Nature sports, health and ageing: the value of euphoria

Using autoethnographic approaches, I analyse ageing trajectories in 10 adventurous outdoor nature sports using boards, paddles, sails and wings in water, snow and air. Skill and risk are intermediate. Training, experience, and safety precautions are required, but risk of death is low. Chronic pain levels increase with age, and capabilities and challenges faced decline. These are offset, however, by greater attention and appreciation of natural...