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102 gap statements mined from Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 944 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The gap is related to the lack of effective intervention strategies to help students overcome their fear. The study aims to address this gap by analyzing the causes and effects of fear and proposing effective intervention strategies.

    Fear of the Aquatic Environment in Learning Swimming: Causes, Effects, and Learning Methodologies · 2025 · DOI

  • The book's geographical focus is limited to Western contexts. The book does not provide a comprehensive analysis of mountain biking in non-Western contexts.

    Maastopyöräilyn sosiokulttuurista maisemaa kartoittamassa · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should focus on the analysis of mountain biking in non-Western contexts. Future research should explore the impact of mountain biking on the environment and local communities.

    Maastopyöräilyn sosiokulttuurista maisemaa kartoittamassa · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to evaluate the public health impact of the Bikepool Project. There is a need to identify barriers and facilitators for sustainable implementation and growth of the project.

    S18-1: Bikepool – Evaluating and Enhancing a Practice-Based School Cycling Project for Sustainable Health Promotion · 2026 · DOI

  • Prior research on tourism risk perception has been limited, with a focus on single-dimensional risk or simple causal relationships. The complex configuration of risks in surf tourism has not been fully examined.

    Perceived Risk in Surf Tourism and Tourism Behavioral Intention: The Mediating Role of Safe Leisure City Brand Perception and the Moderating Role of Surfing Involvement · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of how psychological characteristics affect religious dedication. The lack of consideration of both psychological needs and social surroundings in understanding religious commitment.

    Psychological and Social Predictor of Passion for Religion: The Role of Sensation Seeking, Deviant Association and Need for Closure · 2026 · DOI

  • Drawing on semistructured interviews and Bourdieu's field-capital theory ( n = 20), the findings reveal a stratified formalization process: while surfing proficiency enables market entry, certification remains elusive due to skill-based disparities—low-skilled workers struggle with practical assessments, while high-skilled ones face theoretical exam barriers.

    Navigating the Waves of Formalization: Capital Reconfiguration and Strategic Adaptation of Informal Migrant Coaches · 2026 · DOI

  • Military-specific factors can influence the development and maintenance of MDD in service members. Drawbacks of evidence-based treatments may limit their benefits. The optimal level of perceived exertion required for maximizing benefit to depression/anxiety and positive affect is unknown.

    Perceived exertion as a moderator of psychological changes during nature-based exercise among U.S. service members · 2026 · DOI

  • The study had a limited sample size of 86 service members. The study only included service members with major depressive disorder. The study did not control for other factors that may influence the development and maintenance of MDD in service members.

    Perceived exertion as a moderator of psychological changes during nature-based exercise among U.S. service members · 2026 · DOI

  • Lifestyle sports (LS) such as parkour and CrossFit align closely with these principles, yet their integration within secondary PE—and within the English context – remains underexplored.

    Implementing lifestyle sports through meaningful physical education in English secondary schools: A mixed-methods study of pupil experiences · 2026 · DOI

  • The findings of this study highlight the need to address under-researched issues such as sensation seeking (SS) and risk-taking behavior through evidence-based interventions aimed at improving the safety of young cyclists.

    Sensation seeking and crashes among young cyclists · 2025 · DOI

  • Despite the known wellbeing benefits of OWS, its potential to address mental health challenges in key populations, such as university students, remains underexplored.

    “You really feel Invincible”: The impact of open water swimming on student wellbeing · 2025 · DOI

  • Little is known about the barriers women face in gym settings. There is a need to explore women's body image and experiences exercising in gyms. The study aims to address this gap by identifying themes and subthemes related to women's experiences.

    “I sometimes feel like I can’t win!”: An exploratory mixed-methods study of women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings · 2025 · DOI

  • In doing so it adds to the literature on mobilities and fieldwork in the G lobal S outh by showcasing an aspect of research that has thus far been underexplored in geography: what role does moving through the fieldsite have on researcher–participant relationships? Through two sections outlining driving and passengering on a motorbike, I encourage more spatially contingent understandings of fieldwork mobilities.

    Streets of fire: motorbike mobilities in Vietnam · 2015 · DOI

  • There is a need to develop a typology of boating related activities that takes into account the degree and range of recreation specialization. Previous research has not fully examined the differences in specialization between sailboaters and motorboaters.

    Degree and Range of Recreation Specialization: Toward a Typology of Boating Related Activities · 1986 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of how psychological and sociological factors influence climbers' evaluations of risks and hazards. Prior work has focused on identifying the causes of mountaineering accidents rather than understanding the factors that influence climbers' evaluations.

    Factors Affecting Evaluations of Risks and Hazards in Mountaineering · 1984 · DOI

  • Further research could be done on the involvement of outlaw clubs in organized crime. Further research could be done on the culture and way of life of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

    Hell on Wheels: The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs · 1983 · DOI

  • The paper notes that outlaw motorcycle gangs have been virtually ignored by sociologists. The paper notes that there is a lack of understanding about the culture and way of life of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

    Hell on Wheels: The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs · 1983 · DOI

  • Further research could explore the impact of the surfing revolution on coastal communities. The study's findings could be used to inform strategies for promoting surfing and water safety. Additional research could examine the cultural and historical context of surfing in other countries.

    Surfies and Clubbies in Australia and New Zealand · 1982 · DOI

  • Alongside snow the mountains were a prerequisite for the expansion of tobogganing or skiing, but did this determine their idealisation or loss of their charm? An answer to this question is quite complex, as it requires us to take into account broader cultural transformations, and the available sources do not provide unequivocal evidence.

    Odidealizowane? Góry w rozwoju sportów zimowych w Sudetach przed 1945 rokiem · 2020 · DOI

  • This article specifically develops dark discourse vis-à-vis freestyle skateboarding – an understudied subdiscipline whereby practitioners perform choreographed routines to self-selected music on open, flat terrain – to (1) illustrate the supposed ‘death’ of freestyle and (2) argue that travelling to contest terrains constitutes a form of dark tourism necessary for the subculture’s continued survival.

    The ‘dark' dimensions of grey space in freestyle skateboarding · 2025 · DOI

  • Findings also highlight a particular inter-relation of mobilities and place identities at the TT races and bring to light the highly significant and under-researched embodied, performative and emotional mobilities of spectators.

    Spectators’ Negotiations of Risk, Masculinity and Performative Mobilities at the TT Races · 2014 · DOI

  • To identify additional entry routes into sailing. To empirically test the validity of the posited outcomes by conducting surveys among newcomers to sailing.

    Notes On Entry Routes Into a Sport/Recreational Role: The Case of Sailing · 1986 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the conflict between surf life savers and surf board riders. The study aims to fill this gap by examining the historical and social factors that shaped the development of surfing.

    Surfies and Clubbies in Australia and New Zealand · 1982 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the conflict between surf board riders and surf life savers. The paper aims to fill this gap by examining the tensions and similarities between the two groups.

    Conflict, Stereotypes and Masculinity in Australian and New Zealand Surfing · 1982 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Future research should focus on the analysis of mountain biking in non-Western contexts (“Maastopyöräilyn sosiokulttuurista maisemaa kartoittamassa”, 2026); (2) There is a need to evaluate the public health impact of the Bikepool Project (“S18-1: Bikepool – Evaluating and Enhancing a Practice-Based School Cycling…”, 2026); (3) The complex configuration of risks in surf tourism has not been fully examined (“Perceived Risk in Surf Tourism and Tourism Behavioral Intention: The Mediating…”, 2026); (4) The lack of understanding of how psychological characteristics affect religious dedication (“Psychological and Social Predictor of Passion for Religion: The Role of…”, 2026); (5) The optimal level of perceived exertion required for maximizing benefit to depression/anxiety and positive affect is unknown (“Perceived exertion as a moderator of psychological changes during nature-based…”, 2026). 102 gap statements have been mined from Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 944 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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