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The phenomenology of image and enthusiasm for the experience of foiling sailboats

2023; Routledge; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/02614367.2023.2182343

1466-4496

Maria Altimira Hackerott, Ana Cristina Zimmermann, Soraia Chung Saura,

Cruise Tourism Development and Management

As human beings, we formulate meanings to our actions, making them more precious than if they were composed only of objective goals. The sporting experience transcends its pragmatic goals and its meaning is linked to what excites us in the practice itself. To discuss the elements that make sports and leisure practices an exciting experience, we propose a way of exploring these elements based on the image phenomenology of Gaston Bachelard. In this article, we bring reflections on the bases of this phenomenological view, and then we illustrate this through discussing foiling sailboats use. We argue that sports and leisure practices triggers poetic images, which in the case of foil navigation encompass immensity, freedom, purity and enlightenment. In such a way, foiling a sailboat does not only entail travelling a distance at a certain height and at high speeds. Thus, analysing poetic images considering the phenomenology of Gaston Bachelard, we find a way to uncover the enthusiasm felt by athletes as well as regular practitioners.