Gold or glory

Sichuan's unexpected capital of extreme sports hosts the FISE World Chengdu and the qualifiers for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo

For the past 10 years, the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE), created by the Hurricane Group, gathers some 550,000 spectators across five days in Montpellier, France.

Similar in nature to the X Games, 1,800 athletes compete in 12 extreme sports - including BMX biking, skateboarding, inline skating, wakeboarding, scootering and mountain biking.