Sydney, Australia - Sept 23, 2017
1. Jouster Per Estein Prois-Rohiell on horse
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Per Estein Prois-Rohiell, jouster:
"My name is Per Estein Prois-Rohiell - that's a good mouthful."
3. Jouster wearing armour
4. Jousting in process
5. Jousters on horses
6. Various of jousting
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew McKinnon, organizer, World Jousting Championship:
"Jousting is a dangerous sport and it always has been."
8. Broken wooden lances
9. Jouster in armor, mounted on horse
10. Jousting in process
11. Various of jousters on horse
12. Attendees
13. Man playing pipe
14. Various of onlookers
15. Jousting in process
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew McKinnon, organizer, World Jousting Championship:
"Once you strike the horse off to a canter, lower your lance and break, the release of adrenaline is just incredible - it's highly addictive and it is just the ultimate reward when you get to the other end you really know you are alive."
17. Various of jouster in armor
18. Jousting in process
19. Onlookers
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Per Estein Prois-Rohiell, jouster (starting with shot 18-19):
"Everything just goes silent - you can't hear the horse, you can't hear the armor, you can't hear the audience - it's all just gone, time just stops - that is what it feels like."
21. Per Estein Prois-Rohiell with other jousters
22. Various of jousters
23. Jousting in process

The first ever World Jousting Championship just wrapped up in Australia on Sunday, featuring what organizers say the original extreme sport.

The first thing that stands out about a competitor, a 41-year-old Norwegian, is his name.

"My name is Per Estein Prois-Rohiell - that's a good mouthful," said the jouster.

Per was one of the eight elite athletes taking part in the first ever World Jousting Championship in Sydney.

A 15th-century form of fighting is making a comeback.

"Jousting is a dangerous sport and it always has been," said Andrew McKinnon, an organizer of the championship.

He's not kidding, because Per got injuries on his chin when he took a run at an opponent who appeared to get the best of him.

It is estimated that 20,000 people took in the two-day Medieval Fair in suburban Sydney, featuring a variety of sights from life in the 15th century.

But most participants were drawn by what organizers said the original extreme sport.

"Once you strike the horse off to a canter, lower your lance and break, the release of adrenaline is just incredible - it's highly addictive and it is just the ultimate reward when you get to the other end you really know you are alive," said McKinnon.

The jousters wore specially designed armor - weighing up to 50 kilograms and of course then there was the lance.

Once jousters get used to carrying all of that weight including the massive lance, they still need to be proficient enough on the back of a horse traveling at the speed of about 20 kilometers an hour, and doing it with just one hand.

Once they've mastered all of that, the goal is to charge at their opponents and make contact.

"Everything just goes silent - you can't hear the horse, you can't hear the armor, you can't hear the audience - it's all just gone, time just stops - that is what it feels like," said Per.