Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics: A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification

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The inclusion of skateboarding as an official discipline in the 2020 Olympic Games marks the pinnacle of a decades-long process of commercialization and sportification. Is the tightly-knit subculture in danger of losing its very identity?

This anthology creates an analytical framework for understanding the fundamental conflict between skateboarding's core ethos and the tenets of institutionalized sports. Eleven acclaimed international authors from the fields of architecture, philosophy, sociology, sports sciences and gender studies provide a unique perspective on the manifold manifestations of skateboarding previously ignored by academic discourse.

About the author

Veith Kilberth (Dr. phil.), ehemaliger professioneller Skateboarder und Diplom-Sportwissenschaftler, promoviert an der Europa-Universität Flensburg. Er ist geschäftsführender Mitinhaber des Planungsbüros für Skateparks, Landskate GmbH sowie der fine lines Marketing GmbH in Köln. Seine Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte umfassen Jugendmarketing, Trendsport, Stadt-Raumplanung, Skateparks und Skateboarding.

Jürgen Schwier (Prof. Dr. phil.) leitet die Abteilung Sportwissenschaft an der Europa-Universität Flensburg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen informeller Kinder- und Jugendsport, jugendliche Bewegungskulturen, Skateboard Studies sowie Sport, Medien und Kommunikation.

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