It's not a traditional Olympic sport but the effort and passion at the world's biggest sporting festival was matched by Jack Perham as he rode his moon-hopper on Friday.
The 8-year-old was one of more than 600 children from Papamoa School who took part in their own "slightly less expensive to run" Olympic games.
Children in 10 country teams (due to the number of children, four separate teams represented each country) competed in a series of games and events, including moon-hopping, gumboot throwing, hurdles, skipping, goal-shooting and discus.
Event co-ordinator and teacher Hamish Avery said, as well as lots of "colour, culture, flags and music", the games rewarded students with medals for the top three teams.
For sportsmanship, South Africa 3 obtained gold, Australia 3 won silver, and New Zealand 2 took out bronze.
For the championship, New Zealand 1 received gold, Brazil 1 got silver, and Greece 2 won bronze.
Handing out medals at the tiered podium was champion New Zealand lifesaver and athlete Cory Hutchings.
Before the events started, Mr Avery humorously noted that any children singing would not be lip-syncing.
He said the only illegal substance was sugar and all fireworks would be added afterwards with CGI (Computer Generated Imagery).
He also said when children injured themselves, "five parents will run out from the side with big pieces of card to hide the agony they are in".
A Chinese dragon dance performed by Papamoa School children opened the games, and the Olympic oath was read out before competitions began.
The Olympic flag was flying at the front of the school yesterday.
School children the Bay of Plenty Times spoke to mid-competition, including Jack from Greece 3, were more interested in having fun than being competitive.
Pauline Craig, 8, giggled and shook her head, when asked if she thought her country, China, had a shot at gold.
Sophie McConnell, 8, who was representing India, said her country would be happy with whatever their medal colour - "as long as we get one".
"We're doing quite good," she said.
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