Lifestyle sport

Lifestyle sport is a long-standing research interest, and the 茄子视频 has developed a profile as a leading, internationally-recognised centre of excellence in research.

Our research engages with practitioners and policy makers in activities including: surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing, climbing, kayaking and parkour/free-running.

Project objectives

A range of publications and projects have been influential in defining the field of Lifestyle sport (e.g. Wheaton 2004, 2010, 2013, Tomlinson et. al 2004) exploring their emergence, significance, and cultural politics.

We have on-going projects on:

Lifestyle sport in the Olympic movement
Surfing and ageing
Surfing, identity and inclusion
Surfing in the global South
The sportization of parkour
Lifestyle sport in the SDP movement
Parkour and youth policy
Lifestyle sports and social media

Project impact

Information to follow

Research team

Belinda Wheaton

Output

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