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A big extreme show which within the International Festival of accessible and elite kinds of extreme sports, recreation and tourism EXTREMEX took place in pavilion 4 of Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre at the weekend. The program was divided into a number of interactive events that took place under the slaughter comments of showman and sportsman, Yury Pashkov. The event started with a presentation of dance hip-hop band "Far For" and some performances of the best skaters and skateboarders in Moscow. Climbers took the baton making pair races in semifinals, and then in finals of European Youth Cup for Climbing.

Moto freestylers got an ovation. The most titled PRO riders of Russia – Alexey Kolesnikov, Cyril Gavrilov and Alexey Aisin showed their best tricks. The visitors to the show witnessed the entire three rounds. As promised, Alexey Kolesnikov performed his signature trick "backflip", and did it as much as three times. Throughout the show program the audience was also entertained by athletes from Fly Family Team that organized some performances on the trampoline. The culmination of the show was a concert of hip-hop duo Legalize and N'Pans supported by DJ Davlad. Rappers from the group "Legal busine$$" first performed in front of a filled central podium, and after the event they sang a few more hits of past years for their most loyal fans who gathered directly in front of the stage.

The show was shot by several channels including A-ONE Hip Hop Music Channel, MTV Russia, NTV, Moscow 24, Russia Today, as well such Internet portals as Sport-Express. Extreme and RIA Novosti.

EXTREMEX Festival’s organizing committee would like to thank education and training center for extreme and youth sports of Moscow Department of Physical Education and Sports, State Budgetary Institution Youth Centre "Sozvezdie", Climbing Federation of Russia and Red Bull Company for their help in organizing the show.