Exploring the motivations of base jumpers: Extreme sport enthusiasts

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-247

  Allman, Tara L ^a   Mittelstaedt, Robin D ^a   Martin, Bruce ^a   Goldenberg, Marni ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventure Tourism; Base Jumping; Edgework; Means End Theory; Motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856463226     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080903453740     Document Type: Article

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