Lifestyle Sports and Identities Subcultural Careers Through the Life Course

Introduction
Tyler Dupont and Becky Beal

Part 1: Entering a Career and Forging a Place in the Activity During Midlife

1 Becoming a Mountain Biker
Karen McCormack

2 The Construction of Place Identity via "Shua jie" in Public Spaces of Guangzhou, China
Minhui Lin

3 The Objectification of Self in Material Culture: Identity Anchors in Jeep Culture
Michael S. Rosenbaum

4 Gender and Climbing Style: "Dynos" and "Heel Hooks" in the Gym
Jennifer Wigglesworth

5 Maneuvering Microaggressions and Contesting Cultural Beliefs: An Intersectional Examination of Mexican American Surfers Experiences in Southern California Surf Culture
Cassie Comley

6 Constructing Queer-Skater Identities: Failure and Futurity
Bethany Geckle and Sally Shaw

Part 2: Maintaining a Career During Midlife

7 Identity and Wellbeing in Older Skateboarders
Paul O’Connor

8 The Working Lives of Professional Rock Climbers: An Ethnographic Exploration of Multilayered Labor
Guillaume Dumont

9 Big Wave Surfing: Fun, Group Cohesion, and Group Identity
Ugo Corte

10 BMX in China: Subculture Identity, Family, Career
Yiyin Ding

11 BMX Freestyle Cycling and Identity
Wade Nelson

Part 3: Negotiating Careers as Older Adults　

12 Ageing and Nature-based Sport: Sensing, Experiencing and Becoming
Barbara Humberstone

13 Seniors, Lifestyle, and Hobbyist Sport
Robert A. Stebbins

14 Lifestyle Sport Identity and National Identity: Thoughts on the Chinese Government’s (re)Creation of Dama Image
Ho Hon Leung

15 Gra(c)(t)efully Ageing in Late Capitalist Sport: Coping with the Inevitable in Action Pursuits
Robert E. Rinehart

16 Conventional Culture, Subcultural Institutions and Subcultural Careers as Backdrops to Identity Work in Singapore's Esports Scene
J. Patrick Williams and Victoria Puay Ru Chua

17 Skateboarding in the Iron Cage: An Exploratory Examination of Professional Skate Identities in Street League Skateboarding
Tyler Dupont and L. Dugan Nichols

18 From Spectacle to Sport: Shifting Authenticity within Modern Roller Derby
Amanda Draft

19 Transforming Gender Identity through Breaking
Tonje Fjogstad Langnes

20 Understanding Race in Skateboarding: A Retrospection and Agenda for the Importance of Being Seen
Neftalie Williams

Biography

Tyler Dupont is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York, Oneonta, USA.

Becky Beal is Professor of Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay, USA.

"In our opinion, the book can be considered as essential reading, both for scholars interested in topics, such as youth sports, alternative sports, sports policy disputes, and the sociology of sport in general and for practitioners (athletes and exercisers) engaging in lifestyle sports. It is definitively a book worth looking into, either to inform your understanding of the deeper meaning of doing lifestyle sports, or just for an inspirational read, or, as in our case; both. Against this backdrop, we have no doubts about recommending this book." - Frida Wågan and Mads Skauge, Nord University, European Journal for Sport and Society

"Dupont (State University of New York, Oneonta) and Beal (California State University, East Bay) have edited a volume that explores an important, understudied area of sport and leisure. Twenty different chapters address guiding questions about how sport identities and participation change over time in "lifestyle" sports ... The first section of the book on career and activity in midlife is particularly strong, and the section about making a career of one's alternative sport offers intriguing perspectives. This anthology begins to answer some key questions about the aging sporting population and encourages further research. Summing Up: Highly recommended." – S. K. Fields, University of Colorado Denver, CHOICE