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ones now all this week on your maxima taking a look back at twenty seventeen and bringing you the top twenty five stories featured on the show let's have a look at what's coming up today. in the wilds featuring sweden's purchased young son and stone scopus. fun for all of the island of cyprus and the popular adventure products. taste of princess the norwegian city of bakken and its gingerbread village. first up let me ask you what do you get when you combine acrobatics with riding a bike a unique sport and one that requires the balance of adults up the first unofficial world championships in artistic cycling was held in eighteen eighty eight it didn't become official until the nineteen fifties gemini's davi novel has won the title

eight times and he can often be spotted with his partner practicing around in streets so are you ready for a taste of a bicycle ballet prepare to be amazed. the fine arts of bike riding demonstrated by darvish novel and. the two artistic cyclists are practicing for a performance there in two bicycle ballet not bicycle tours or races. whether in a parking garridge on a theatre stage or in a sports arena they give free rein to their ideas and bicycles.

before also talking so i'm fascinated by pulling out all the stops in artistic cycling to put everything i've got into a guy's body and soul and so on also and. also in kind you can govern yourself and try out new things it's so cool with. not only their tricks or unusual their bikes too were developed specially to meet their needs. axel pegs on the rear axle to stand on one to one ratio drive for a fast arse and fix gears for riding backwards this bicycle costs about one case and eight hundred euros. in vanished a thought moment when i turn the bike back right side up you can see how the handlebars turn upwards of almost like you're the wrong way around so you can stand on them and perform various tricks and the see this also form that way to provide stability and firmness in fest and how to. first got on this kind of bicycle when

he was nine years old it takes talent and persistence to master the native of the very a has both in two thousand and five he won the first of his world. championship titles because they have more spectacular and difficult tricks can take years to learn in two to three years and to be ready for competition you have to reckon another year or so persistence is needed and you really have to stay on the ball because. the more confidently and skillfully a trick is performed the more and against it looks spectators might think they could try it themselves difficult tasks performed with ease are often the motif of commercials. that's what may damage novel the star of a promotional video for a british bank. or

clips of him can be found on the web like david riding special edition bikes from french luxury brand am ace. davidge novel and layers shapers artistic bicycles aren't strictly street legal but the two bike acrobats don't want to restrict their practice to a whole. visit his sports partner as often as possible and both of them profit from the bicycle game in germany and europe more and more people want to see their shows freestyle cyclists may perform jumps and stunts these two are more into aesthetics than spectacles but what they do is still dangerous. but it is also to us before we first have to learn to fall before we intrude a trick in our program first and because that's very difficult to start as is. most months. novel ended his professional career four years ago but he still have to keep in training to maintain his skills for performances.

to intern and even if they are nice side effect of artistic cycling training is that you get so many kinds of exercise you train your arms you. train your brain to coordinate various components that you have to take into account at the same time and your legs your stamina. this is why it takes technique and coordination that makes the sport special. novel and lay a shape have a mission they want to make artistic cycling popular again. and not just in performance then yes they're not just bike riders they're performing artists. well from performance art returned to the art of sculpting upcycling has become very popular with artists these days i'm always amazed by the number of materials people think of to use how about see days fewer people listen to them now we have m

b three players and streaming services available much of him from germany has made quite a name for himself using compact but as you will say his sculptures don't make. infuses a hot air gun fires and cease to create his works for about nine years the artists from near distant off has been concentrating on potato sculptures he heats up hundreds of old c.d.'s and reshapes the map along polycarbonate into a new four. does each. by distorting the information the hidden information so to speak i create an analog object that you can perceive palpably you can go up and touch it a kind of group shake or hit it and you can hear it you could even smell it to.

touching it and all of these things that's what's exciting that's a social. sense calls his sculptures analog digital a graduate of the distant offical. any of the arts he's made the fusing of opposites. the sculptor has already created several hundred data sculptures using his might he tries to emphasize the human element and his objects the artist came up with using c.d.'s as the raw material for his sculptures and making human figures out of them by pure coincidence in two thousand a to hospital commissioned him to sculpt his very own vision of a chromosome that moment sparked the idea that c.d.'s are something more than a data storage medium. a record cd corresponds to a gene a human gene if you put genes side by side you end up with a big person. if i put

a recorded cd next to a record at city i could because i work with the figurative creative figure. it. takes is a desperation from broccoli purely analog material for his first said he uses only the broccoli stuck he left to dry out for a few days then reshapes it to obtain the bases for his status. also works with the natural materials such as wood or blossoms but the melted c.d.'s are what holds it all together working with the material has many advantages . when it comes to my work but always bothered me is the transients for example with wood with wax cracks i notice the opportunities i can exploit with this plastic. michael jordan once said i can pull it compress it.

and make that and stretch it into the finest of threads. and if i get it wrong and i'm dissatisfied. i can just destroy it without a problem. the polycarbonate has even more pluses its light weatherproof sturdy to keeping four meter sculptures like these outside his front door is a cinch whether they're big or delicate. sculptures are striking like these in this just off gallery. d.-a khoja has known hinske or fifteen years he regularly exhibits the artist's works. he's been i think mathias hence has remained true to himself over the years even though his work is very diverse curiosity has led him to chart new paths again and again. his births are in demand all over germany here for example there at

a trade show for plastics can decide often twenty ten or at germany's trade fair he doesn't give his sculptures names and he doesn't care what hidden data are on them either. he just knew there's no such thing as content that takes place in your head and everyone should think up something themselves about what's in the work. but he has been says he's a long way from exhausting the potential of c.d.'s and will keep using them as a raw material for his artworks. now meditation is all about centering and focusing the mind many people find in a piece not sitting still in the traditional method but pipes searing a calming activity pontus young son is a great example of this the sweet creates giant sculptures made entirely of steps. and to do this he needs a gentle touch and

a very focused mind. it takes calm concentration and patients. want to see and so on communes with stones out in the wilds of sweden he balances them one upon the other to make impossible but fascinating sculptures. laws are not third to some point you feel how the stones attached to each other and start to balance. and then i go and hope for the best off there is always a bit wobbly when you learn grow you never know whether it will collapse or not. this time the stone will stay in place it's almost as if they're floating in space this whole church took just ten minutes to build. consciously and so on has made hundreds and different spots on the island of the land in the baltic where he has

lived for the past two years. the ideal location must have lots of pebbles and stones and no wind. he starts stones come rain or shine year round. here with loons are in a coma and also i like to be out in nature piling stone. so it's a kind of meditation off welfare i like working in the north of where i went asked for was for the most interesting stones are not found. young's one has been doing this for four years while some sculptures take just minutes to make. others can take hours. stones mustn't be too heavy or too smooth or rough surface is best. know we're told the most important things are patience and

a delicate touch. so softly stressed you just are there to no stone walls. like environment force there you can do that at home just start with true love and pride. for a lot that me well. despite years of practice young song does not always succeed even the best laid stones can fall apart. and a meditative soul can also get really mad. you know of long day on it can be frustrating or not spend a long time more and you know it falls apart just as you want to think of a photo and i'm also fall below that is annoying. but today's creation is stable and he can take pictures at leisure. he tweaks the photos a little on his computer and then publishes them on instagram.

he also posts videos and they go down especially well. or go to a limb people used to assume are just sticks and stones together but the videos prove that i balance them for no glue is involved. one video went viral. i mean another or more a lot of it was over your sort of old for yonks own stones are not a job they're his passion he even takes them home with him. over four months ago what a great change in its abilities are going to. do nothing dinosaur or. his collection comprises hundreds of specimens sometimes he follows his original stack

at home in his garden. and then there are times when young son himself likes to distract his own compositions. all of as a bit of a wild side to him as well we say well this is what i'm going to pick up on there has wear off the site for us now so the water welded bench apoc and i and people have been enjoying the nonstop thrills here since the mid ninety's this shit received to travel as choice awards and for just thirty eight year as a day it's a must for adrenalin seekers when visiting the island. this water slide is not for the faint of heart in just seconds. visitors said lightning speed from an eighteen metre high tower down into the pool below. the slide is located at waterworld in a resort on the southeast coast of cyprus. as the largest themed water park in europe waterworld is beloved by tourists and locals alike.

i thought come on you want to park on my first time it was ninety if you try on the cross for me for more about going through i mean you know i enjoy the pocket roll i promptly lack the knowledge. to my heart really my wife i like the slide the most because all four if you can go together and it's really quick. she's referring to the chariot chase one of the water parks top attractions for people can race down this seventy meter long slide at once the first to reach the pool below is the winner. and then there's the fall of an inflatable tubes two people slide down and then reach for the sun before falling back down again.

thirty five attractions in all over an area of around one hundred thousand square meters. indeed. for those behind the scenes keeping visitors happy and safe is a balancing act. is the charming goal of having the right stop finding rides through training them. having the rides rides attractions making sure all these cool things are all the time the safety of occurred to see if he should see the show. that's a big challenge and so so you have it every day so it's bringing this team together to bring to life this water power. water world is a theme park based on greek mythology. with its snake like cube slides the quest apparently is pays homage to the greek hero who slew the hydra and nine headed waters there but. then there's the trojan horse themed children's area

. and there are plenty of ornate columns to serve as reminders of ancient greece. and cyprus is called a greek history. and that's the most prominent history that we have. we have all over the island different. different age findings all. old greece. when people come here they think oh the greek history. but even zeus needed a break from his adventures so the waterpark also offers guests plenty of ways to relax. and. they can write down the lazy river take a dip in aphrodite's bad or get a bite to eat at the poseidon preferably from. you. to

ensure the safety of the guests around fifty lifeguards are on duty. you enjoy every day together with our customers our job is nice of course we keep the safety we enjoyed together with our customers meeting every day they fit in here for make sure they enjoy brings joy to us also. the water park attracts people from around the globe for many it's an action packed alternative to a day at the beach. is a good. well you saw some of the dip in the. cold down there's a lot of variety so even if you just don't want to go in the sizes by the way fool and just relax in the lazy river. but there's also just. you something to do the whole day. that already has made water world

a splashing success the water park has already received thirty one international awards and it could soon be in line for more with four new attractions planned for the future. wet and wild it certainly seems but let and show you today with a seasonal treat gingerbread and not just a piece of it a whole city but again in no way has created a wonderful annual tradition to bake and presents the world's biggest gingerbread city every is since nine hundred ninety one schools kindergartens and local businesses have come together to create a miniature edible version of. mark the onset of the festive season a miniature made up of two thousand delectable buildings has been unveiled in american heritage is norway's second biggest city. but it boasts the largest gingerbread town in the world.

this was made by care steep rock star she's the architect of the sugary settlement . when you go around looking we want to dream themselves into for instance that they're sitting on the front where they can dream that they're sitting in a poem or go into the merry go round we want to give them. escaping from the reality and to. local residents pitched in to help build gingerbread city kindergartens schools families and local societies all got involved. a total of ten thousand volunteers contributed to the tiny town including members of americans coastal culture center . form our instrument making together has become

a tradition there. and so. we'll make something of a christmas. gingerbread artist drew inspiration from the old buildings around the coastal culture center. used to store dried codfish now they house museum store they function as tool shed combine this with a pinch of creativity and you get some great results. here is to broxtowe it was getting gingerbread creations right up to the very last minute so improvisation was key. so then you maybe have to change that a bit when if we get a photo with. paris. paris and then we. have to. start on her team of thirty work for about

a month to transform the four hundred square metres of a former swimming pool into a hilly winter wonderland. steiner kristofferson began the festive tradition twenty six years ago back then it was more of a gingerbread and looked. good idea came in ninety ninety one. when i was in look at thing. that we had exhibition area what we want to do something put into. we got the idea of making the gingerbread city. since then bergen's gingerbread town has morphed into a major tourist attraction some one hundred thousand visitors flock to see it each year. some of them even join in to help build the town. there were five hours together and building all these houses and all these features who is in the

music children and families call the christmas the magical christmas we made. it's the. little train that goes up and down the hills in very good economic kids build a different game towers each year this year's theme was hollowing. the architecture of the miniature town is certainly diverse the train chugging along the tiny track leads from buildings in the norwegian style to the eiffel tower and maybe a short stop at london's iconic big bank. well i don't know about you but i'm craving something sweet now it's the perfect day to stay so enjoy it if you can and i'll see you again tomorrow on the show for the next five airports and five at the five an hour everyone happy holiday. coming up next your room at special a blue drink from spain the closely resembles wine. germany

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