FRUIT TURNED ANIMAL ART

Watermelon Turtle. And here’s a turtle. Who said carving an entire animal out of watermelon is impossible? 


Banana Dragon. Of course this is done by a kick-ass Asian, named Keisuke Yamada. On a side note, the sculpture won’t last long, so this photo is taken quickly before it starts to brown and rot.


Watermelon Shark. You should not underestimate the effort of the National Watermelon Promotion Board, as most of their carved watermelons are epic and greatly detailed, just look at the precision involved in making the teeth of this very cool watermelon shark! 

Teeterboard

The teeterboard (or Korean plank) is an acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground seesaw. The strongest teeterboards are made of oak (usually 9 feet in length). The board is divided in the middle by a fulcrum made of welded steel. At each end of the board is a square padded area, where a performer stands on an incline before being catapulted into the air. The well-trained flyer performs various aerial somersaults, landing on padded mats, a human pyramid, a specialized landing chair, stilts, or even a Russian bar.

The teeterboard is manned by a team of flyers, catchers, spotters and pushers. Some members of the team perform more than one acrobatic role. In the early 1960s the finest teeterboard acts, trained in the Eastern Bloc countries, performed with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Korean-style teeterboard is a form of teeterboard where two performers jump vertically in place, landing back on the apparatus instead of dismounting onto a landing mat or human pyramid. Korean plank acts are featured in the Cirque du Soleil shows Corteo, Mystère, Koozåand Amaluna.

Hungarian board ( bascule hongroise) have a higher fulcrum, and the pushers jump from a height, for example, a tower.

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