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Ekstremsportveko in Voss
Ekstremsportveko, known locally as Veko, is billed as the world's largest extreme sports festival, held every year in late June in Voss, Norway. Founded in 1998 by four local outdoor clubs, it fills a week with competitions, demonstrations, and concerts spanning base jumping, whitewater rafting, paragliding, skydiving, climbing, BMX, and more, drawing athletes and spectators to Voss's mountains, lakes, and rivers.
Ekstremsportveko was founded in 1998 by Einar Raa Nilsen, Frode Solbakk, Oyvind Kindem, and Even Rokne, who brought together four existing Voss sports clubs, Skydive Voss, Voss Hang- and Paragliding Klubb, Voss Elveklubb, and Voss Active, around a shared idea: that the terrain surrounding Voss was too good for adventure sports to leave underused.