Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports

by Kelly Boyer Sagert

Students and extreme sport enthusiasts will not only learn about the sports themselves, but also about the techniques, innovations, engineering, and physics behind them. How do ice yachters achieve speeds of up to 150 MPH? What does take to become a pro snowboarder? Other parts of the encyclopedia highlight key areas of study, such as extreme sports and the media, the controversies surrounding, and the impact of extreme sports on our culture. A...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313344728
• ISBN13: 9780313344725
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.1"