A health-conscious mindset has grown rapidly among South African middle-class
consumers. This can be seen by their embrace of sports watches, reward-based …

Between 2011 and 2016, South Africa witnessed a threefold increase in the number of
official trail running events. Given South Africa's historical love affair with ultra-long-distance …

Trail running is currently one of the world's fastest-growing running categories.
Unfortunately, limited research has focused on trail running as part of sport tourism …

Sport and sport events contribute a big percentage to the growth of sport tourism in South
Africa. South Africa also hosts some of the most significant endurance events such as the …

Accumulating studies suggested that serious leisure qualities (SLQs) had an important
correlate to leisure motivation (LM). However, the role of SLQs on LM remains ambiguous …

Sport and leisure activity contribute to both health and quality of life. There is a dearth of
qualitative studies on the lived experiences of active people, so the aim of this paper is to …

Adventure racing, the combination of adventure sports in a competitive setting, has
increased in popularity as part of growing adventurous leisure participation. This study …

Despite the relevance of the concept of serious leisure to the study of certain types of sports
participants, little is known about the relevance of the serious leisure framework to the study …

In South Africa, the number of events, specifically sport events, are still on the increase
(Saayman & Saayman, 2011: 124; Giampiccoli, Lee & Nauright, 2015: 229; Knott, Fyall & …

Limited research has focused on different types of cycling events and how these participants
differ in terms of their socio-economic and behavioural profiles. This research attempts to fill …