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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Vecherniaya Moskva (Evening Moscow). Extreme Sokolniki
Source: vmdaily.ru At the entrance I was stopped by a stern security guard: No entrance with a cigarette!’ he said. Yeah, the anti-smoking initiatives suddenly are in place... The guard looked like a U.S. sheriff. I quickly threw the cigarette away and passed through the park’s gates. The park is overcrowded. We have a lot of fans of extreme sports! I’m heading to the Fountain Square. A number of young guys are making incredible stunts with a ball accompanied by vivacious electronic music. Oh, that is the football freestyle, I realize. “Nikita Nikolaev,’ one of the sportsmen introduces himself. ‘I have practiced freestyle for more than two years. Why did I choose this kind of sport? Well, for the girls to like me... But seriously – I chose it for myself, of course. I love the emotions! It's great that Sokolniki provided an extreme ground for everybody! I take a closer look at the visitors of the park.” The absence of drunken individuals surprises in an amicable way. A lot of young people, riding across the park on roller blades and bicycles. A bit too many bicycles, I thought right after when I almost ended up under the wheels of one of them. But then I changed my mind: it was my fault, I shouldn’t have been musing over things and walking, I came to look at the extreme, and I got it! Passing by break-dancers sitting relaxed on the benches (their master class was already over), I came out to the rock climbing wall. There I saw special tracks stretched between trees, which reminded me the city of Wookiees from the Star Wars movie. I didn’t meet Han Solo, but I saw a lot of people of different ages, moving from tree to tree. Muscovite Sergey Fedorov came here with his grandson Semen. Fedorov Jr. and was noticeably tired. “A good program, however, I did not let Semen go on the rock climbing wall. He is a kid,” Sergey said. I’m following him to the Festival Square, where the main event of the day is going on: a show program from freestyle riders of world level. The stunts they’re performing are not possible to watch calmly. When you see a person accelerating a motorbike and taking off at breakneck speed on a trampoline and doing somersaults in the air... you definitely get goosebumps! Source: vmdaily.ru |
