Ekstremsportveko
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Ekstremsportveko (Extreme Sports Week), or "Veko" as it is commonly called by the locals, is a festival held annually in Voss, Norway. Established in 1998 by Einar Raa Nilsen, Frode Solbakk, Oeivind Nilsen and Even Rokne. It has grown to become one of the world's largest Extreme sports festivals.
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Ekstremsportveko 2007 - Sky Diving
Ekstremsportveko 2007 - Longboarding
Ekstremsportveko 2007 - Vertigo-Voss Paragliding
Ekstremsportveko 2006 BASE jumping
[edit] Disiplines
The week contains national and international competitions in disiplines as BASE jumping, Sky Diving, Paragliding, Hang gliding, Kiteboarding, Climbing, Longboarding, Mountain Biking, BMX, Rafting, Whitewater Kayaking, big air and Multisport.
[edit] History
In 2007 more than 1000 competitors and more than 40000 spectators attended the event. The festival was covered by more than 250 reporters from both the Norwegian media as well as the international media. "Veko" does not employ many people as they base the organizing and execution of the event mostly on volunteers. In 2007 more than 600 volunteers assisted in getting the festival running smoothly.
In 2007 "Veko" received two rewards. One reward was "Best sponsor object of the year", and the second was "The tourism price of the year".
[edit] Development
As "Veko" has grown and become more and more popular, the organizers of the festival have also created a smaller winter version of the festival called Vinter veko (Winter week). This is an event that only last from Friday-Sunday and was first set up in 2007. The 2008 event is scheduled to take place 28-30 March. Karianne Finne, the chief organizer of the 2007 version of vinterveko, sais that vinterveko shall remain a smaller winter version of "Veko" and they have no plans of making it into a full week festival.
[edit] Culture
As well as being an extreme sport festival, "Veko" is also a music festival. In 2007 the festival included the national and international artists Beenie Man, Definition of Ill Sound System Show, ”Delfinen”, DJ Barabass, Hjalmar, Horace Andy & Dub Asante Band, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Mira Craig, Nico D with Admiral P and Daniel Lion of Manifest Sound, No Means No, Raggabalder Riddim Rebels, Sly & Robbie with Bitty McLean, Svenska Akademien, Theodor Babeuf and Valentourettes.
[edit] References
Wikipedia article Ekstremsportveko
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