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Why Would Anyone Do That?Lifestyle Sport in the Twenty-First Century\nAuthor(s): Stephen C. Poulson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813564432, 978-0813564432\nSynopsis\nTriathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and extreme mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-are prime examples of the new lifestyle sports that have grown in recent years from oddball pursuits, practiced by a handful of characters, into multi-million-dollar industries. In Why Would Anyone Do That? sociologist Stephen C. Poulson offers a fascinating exploration of these new and physically demanding sports, shedding light on why some people find them so [url] on interviews with lifestyle sport competitors, on his own experience as a participant, on advertising for lifestyle sport equipment, and on editorial content of adventure sport magazines, Poulson addresses a wide range of .