Douglas  Booth
University of Otago

Douglas Booth and Holly Thorpe work at the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies in the School of Education at the University of Waikato, on the North Island of New Zealand. They have published widely on extreme and alternative sports from historical and sociological perspectives. Douglas and Holly are cultural insiders, immersed in surfing and snowboarding respectively, two activities closely allied to extreme sports. As well as traveling internationally in pursuit of waves and powder, they have competed in various surfing and snowboarding events, and remain active participants in these two fields.

Contributions:
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports
   Hamilton, Laird
   Meaning of Extreme, The
   Noll, Greg
   Baumgartner, Felix
   Open Water Swimming
   Surfing
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport
   Surf Lifesaving
   Bondi Beach
   Extreme Surfing
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport, Third Edition
   Swimming, Open Water
   Surfing
   Extreme Sports