Alongside an afternoon of cycling, Aberdonians were treated to a taste of different events such as stunt bikers and aerial acrobatics.
Current Scottish Trails Champion Ross McArthur and former British Champion Alastair ‘Ali C’ Clarkson gave a heart-stopping performance during the Clan Stunt Show on St Nicholas Street.
Taking it in turns to jump from scaffolding, the stuntmen had the crowds gasping in awe as they performed tricks 20 feet above their heads.
Meanwhile, in Marischal College, the All or Nothing dance group were giving breath-taking aerialist performances. The girls, who had travelled from all over Scotland, made twirling in mid-air on the elastic ribbons seem effortless.
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The afternoon of sporting entertainment also gave the public a chance to try out some moves, guided by the professional dancers.
Press and Journal reporters, Kate Ferrier and Gregor Aiken were a few of the many to give it a go.
Watching the girls swing gracefully, smiling in encouragement as they demonstrated the positions I was then expected to do, I felt nothing short of terrified. As neither a natural dancer, nor gymnast, all I could really do was say my prayers as I clambered on.
A few moments of shaky manoeuvring and I was up there, twisting myself into positions such as the ‘ninja’ and hanging upside down in a cocoon. I’m writing this now, which means I both lived to tell the tale and suffer the embarrassment of the video.
Totally worth it. The aerial dancing was surreal, giving even the most inflexible person the feeling of complete weightlessness. I may not have been as elegant as I envisioned, nor as eye catching as Gregor’s performance next to me, but without a doubt, I would recommend trying this to absolutely anyone.
