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Adventure racing and active lifestyles

Carl Cater Orcid Logo, Daniel Funk, Tiffany Low Orcid Logo

Annals of Leisure Research, Volume: 21, Issue: 5, Pages: 605 - 611

Swansea University Authors: Carl Cater Orcid Logo, Tiffany Low Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/11745398.2018.1473785

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Adventure racing, the combination of adventure sports in a competitive setting, has increased in popularity as part of growing adventurous leisure participation. This study reports results from a survey of 717 adventure racing participants in Australia examining sporting identity, motivations and co...

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Published in: Annals of Leisure Research
ISSN: 1174-5398 2159-6816
Published: 2018
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