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The glocalization of parkour: a New Zealand/Aotearoa case study

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Sport in Society"

DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2018.1441010

Abstract: Abstract Globalization has led to the increased sportization of parkour, one of the world’s newest lifestyle sports. This paper investigates the parkour scene in New Zealand, where attempts to develop and support parkour have resulted… read more here.

Keywords: parkour; sportization; new zealand; case study ... See more keywords
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Risk and benefits in lifestyle sports: parkour, law and social value

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics"

DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2016.1272619

Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper examines the interrelationship between law and lifestyle sports, viewed through the lens of parkour. We argue that the literature relating to legal approaches to lifestyle sport is currently underdeveloped. Law is viewed… read more here.

Keywords: law; risk benefits; parkour; social value ... See more keywords
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Governing bodies or managing freedom? Subcultural struggles, national sport systems and the glocalised institutionalisation of parkour

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics"

DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2017.1289235

Abstract: ABSTRACT Whilst being the world’s fastest growing informal sport, parkour is also undergoing a gradual institutionalisation which is shaped differently by each national context’s specific sport system. We investigate this glocalised process by examining the… read more here.

Keywords: parkour; institutionalisation; bodies managing; governing bodies ... See more keywords
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Determinants of optimal leg use strategy: horizontal to vertical transition in the parkour wall climb

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal of Experimental Biology"

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.190983

Abstract: ABSTRACT This study examined the mechanics of the horizontal to vertical transition used by parkour athletes in wall climbing. We used this task as an alternative to normal running – where the functional options differ… read more here.

Keywords: work; transition; parkour; leg ... See more keywords