how action sports athletes are challenging age stereotypes and redefining lifelong physical activity
- Written by Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato
Veteran snowboarder Shaun White in action at the Beijing Winter Olympics.GettyImagesThe stereotype of action sports as the domain of the young and the cool is long out of date. The demographics of these sports – surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, climbing, mountain biking – have been expanding to include more girls and women, queer...
