If you were to look at snowboarding you can pin it as a secondary or dominant discourse depending how you approach snowboarding. “Secondary Discourses are learned through social institutions (ie. school, church, work, etc.). Dominant Discourses allow for the acquisition of social goods and status points.”( Gee ?) Many event like: The X games; Burton Open; The Winter Olympics; or Dew tour are very popular and well known by everyone. The riders that compete in these competitions are considered professional snowboarders or rookies. They also make a living of snowboarding through competing and through sponsorship’s. For example:”rbes Magazine estimates that in 2008, snowboarding star Shaun White made $9 million in sponsorship earnings from Burton, Hewlett-Packard, Oakley, Red Bull and Target. Even top snowboarders rarely top $100,000 in annual prize money, so product promotions and sponsorship’s are the real source of income.”(Duff 1) So when gee says that to be a dominate discourse you need to have a status point as well as social goods, Being a professional snowboarder allows you to have a status point as well as making money annually. On the flip side, snowboarding can also fall in the category of secondary discourse. For example: “If you’re an experienced snowboarder, you can take advantage of the high-adrenaline cliff-jumping classes and expert-level chutes. Clinics and classes are designed for middle-of-the-road snowboarders who want to learn to turn with more precision, and if you’ve never snowboarded, you can choose private or group instruction with a certified instructor in a day class or multi-day clinic.”(Seaton 1) Every ski resort that you go to, they have experts that hold lessons that range from beginner to expert. also many mountains have there own ski/snowboard school that practice every day after school during the season.
When looking at the relationship between saying/writing and saying/doing in snowboarding it connects together really well. For saying/writing it is stating terms and language that are connected with snowboarding. Terms like, heel side, toe side, nose press, tail press, boots bindings and etc. When looking at saying/doing this is putting those saying/writing terms to use in a action or practice. Also you could say that the saying/writing is explaining how the saying/doing action is being done. for example, “The heel edge is a harder turn then on toe edge. Make sure to be going at a comfortable speed, and the faster you go the better chances of not losing balance. Remember though , it will take time to get used to the speed.” ( bryceronie 6) so looking at this its telling you how to preform the action which would be the saying/writing part of it. For the saying/doing part you would actually go out and preform this action or practice.
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