sledged about 100 yards (metres) down a piste at Kvitfjell lying on his back on a bed of 270 six-inch (15-cm) nails. "It was cold but I concentrated so much that it didn't hurt," he told Reuters after his run. He said he got slightly scratched getting onto his sledge but did not get hurt going over bumps. Svingen, a magician who calls himself "Benifax", said normal sideshows in Norway to accompany skiing events included folk music and dancing. "I'm fed up with that, I wanted to do something new."