Stomping the Shadow: The Elevation of Snowboarding to the Olympic Pedestal from a Jungian Perspective

Popovic, Megan L.; Morrow, Don

doi:10.1123/shr.39.2.170

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“…The biomechanical approach about characteristics of snowboard related with human movement models, is a relevant topic in the literature (1,(4)(5)(6)(7). Sociological and Psychological research is another frequent study field (8)(9)(10). A few papers have focused on technical performance and conditioning.…”

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Effects of Jump Difficulty on the Final Performance in Snowboard-Slopestyle-Winter Olympic Games, Socchi 2014

Muñoz

García-Rubio

Ramos

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Ann. Appl. Sport Sci

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Background. Despite the increasing popularity of the snowboard, there is not scientific literature for sport performance indicators in this sport. Objectives. To analyze the effects of jump difficulty on the final performance during snowboarding-slopestyle competition. Methods. All competition sequences (n=214) from the 2014 Winter Olympic Games were analyzed. Of these, 123 were from the men´s competition and 91 were from the women´s competition. The interaction between the final score and number of rotations was calculated using regression models with quadratic or linear equations. All analyses were performed separately for women and men. Results. Quadratic regression had better R 2 and mean absolute errors than linear regression. Linear and quadratic regressions showed that the number of rotations significantly predicts final score in men. However, in the women´s competition, the curve of quadratic regression was almost identical to that from the linear regression. Conclusion. These results have identified the importance of evaluating the jump difficulty versus its efficacy. Athletes and coaches have to weigh pros and cons of increasing the difficulty of jumps or improve jumps that are already fluent in order to master them.

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Effects of Jump Difficulty on the Final Performance in Snowboard-Slopestyle-Winter Olympic Games, Socchi 2014

Muñoz

García-Rubio

Ramos

et al. 2018

Ann. Appl. Sport Sci

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“…While the inclusion of snowboarding into the 1998 Winter Olympic Games has caused most debate and academic attention (Popovic & Morrow, 2008; Thorpe, 2011; Thorpe & Wheaton, 2011a), similar cultural contestation over incorporation has occurred in other action sports, such as windsurfing (Los Angeles, 1984), BMX (in 2008), and, more recently, kitesurfing and skateboarding (Honea, 2013; Thorpe & Wheaton, 2011b). For example, when it was proposed that “Skateboarding could make its Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games” (Peck, 2007) under the sport of cycling, thousands of skateboarders from across the world responded by signing an online petition titled “No Skateboarding in the Olympics” addressed to the IOC president (The Petition, No Skateboarding in the Olympics!…”

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Action Sport Media Consumption Trends Across Generations: Exploring the Olympic Audience and the Impact of Action Sports Inclusion

Wheaton

Thorpe

2018

Communication & Sport

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The ageing demographics of Olympic viewers is a key concern for the International Olympic Committee. The inclusion of action sports into the Olympic programmes has been a key strategy to try and connect with youth consumers, most recently through the inclusion of skateboarding, surfing, and sport climbing into the Tokyo 2020 summer games. Drawing on a questionnaire distributed online in nine languages, and contextualized with analysis of the action sport media, our research explores international and multigenerational action sport consumers’ sport viewing preferences and attitudes to the Olympic inclusion of action sports. Our findings suggest that action sport participants across different countries, ages, and genders are avid consumers of action sport media but also keen consumers of the Olympics. The majority of survey participants were enthusiastic about the inclusion of action sports (and particularly skateboarding) into the Olympic Games, although there were important trends across nationalities and ages. Nonetheless, reflecting debates in the subcultural media, participants also have concerns about the processes and politics of action sports inclusion. Action sports may well provide the International Olympic Committee with new lucrative markets, but to maximise the engagement of complex intergenerational audiences, their viewing preferences will need continued attention and understanding.

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Dual governance structures in action sports: institutionalization processes of professional snowboarding revisited

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Stomping the Shadow: The Elevation of Snowboarding to the Olympic Pedestal from a Jungian Perspective

Cited by 4 publications

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Effects of Jump Difficulty on the Final Performance in Snowboard-Slopestyle-Winter Olympic Games, Socchi 2014

Effects of Jump Difficulty on the Final Performance in Snowboard-Slopestyle-Winter Olympic Games, Socchi 2014

Action Sport Media Consumption Trends Across Generations: Exploring the Olympic Audience and the Impact of Action Sports Inclusion

Dual governance structures in action sports: institutionalization processes of professional snowboarding revisited

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