SKI ballet

oakoak

OakoAk is french, and takes street furniture, cracks in walls and other physical objects as challenging canvases for pop-culture street art. his website is here.

art in a toilet roll

no really. these teenytiny creations are the work of french artist anastassia elias. and they're beautiful.

eklips

La Miss

Susan Travers would have been 100 this week. Who was she?
The only woman to ever be admitted to the French Foreign Legion.

Respect.

unusual sports (2)

number 26: Aerial Skiing. It's a mad cross between diving, gymnastics, skiing and bladder control. Maybe. But it's amazing to watch...my old housemate does this crazy sport, representing France, and he's really very good...especially since he's about the only one from France that does the sport. Literally.
May I present... Nicolas Teapot in action