Levels of fear and adrenaline were high for two Norwegian television personalities during a visit to Whanganui’s Shelter View Jetsprint Park.
Nikolay Ramm, 34, and Cengiz Al, 25, are experiencing the weird, wacky and wonderful sports that countries outside Norway have to offer for their show The Wonderful World of Sport.
Having recently completed a desert marathon in Abu Dhabi and ice relay swimming in Sweden, the pair aim to show Norwegians what other countries consider “normal” sports.
“The criteria for the show is that our content must have a ‘what the hell is this’ element in it,” Ramm, a journalist, said.
The pair’s New Zealand visit involved jetsprinting, and they had a training session in the Chevy V8-powered 550-horsepower boat Two A Breast at Shelter View alongside local jetsprint teams.