Abbreviated CV

Thorpe, H., Booth, D., Frizzell, M., Puddle, D., Williams, N., & Wheaton, B. (2024). Action sports and the Olympic Games: From Tokyo, to Paris, Los Angeles and beyond. Journal of Olympic Studies, 5(1). Link.

Puddle, D. (2023). Play opportunities through environmental design: a strategy for well-being. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 26(3), 383-402. Link.

Puddle, D. & Wheaton, B. (2023). The Attempted Grobalization of Parkour by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, The International Journal of the History of Sport. Link.

Crocket, H., Pringle, R., & Puddle, D. (2021). Masculinities in alternative sports: Ultimate FrisbeeTM and parkour. In D. Sturm, & R. Kerr. (Eds.). Sport in Aotearoa New Zealand: Contested Terrain (p. 146-158). Routledge. Link.

Puddle, D. (2019). Making the Jump: Examining the Glocalisation of Parkour in Aotearoa New Zealand. PhD Thesis. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Link.

Puddle, D., Wheaton, B., & Thorpe, H. (2018). The glocalization of parkour: A New Zealand/Aotearoa case study. Sport in Society, 22:10, 1724-741. Link.

Puddle, D. (2015). Parkour in education. New Zealand Physical Educator, 48(3), 12. Link.

Puddle, D. & Maulder, P. (2013). Ground reaction forces and loading rates associated with parkour and traditional drop landing techniques. Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 12(1), 122-9. Link. Infogaphic.

Puddle, D. (May 2024). KEYNOTE - Play Opportunities Through Environmental Design. Recreation Aotearoa, Green Pavlova Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand.

Puddle, D., & Collins, J. (May 2024). The Benefits of Risk: Unpacking the New Risk Management Standard for Play, Recreation, and Sport. Recreation Aotearoa, Green Pavlova Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand.

Puddle, D. (March 2024). Play Through Environmental Design. New Zealand Planning Institute Annual Conference. Hamilton, New Zealand

Puddle, D. & Collins, J. (May 2023). Health and Safety Solutions for Enabling Adventurous Play. Recreation Aotearoa, Green Pavlova Conference. Wellington, New Zealand

Puddle, D. (May 2023). Delivering Play Outcomes through Local Government. Local Government New Zealand: Metro Sector Meeting, Hamilton, New Zealand

Rugaard, M., & Puddle, D. (2022). The story of Parkour Earth: Building an authentic contemporary international sport federation. Play the Game Conference. Odense, Denmark

Puddle, D. (2022). Reimagining the City: Implementing the Hamilton City Council Play Strategy. Recreation Aotearoa, Green Pavlova Conference. Dunedin, New Zealand

Puddle, D. & Chester, N. (2021). Hamilton City Council Play Strategy: Working in Partnership with Sport Waikato. Taituarā – Local Government Professionals Aotearoa: Partnering for Community Wellbeing Forum. Wellington, New Zealand

Curr. M., Coote, J., & Puddle. D. (2021). Play. Sport NZ Healthy Active Learning National Hui. Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Panellist (2021). Faster, Higher, Stronger… Riskier? Power, performance and patriotism at the COVID Olympics. Kaupapa Kōrero – Little Talks, Big Topics series. University of Waikato. Hamilton, New Zealand

Puddle, D. (2019). The institutionalisation of parkour: Protecting ‘something’ with ‘nothing'. 2019 World Congress of Sociology of Sport. Dunedin, New Zealand.

Puddle, D. (2018). Making the Jump: Examining the Development of Parkour in New Zealand. Action Sports in the Olympic Games Symposium, Cambridge, New Zealand

Puddle, D. (2018). ‘Stop what you’re doing and go somewhere else, this is a place of learning!’: Exploring the lived sporting (im)mobilities in New Zealand parkour. Mobilities Symposium, University of Waikato. Hamilton, New Zealand

Puddle, D. (2018). Global-Scapes and New Zealand Parkour: Contestation in an Avant-Garde Sport. North American Sociology of Sport Conference. Vancouver, Canada

Puddle, D. (2017). The Cultural Politics of the Institutionalisation of Parkour in New Zealand. CSAA Cultures of Capitalism Conference. Wellington, New Zealand

Puddle, D. (2016). Parkour in New Zealand. Agenda 2020 & Action Sports in the Olympic Games: Stakeholder Symposium. Hamilton, New Zealand.

Puddle, D. (2016). Parkour workshop. New Zealand Secondary Schol Sports Conference, Rotorua.

Puddle, D. (2015). Parkour workshop. New Zealand Secondary Schol Sports Conference, Invercargill.

Puddle, D. (2015) Parkour workshop. Physical Education New Zealand Conference, The Power of Three, Hamilton.

Puddle, D. (2012). The World is our Play Space. New Zealand Recreation Association, Green Pavlova Conference. Nelson, New Zealand

Puddle, D. (2011). Play in the Urban Environment. New Zealand Recreation Association, City is our Play Space Conference. Auckland, New Zealand

Play in the City with Dr Play (Block Takeover Youth Festival Workshop), 2024

Southland Kindergarten Association AGM, 2024

Recreation Aotearoa Southern Network Hui, 2024

Survey and Spatial New Zealand, Waikato Branch AGM, 2023

Play Advocacy at Future Proof Policy and Planning Working Group, 2023

The Hamilton City Council Play Strategy and Urban Design, Hamilton City Council Urban Design Panel, 2022

Reimagining the City: Implementing the Hamilton City Council Play Strategy, Play Aotearoa Kai-Time Kōrero, 2022

Exploring teacher participation in HPE, Healthy Active Learning Workforce Hui, 2020

Parkour NZ Coaching Pathway Presentation, Sport Waikato Coach Leads Breakfast, Hamilton, 2019

Waipā Volunteers Day, Sport Waikato, Cambridge, 2018

HM Rage Youth Camp, Totora Springs 2017

TEDx Ruakura, “Familiarity Breeds Confidence”, Hamilton, 2016.