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Action sports - Global issues for action sports and the case of SkatePal

In: Handbook of Sport and International Development

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  • Anna Farello

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Action sports, including skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding, have been growing rapidly in recent decades, especially amongst young people. Skateboarding in particular has seen a tremendous increase in participation and recognition, as seen by its debut in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Such growth comes with challenges, however. In this chapter, a single case study of SkatePal, a UK-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), is used to exemplify specific issues of overseas charitable work. The chapter touches on two key factors: working from afar and scaling up, which are discussed in relation to SkatePal’s efficacy and its long-term aim of creating a self-sustaining skateboarding scene in Palestine. In the future, international organisations will need to consider and internalise the local context of where they are implementing a programme in order to overcome global issues that action sports are facing.

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  • Anna Farello, 2023. "Action sports - Global issues for action sports and the case of SkatePal," Chapters, in: Nico Schulenkorf & Jon Welty Peachey & Ramón Spaaij & Holly Collison-Randall (ed.), Handbook of Sport and International Development, chapter 33, pages 397-407, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20349_33
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