Surfing and sustainability / Gregory Borne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borne, Gregory, 1972- author.

Series:

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 103.

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfing--Environmental aspects.

Surfing.

Surfing--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

238 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"Surfing and Sustainability presents a new way of understanding the impact of surfing on the environment, society and the economy, providing important insights into the field of sustainability and arguing that the activity of surfing offers a unique opportunity to explore the ambiguity of sustainability. The book contextualizes surfing within current debates on sustainability and applies these debates to an innovative theoretical framework drawn from elements of a risk society and sociotechnical transitions. The book discusses the capacity of surfing to influence behaviour both at an individual and organizational level, exploring sustainability from a range of perspectives including industry, the charity sector, media and celebrity culture. Featuring a range of international case studies, it analyses the greening of the surf industry through topics such as ECOboard surfboard manufacturing, business innovation and branding, environmental activism, information technology and surf forecasting, as well as the expansion of artificial wave technology. The book also considers the future directions of surfing and how the inclusion of surfing in the 2020 Olympic Games will impact sustainability debates. This is important reading for academics and scholars, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students working and studying in sports studies, sociology, geography, economics, psychology, marine science, coastal management and economics. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Surfing and sustainability: critical connections

A surfing ethnography

Surfing and theory

Surfing and sustainability: an emerging agenda

Constructing and deconstructing Sustainable stoke

Sustainable surf: from greening the industry to changing the world

From Firewire to Nevhouse

Bringing surfing to the table

Activating a transition

Surfing the net and surfing the wave

The Olympics, artificiality and the future of surfing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138856745

1138856746

OCLC:

1033547858