Up to 3000 people turned out for the highlight of Russell's Birdman Festival on Saturday, the Birdman jump in which teams compete to leap the greatest distance - or with the greatest flair and creativity - from the end of Russell wharf.
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![Six-year-old Olivia Line, from Matauri Bay, competes in the spaghetti-eating contest. Photo / Peter de Graaf](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HWBTRKQUZWVVSBER6PC4F23V3U.jpg?auth=c3efe0995190ccdf83eaa22b6068693f59d0279a488833cceb8cc8dee3284fb8&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
This year's supreme winner was a team called Big Birds from Kerikeri's Illumination Workshop; Whangarei mayor Sheryl Mai, representing the Paper Mill, won a prize in the feathers and fibre category.
![Hamilton siblings Blake, 8, and Caitlyn Day, 10, use frisbee power to get ahead in the Corflute boat-building challenge.Photo / Peter de Graaf](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SBJ2HBGMSE7ICALYR5U5IBQJBY.jpg?auth=91ee0d62dfcdd31cbc3778e790ad2269d95ae24130f3dd59dec112898e318dcc&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)