these places you know forced me to. step into a trench or. treasure map. trotters to discover some record breaking sites. into also a book form. a . box existing it's not really a sport for the faint hearted because in norway the athletes have to face temperatures that are only just above freezing not for me thank you very much. and with that welcome to the new edition of your max from our nice and warm studio let's see what else we have for you took

a. line or steeper west for man for them to get in now and keep on living and. the 106 year old girl down from paris is still telling me you. know our 1st report isn't about skiing as you might think it's about surfing in snowy weather and freezing temperatures these days surfing fans are heading to northern norway in search of the ultimate kick something north of the arctic circle you don't believe me then watch the. driving snow and icy wind and water temperatures of 4 degrees celsius. perfect weather for surfing. on. at least for surfing fans here in the lift. nylons the norwegian archipelago is known

as the northernmost surfers paradise more and more people are heading to the arctic circle to ride the waves. one of them is norwegian higher than. in 20 he moved here just for the waves. it's a bit hard korea dogon something wrong. well the war is not. but. we appreciate the way this war every way when war. harder to catch you know if we is a big war a war to be harder everything's a bit tougher. 6 millimeters of mere preen is all that separates the surface of their skin from the icy waters in recent years wet suits have been developed to offer the necessary freedom of movement and since the surfers have been heading for the icy arctic waters. there's just less people and less good servers which means

more ways for everyone. the waves are said to offer ideal surfing conditions. just off the coast the sea plunges to depths of $500.00 metres. the water coming in from greenland can form waves several metres high. these days some 5000 surfers a year ventured here not that many compared to other surfing spots. most of them had for the bay from start. the family around 300 kilometers north of the arctic circle it's known as the birthplace of arctic surfing. and that is thanks to former seaman tor from saying some 50 years ago he and a friend were watching surfers in australia back in norway they were. to try it for

themselves they looked at a beach boys album cover and built a surfboard of their own. farm with lots of patience staying power and styrofoam they taught himself how to surf. you don't think yeah. but you want to be sure but you should be you. know please do have a beach. make peace without wetsuits surfing here was only for the toughest of the tough. you know but imagine new boat to the water and you are. walking over to me and it's and you have to go. so there's no so easy. the young surfers and stuff have it easier today. wearing modern west suits they can stay in the water and ride the waves for as long as they like. least as long as their strength holds out. on.

a low water to high tide but it's quite fun time to get out of these suits. i'd call this part. getting out in the wind. up to when i was getting into the world was close. arctic surfing in the live food 10 or riding the waves takes on a whole different kind of cool. and. that's how i learned to live in my handicraft class but i haven't done anything since then so it looks like i need to get some practice maybe mid wear designer stephen west can give me some tips we visited him in the dutch city off.

thank you dear old american steven west is on a mission to make knitting and knitwear more and more popular. this cranky kind of patents captivate young people and in particular. i do all the designs and patterns myself so i like write all the patterns and i know and conceptualize all the designs so i put a lot of passion and i really really love everything i make i love working with tons of colors because that's what inspires you the most blessed lives in amsterdam he has around 225000 followers on instagram and. in online tutorials he demonstrates how to knit his colorful geometric patterns. human chon play an important part in this video that's something i want to do a lot more of as make things really fun video tutorials so that

a lot of different types of people will feel invited to meeting and it doesn't have to be something always so technical but it can also be something really playful and fashionable west who is also a trained dancer and choreographer starts out with sketches then he and his team work out the finished product quest is achieved cult status among fans the world over he regularly publishes books of finishing patterns with guidelines even founded his own will insulate and it's a little shop in amsterdam. i don't like to play by the rules i don't like to by the rules i never learned how to take a design class or any of that so i made up everything just by playing. among stephen west's fans stettin year old constantine seabeck from berlin he lenten it from his grandmother and get his ideas and inspiration online from. the social media network specializes in hand crafts and has some 9. the unregistered accounts

the world over its rival 1st sneer was just fascinated with what you can do with knitting actually i thought knitting was something for grannies but that's not true . 39 year old pianist fabien philo from the lynn has also discovered the joys of knitting he wrote his own music school but is also still found time to knit a good 100 items including sweaters scoffs caps songs and blankets. strictness to me knitting is pure joy. i love to note because i can just sit on the sofa in the evening after a long working day light the fire and enjoy this moment of peace movement war. well coming months i can focus on one thing forget about everything else and unwind. but the trend isn't limited to the maid items the latest men's fashion collections

feature knitwear in all varieties colorful patterned oversized simple this season knitting is not to be ignored. sasha can confirm that he's run a women shop in berlin for many years and not only that he regularly organizes knitting excursions and knitting events even it increases but now as the pandemic rages on his events are only held online for example his weekly on minute meeting. i'm funks had to start 1st i put on life facebook shows that i can only communicate with the customers one way. and then i realized there's room and other platforms. but on the zoom i found that i could really interact and speak to the participants and i can ask them things and they can answer so i can show them things and we can work them out and just have fun and chat while we're at it you know back to amsterdam and stephen west his shop is already

a fixture in the heart of the city and he lacks no shortage of ideas for future creations. it could be like a t.v. show where it's like maybe a western it's talk show but with a lot of dance breaks too so we can learn new techniques there could be some tutorials on the t.v. show i could interview all my friends i think that would be crazy i don't know if the world is ready for it. knitting is a successful trend but it's now finding a lot of interest among men. the lady we are about to meet is 106 years old and is still a talented pianist mays began to play at the tender age of 5 and has since nobody really knows if she is the oldest piano player in the world and to her it doesn't really matter because she still feels quite young at heart we paid her a visit at her home in paris. 6

call it maes loves to play the piano she's 106 years old and still plays for at least 4 hours every day she cannot imagine life without her beloved instrument. through playing the piano has a physical quality says yes touching it caressing it it makes a difference whether your hammering the key. softly pressing with your fingertips like. colette was born into a french upper middle class family in 1914. she started learning the piano at the age of 5. even as a child music helped her escape her strict upbringing and enter her own carefree

world. there. my mother was a very stern i told heart of a woman who didn't really like children unlike my grandmother but i was always scared of getting smacked a mistake sight supposedly made although i never knew what i had done wrong though playing the piano always offered me some comfort that the high for. when she was 15 attended the paris school of music and later worked as a piano teacher. she's been playing the piano for over a century now but she didn't publish her 1st album until she reached the age of 84 . her son fabrice mays supports his mother. and father of c. . my mother went through a lot of tough times in her life like many others. she thought but once she sat

down at the piano she lost herself in the world of music. it gave her positive energy with strength and motivation to yes this is. the age of 106 call it still feels pretty agile. and peculiarly old. ringback buswell city i think it's a question of mindset my mother had many good qualities but mentally speaking she was always old. staying young isn't a question of age yet neither your young and or you're not all that cool or that. despite her age mays is still highly active. she says being passionate is key. for a fast looked at their life is all about staying passionate and curious but you can't

let that slip away blasts. an attitude that seems to be working wonders for your health. ringback plan measure. duty fortunately she doesn't have any major health issues. apart from her eyesight and hearing deteriorating. she doesn't eat much but she eats very regularly close sort of. and there are 3 things she can't do without this it is the roof or the cheese like often people. you. meet and she also enjoys a glass of wine. she keeps herself busy to. its new album will be ready by the end of april again featuring works by. favorite composer claude

debussy. and then she can look forward to celebrating her 107th birthday on june 16th. i would say that lady is really record breaking and you could find many more record breaking stories in our europe to the max reports on our you tube channel. you had from its extreme sides in europe to the max your max reporting hendrik bending takes you to one of a kind places in your at. the highest you know the biggest stadium. the iciest hotel. breathtaking. stunning. record breaking. it was amazing it was like the weirdest thing i've ever done. what chicks dream quipping moments now on i you tube channel. that we have a brand new book to accompany our europe sort of max reports featuring the $111.00

extreme places in europe that you shouldn't miss if you like a copy then and view it struck just go to our website for all the details when i go hiking i get hungry very quickly so i usually take them sandwiches with me bread butter cheese that's it's well some people are a bit more ambitious than i am they like to cook at precautious meal out in the wilds dead you would normally only find in a very fancy restaurant i would be much too lazy to go to all that effort but mark them or showed us how it's. it's still early morning when marcus semma heads up into the mountains this time for a new adventure in the alps the very an extreme athlete loves lonely trails.

when the. once he's reached the mountain top he's not content with a simple snack he treats himself to some homemade musically with fresh blueberries . even in the mountains is a real pleasure especially when you have fresh ingredients and it's like fresh farmers. are all made mostly where you know exactly what's in it you need energy for mountaineering that's why i think you should prepare as much of your own food as possible marcus m. as a trained cook who used to work in munich's high class restaurants he always liked to take time off for travelling around and well one day he decided to combine his 2 major passions in life cooking and adventuring now he publishes books on groom a outdoor cuisine and today against this amazing backdrop he's preparing freshwater civic chases stata followed by venice insulting baka with forest mushroom risotto

he's brought everything he needs with him. inside being held in iraq unpacked the char it was freshly caught this it only keep for one day so hot here's my saddle of venison. i froze it earlier you know how it'll keep for about one day when my then it'll be fully defrosted. told marcus fine dining on a mountaintop is an affordable luxury he starts by fill it in the chop then marinating it in lemon and finally adding mango onion ginger chilli coriander and peanuts to protests of each cruise national dish. then marcus needs to boil water for the main course. you have your. look the interim going to snow available up here. ice would be better as it contains us air. that would need less gas to melt liter of water. he's only got a limited amount of cooking gas with him so he's got to use it wisely.

he can't predict how long the dried forest mushroom and rice will need to boil as that depends on the altitude. the higher a climb the lower the air pressure that means my broth boils at a far lower temperature and in extreme case say a 1000 meters of water boils or just 60 degrees celsius the problem there is some food doesn't cut properly today he says now to do 1700 meters so preparing the result isn't an issue cooking times for the venison wrapped in sage and ham also depend on the out of there with enough patience mountaineers could prepare meat even in the himalayas and the south and vodka looks almost as good as in a 5 star restaurant their movements by looking at the mountains isn't always as easy as it looked today. but it certainly fun trying new things by combining the

things you've previously learned in life but time for it is that marcus gets busy grinding coffee to make a tiramisu without having tricity to whisk eggs he simply dips his pressers biscuits in musk a pony. this ring for hire always try to find the essentials and recipes. that way anyone can recreate them outdoors. and me. after this rich 3 course many it's time to burn off some calories and as the sun begins to set marcus erect his one man tent he treats himself to some ginger tea while watching the sunset. descend. yes we're in a star studded restaurant tonight with a 1000000 stars hotel it's going to be a beautiful starry night no luxury hotel could offer that. that's the real luxury but preparing your own delicious food outside and building your own restaurant

patio bustin con. chef marcus center really knows how to enjoy life's many flavors in the great outdoors. so it's a very hot material we all know that but spend the shots at whole thing man where castro can make it appear quite soft elastic and flexible we took a look over the skull shoulder while he was hard at work in his workshop. soft as butter. pierced like skin. and folded like cloth. these are sculptures by spanish artist jose manuel castro. cars all his works in stone. my relationship to stones isn't really physical. it's magical.

because i feel the stones in a very special way. as if they obeyed me. and we had a kind of relationship like a friendship. there. was a man well castro trained as a starting mason and sculptor in the 1980 s. at the school now become terrorists and northwestern spain it is known as one of the country's best schools for stone masonry. culture has a profound relationship with stone. there's the ranging from the megalithic monuments to cathedrals. there all the work i do with stone is based on this close relationship you me and. i see it is something living. the sculptor draws inspiration from the collision countryside and whether being

coastline. 'd here went on water the forces of nature work the stone and create bizarre shapes. jose manuel castro's workshop is in the village a village they sue so near the atlantic coast. here he chisels grinds and sands out the smooth flowing surfaces of his stone sculptures with power tools. as well as painstakingly by hand. he gives the stone a finishing patina with ferric chloride at high temperatures. we've moved what i've always been good at drawing and i made models for a long time. the techniques are a help. but you also need a good imagination. but few of his neighbors know what he does for a living and that some of his sculptures have been exhibited around the world like

this working granite titled union a parrot or conspicuous union. or works combined with wood. as well as his courts in car or spikes sculptures. castro often works with mark kenya a black stone commonly found in the region. its main quality is that you can give the stone an incredible shine. like a mirror. yes there is maybe though up here that's because it is so hard. to meet they. need to be so when you polish the stone you don't even rub off the top layer of fine particles but in the ring that ash here that up here but if you were

i mean we free night. he's often drawn to the rugged coast. this is where he comes to wind down after a long hard days at work. and i don't because i find it relaxing because i feel the urge to do this but it's exhausting physically taxing and requires a lot of dedication but whenever i completed demanding project you know i always feel satisfied. jose manuel castro an artist who simply cannot withstand the magical attraction of stones. and that's all we have time for today but don't forget to follow us on social media or more like i report until we meet again from almost here in berlin thanks for watching and for you again soon.

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