choice, e.g., to make basketball floors or table tennis rackets. This study aims at evaluating the main drivers of web-based communication of wooden sport equipment. Six Olympic sports in which wood is still used were identified: baseball, skateboarding, skiing, snowboarding, surfboarding, and table tennis. For each sport, five websites of manufacturers were selected based on their page rank. Five evaluators assessed each website, rating the degree to which their discussion of wood intersected with four dimensions (and the related sub-dimensions): environment and ethics, design, wood technology, and communication. Significant differences (p < 0.05) are found among the dimensions, where communication and wood technology scored the higher ratings. Several differences are found among sub-dimensions, for instance in terms of attention given to environmental and social sustainability. Among the various findings, environmental and social sustainability, based on a proper commitment, is a relevant target for the web-based communication of manufacturers of wooden sport equipment. We argue that this is both for ethical reasons, and for market and image purposes.

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Web-Based Communication of Wooden Sport Equipment: An Analysis Based on Six Olympic Sports

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“…Especially in the last decade, the academic interest in nature sport has broadened, encompassing a range of different academic (inter)disciplines, including leisure studies (Davidson and Stebbins 2011;Stebbins 2019, part one of this special issue), management and economy (Bayley & Hungenberg, part two of this special issue; Mach et al 2018, part two of this special issue; King and Church 2019, part two of this special issue), philosophy (e.g. Booth 2018, part one of this special issue; McNamee 2006; Krein 2008Krein , 2014Krein , 2015Krein , 2018, psychology (e.g. Kerr and Houge Mackenzie 2018, part one of this special issue; Houge Mackenzie and Brymer 2018, part one of this special issue ;Lyng 1990;Thorpe 2009) and sociology (e.g.…”

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Part II: nature sports: current trends and the path ahead

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Rheenen

Gammon

2020

Annals of Leisure Research

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“…Similar to flow, some scholars studied voluntary risk-taking in relation to an understanding of the Kantian sublime: transcendency (Celsi, 1992;Stranger, 1999Stranger, , 2011; spirituality (Watson, 2007); and the sublime (Illundáin-Aguruzza, 2007). Krein (2008Krein ( , 2014Krein ( , 2015 also expressed the idea of interaction between nature and nature sports participants. Place is, in fact, a critical feature in the understanding the nature sports (tourism) experience and participation.…”

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Nature sports participation: Understanding demand, practice profile, motivations and constraints

Melo

Gomes

2017

EJTR

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Nature sports is a sports field associated with active sport tourism and is one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry. Even though nature sports are economically very significant, little is known about participants and their participatory behaviour. Thus, a study was conducted using a convenient sample of 1126 nature sports participants to understand their socio-demographic characteristics, demand profile, practice behaviours, motivations and constraints. The results indicate that nature sports participants are mainly young males, with higher education, highly-qualified jobs and high income. The nature sports activity that most of the surveyed individuals already practice is MTB. This is also the activity practiced more frequently by more individuals, and the activity most individuals would like to practice more often. Nature and adventure are indicated as the main reasons for practicing nature sports, while lack of time and lack of money are the main constraints for participation. Statistical tests also revealed significant statistical differences in participation between the different nature sports activities. These data allow augmenting the management and marketing intelligence for owners and managers of nature sports-related businesses as well as agencies and organizations promoting nature sports (tourism). Policy implications for nature sports are also discussed.

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Reflections on Competition and Nature Sports

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

Web-Based Communication of Wooden Sport Equipment: An Analysis Based on Six Olympic Sports

Web-Based Communication of Wooden Sport Equipment: An Analysis Based on Six Olympic Sports

Part II: nature sports: current trends and the path ahead

Nature sports participation: Understanding demand, practice profile, motivations and constraints

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