Young Adventurers

We've put on two special Young Adventurers Programmes at BAF after seeing hundreds of children run out of our sell-out Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Young Adventurers screenings jumping for joy and keen to get on their bikes, skateboards and scooters.

Each session will last just under 90 minutes - a bit shorter than the grown-up sessions - with speakers talking for around 20 minutes with the opportunity for questions and answers followed by a cracking line-up of short films.

The speakers and films have been selected mainly with primary school age in mind but we're confident that they will also be enjoyed by older children and adults too who wish they were still kids!

Following each session will be four sessions of activities, two for kids under 11 and 2 for kids 11 and over. Grown ups are welcome to join their kids or, if their kids are over 8, they can leave them at the activities and go and watch more speakers and films. More details and tickets here.

Daredevil Danny - Danny Butler - 10.30am Saturday
Talk	Danny Butler
	24-year-old multiple British trials bike champion Danny Butler has been riding trials bikes - with or without an engine - since he was six years old.� He lives in sunny Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire and his favourite place to ride are the rocks of the Peak District's Roaches. Danny got into trials through his Dad, who was riding motorcycle trials when he was really young.� He rode for Gas Gas youth trials team as a kid but a few "rather large" accidents made him move to the push bike. He says his proudest achievement was winning both sets of British Championships in 2009, or his European Championship victory. Last year he says it was breaking back into the finals at the World Cups - no easy thing to do. Danny now travels round the country with his Extreme Mountain Bike Show demonstrating his team's hair-raising skills on two wheels - he'll be bringing his bike along to Buxton to show you some of his tricks. You can follow Danny on twitter @dannybutler1986
Film	Following Danny's talk we'll show a series of the best films from the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival's sell-out Young Adventurers screening.
	Jackson To School (3 mins) 5 year old Jackson Goldstone goes to kindergarten - doing huge drops and tricks through forest trails, skateboard parks and a brilliant mini-boardwalk run, all on his balance bike.� Director / Producer Ron Goldstone (Canada, 2010)
�	Industrial Revolutions (5 mins) Danny MacAskill is the definitive adventure sports viral overnight success story. 3 years ago the Scottish street trials riders uploaded a video of his bike stunts filmed by his flatmate Dave Sowerby - it's now been watched over 28 million times. 'Industrial Revolutions' has already clocked up more than 3 million hits. Turn off the iPad, sit back and enjoy MacAskill in cinematic style. � Director Stu Thompsom, Producer Mike Christie (British, 2011). � Winner of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Best Bike Film & Best Viral awards. Listen to our podcast interview with Danny MacAskill.
	Reel Rock: Obe & Ashima (23 mins) A nine-year-old girl from New York is taking the bouldering world by storm and her name is Ashima. Under the tutelage of her ex-champion coach Obe she's cracking problems and crushing her competition. Through her he rediscovers his passion for climbing but can she cope with the pressure and avoid the danger of burnout? Directors Josh Lowell, Brett Lowell and Cooper Roberts, Producer Josh Lowell (American)
	Skatiestan (9 mins) The story of a unique project in Afghanistan giving young people skateboards and teaching them to ride like the wind. Children who've lived all their lives in abject poverty, knowing nothing but war, experience a taste of freedom for the first time. A vibrant and authentic view into the youth of a battle-scarred nation, this meeting of cultures is a symbol of hope for the next generation. Director / Producer Orlando von Einsiedel.
�	Palouse Falls (3 mins) Tyler Bradt is a heavyweight in the whitewater world - a paddler with experience well beyond his years. �His feats include multiple trips down the infamous Murchison section of the White Nile in Uganda and an historic first descent of the Inga Section of the Congo River.� In this short, Tyler completes an astonishing world record waterfall decent in a kayak off the 186ft tall Palouse Falls, Washington State. Director Rush Struges (American).
�	The Cable Car (7 mins, Animation) While travelling by cable car to a place somewhere in the mountains, an old man treats himself to some snuff. Et Voila - with every sneeze the cable car cabin falls apart some more. With just a roll of sticky tape to hand, the old man repeatedly repairs it during his epic journey.
�	Cooler Than Mike (4 mins) Pro-skier and BASE-jumper Mike Wilson does a quadruple backflip off a 99-foot rope swing. Enough said. Director / Producer Conor Toumarkiune (American, 2010)
	Way Back Home (8 mins) Master mountain biker Danny MacAskill cycles from Edinburgh to his home on the Isle of Skye. Jaw-dropping skills and amazing stunts in an exhibition of trials riding on a trip home like no other you've ever been on. Grab the chance to see a You Tube phenomenon on the big screen.

Olympic Dreams - Maddie Thompson - 10.30am Sunday
Talk	Maddie Thompson
	17-year-old Maddie Thompson from the Hope Valley in Derbyshire is the youngest member of the Team GB Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Squad. Single amputee Maddie first became involved with Wheelchair Basketball after meeting former GB player Callum Gordon when she was 10 years old. She was invited to a Sheffield Steelers training session where she has become a regular member of the team as she immediately fell in love with the speed and high-impact nature of the sport. Having now established herself as a regular player at international level, Maddie became the youngest Wheelchair Basketball player to represent her country when she represented GB in the under-22 European Championships in Adana, Turkey in July 2008 when she was just 13 years old. She went on to be selected for the Senior GB team at the 2009 European Championships aged 14, and returned with a bronze medal. Maddie was also part of the team that finished in 6th place at the 2010 World Championships in Birmingham, UK and has represented GB at every BT Paralympic World Cup since 2009, being part of the successful campaign in 2011, when the team won gold. Recently, Madeleine helped GB to a bronze medal at the Under-25s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Ontario, Canada, losing out only to eventual winners America and runners-up Australia.
Film	Following Maddie's talk, we'll show...
�	Rollerman (7 mins) Full-frontal, downhill, on-road, in-line skating dressed as a Transformer - it's as nuts as it sounds. French thrill-seeker Jean Yves Blondeau manages to top trump his bobtrack downhill skate-boarding. Director / Producer Danny Strasser (German, 2011)
�	Dougie Down The Pet (18 mins) An endearing feel-good tale of a father and son bonding on a classic whitewater canoe trip down Canada's Petawawa River. Guided by Dad, four-year-old Dougie runs challenging rapids, climbs cliffs, fishes for their supper and camps in sub-zero temperatures. A touching but also thought-provoking look at the benefits of exposing children to risk from an early age.
�	The Longest Way (5 mins) An endurance film with a twist. Christoph Rehage tells the story of his 1000 mile walk across China over mountains and through blazing hot deserts in a captivating time-lapse montage made up of 1,400 self-portraits with the timeline and emotion conveyed by his beard and hair growth. The people and landscapes in the background of each shot provide a colourful portrayal of the interior of this enormous yet little-explored country.
�	To The Rainbow (14 mins) Paul Pritchard was one of Britain's most talented and outrageous climbers in the late eighties.� A head injury sustained while climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania left Paul with hemiplegia.� Now, 13 years on, he makes an emotional return to climbing, on The Rainbow, in North Wales. Teaming up with his old climbing partner, Johnny Dawes, they tackle a slabby E2. Inspirational.
�	Blue Peter Alaskan Adventure (10 mins) Blue Peter presenters head into the heart of an Alaskan glacier via a moulin, an under-ice cave, waterfall and channel.� Shiveringly good photography of a dangerous environment.� (Producer Mary Albion)
	Zoltan (5 mins) In the unforgiving and harsh world of high-stakes competitive extreme sports, there's always someone with a sense of humour.� If�you've ever wrestled with the indiginity of riding an inflatable on your summer holidays, you'll love this.

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Young Adventurers

Daredevil Danny - Danny Butler - 10.30am Saturday

Olympic Dreams - Maddie Thompson - 10.30am Sunday