Extreme Sports – why?

Henna-Riikka PitkänenSuvi Poutanen

Janne Myllymäki

Haveyoutriedextremesportsbefore?

Motives: GLENN SINGLEMAN: “I couldn't believe it; I just thought this

is it. It's not going to open. I really thought for a couple of seconds, it is not going to open. And whack! It was open and I looked up and there it was. And it's so alive, so alive.”

Sensation-seeking: the need for varies, novel, and complex sensations, and the willingness to take physical ans social risks for the sake of such experiences (Zuckerman 1979)

Need for control and mastery (Knopf 1983)Risktaking itself is not an important motive in

extreme sports (Ewert 1994)

Hang Gliding, Paragliding, Surfing, Windsurfing, Ice Climbing, Hot Air Ballooning , Sky Diving, Mountain Biking, Bungee Jumping and Mountaineering

Top 10 Extreme Sports:

Examples:

Mountain Biking:

-Tricks - respect-Adrenaline-Keeping shape – balance – calories - fun-Hardcore – inner self feels stronger-Inexpensive-Exploring the nature

Parkour:

“Jumping off the top of a mountain… might sound like a death wish to most but there are others who call it the experience of a lifetime and a way to make a living.”(Peter Cave)

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just jump!”(Male)

Marketing through extreme sports: Red Bull Crashed Ice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppgw9DHYnbs

Mountainbiking + Volkswagen:http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fBusbu4hc

Parkour + BBC:http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMAr8y-Vtw

Activating the audience!What do you think

about extreme sports at schools?Should teachers

even consider them?Have you tried

extreme sports at school / at all?Which extreme

sports would you teach at school?

References:

S. Kettunen, M. Saukko, 1999. Live or die: Extreme athletes´personality structure and functioning, motives and flow-experience. University of Jyväskylä.

Top 10 extreme sports: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/top-ten-extreme-sports.html

http://www.fitsugar.com/Reasons-Try-Mountain-Biking-5477291

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2635532.htm