"Free your heels - free your mind" : telemark skiing - a lifestyle sport in Finland
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2019Pääsyrajoitukset
Tekijä ei ole antanut lupaa avoimeen julkaisuun, joten aineisto on luettavissa vain Jyväskylän yliopiston kirjaston arkistotyöasemalta.
Tekijänoikeudet
Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty.
Telemark skiing can be called the ancestor of downhill skiing as its history started almost 150 years ago in Norway. The almost forgotten skiing style had a new coming in the 1970s in the United States and gained popularity around the world in the 1990s. In Finland the number of telemark skiers is estimated to be approximately four percent of all the downhill sport enthusiasts. Even though telemark seems to be slightly growing lately it is still a marginal sport, unknown to many. There is not much academic knowledge about telemark skiing in Finland and it has not been studied sociologically. The main purpose of this research is to find out the socioeconomic profiles of the telemark skiers in Finland and what are the reasons to participate in the sport. The skiers’ preferences, forms of skiing, physical activity and expenditure in telemark skiing are also studied. Answers are given also to telemark skiers’ motivation to be part of a club and how skiers would develop the sport in Finlan
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