Robin Ursprunger

Skateboarding and parkour & freerunning compared

Motives, fascination, organisation and practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is no big secret that so-called 'freestyle sports' have become an integral part of today's sports scene. More and more people are rejecting traditional sports and their organisational structures and expressing their individuality in a pluralistic society through a wide variety of movement arts that are largely free from norms, rules and pressure to perform. This paper aims to compare two such sports and highlight any similarities and differences. Skateboarding, a sport that originated in America in the 1960s, is contrasted with parkour and freerunning, a form of training originally designed for military purposes that began in the suburbs of Paris. In both cases, the forms of movement can be described as individual expression and a central element of a lifestyle. The practitioners are constantly on the lookout for new locations in an 'urban space game', which they examine for possibilities for tricks and movements and which ultimately become participants in their movement practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 149g
• ISBN-13: 9786202327145
• ISBN-10: 6202327146
• Artikelnr.: 75025683

Autorenporträt

Born in 1991, the author discovered his love of movement at an early age. After trying his hand at a wide range of sports, he finally turned his passion into his profession. He currently works as a sports and history teacher at a secondary school, where he tries to inspire the same enthusiasm in children and young people that has always driven him.