(1.College of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510631,China;2.Department of Physical Education,Xuchang Institute,Xuchang 461000,China) Abstract: The youth culture in the United States in the 1960s gave birth to part of extreme sports events, and characterized early extreme sports as obvious antisocial youth culture. However, the antisocial youth culture characteristic of extreme sports faded away gradually as youth culture in the United States developed and changed, and was replaced with multi-value orientation that bases its goal on pursuing leisure entertainment and returning to the nature, thus showing intrinsic consistence in the development of extreme sports and youth culture. Key words: USA; youth culture; extreme sports; sports culture
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