[2] Some locations where such performances have taken place include a mountainside of a difficult climb; a forest; in a canoe; while skiing or snowboarding; on top of large bronze statues; in the middle of a street; underwater; in the middle of the M1 motorway;[3] in a keirin cycle race;[4] while parachuting;[5] and under the ice sheet of a frozen lake.
The sport gained international attention in 2003 after a documentary entitled Extreme Ironing: Pressing for Victory, was produced for Britain's Channel 4 by Wag TV.
The program followed the British team's efforts and eventual Bronze and Gold placings in the 1st Extreme Ironing World Championships in Germany.
[5] In 2003, John Roberts and Ben Gibbons from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire[9] and Christopher Allan Jowsey (boots) from Newcastle, Whitley Bay[citation needed], ironed a Union Jack just above Everest Base Camp.
[10] In 2004, the EIB traveled to the US on the Rowenta Tour to recruit additional ironists and ironed at Mount Rushmore, New York City, Boston and Devils Tower.
[citation needed] On 18 April 2011, tenor Jason Blair was filmed ironing on the M1 motorway in London, UK, a section of which had been closed following a fire.
The event took place at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC) near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, and was organised by members of the Yorkshire Divers internet forum.
[needs update] On 28 March 2011, Dutch diving club De Waterman from Oss, Netherlands, set the new (official) world record extreme underwater ironing.
[17] On 16 June 2018, a freediver, Roland Piccoli, ironed a T-shirt at a depth of 42 m (138 ft) in the world's deepest pool (Y-40) in Montegrotto Terme Italy.
As the party-loving Kat and Zoe Slater are preparing to go out, they are invited to the launch party at Angie's Den where celebrities—including the brothers—are supposed to appear.