10 Really Weird Sports
Posted on 7 June 2010 by LynThomas in sports, Uncategorized
We are all familiar with the popular sports, yet there are some sports that are little known, but with a worldwide following.
Urban Golf
So you don’t want to walk the golf green and get all that healthy exercise, or there isn’t one anywhere near where you live. There is another alternative, known as Urban golf. This is where the players attack an innocent warehouse wall with their golf ball. Just make sure you aren’t in line with the ball when it bounces back!
Bike Polo
When you haven’t got any horses, the only way to play polo is on bikes. This fast growing sport is rapidly developing an international competitive calendar.
Unicycle
Once only seen in circuses, or on stage, the unicycle has become a worldwide phenomenon. From acrobats and balancing acts, to mountain racing, to unicycle hockey, the one wheeler has become an overnight sensation.
First introduced in Finland, wife carrying is a sport where male competitors race while carrying a female team mate. The objective is for the male to carry the female, whose job is to help keep the balance, through a special obstacle course in the fastest time. The carrying holds differ from piggyback, fireman’s carry, to Estonian style, where the female hangs on upside-down, with her legs around her partner’s shoulders, as she clings on to his waist.
Major competitions are held in Sonkajarvi, Finland, Monona, Wisconsin and in Marquette, Michigan. In Finland, the prize is the female’s weight in beer.
Wife Carrying Contest
Growing a beard and moustache is a serious business, as seen at the biennial World Beard And Moustache Championships, where men display their carefully manicured extraordinary beards and moustaches. Categories include Dali moustache, goatee and full beard freestyle.
Of course you must have all the right tools, from moustache wax, to moustache nets, brushes, combs and scissors.
Moustache Competition
Rollery Derby
Roller Derby players pride themselves on their fusion of punk grit and attitude, plus genuine athletic talent. The women’s Flat-Track Derby Association held its roller derby’s first national championship tournament in 2007.
Zorbing
While many see this as a purely recreational sport, there is a growing following to Zorbing . Each competitor ‘walks’ down a set trail, inside a car-sized globe of plastic, reaching speeds of up to 50 kms per hour. Not a sport for the faint hearted and there are medical restrictions.
Cardboard Duelling
We have all heard of the knights of old dueling in their coats of armour. The modern knight is very serious about his Cardboard Tube Duelling, where the clang of steel swords is replaced with the dull thudboard of ‘cardboard swords’. Dressed in cardboard box amour, the competitors duel with cardboard tubes.
The ancient sport of Snow Polo was once popular among Turkish emperors. It is played on compacted snow on flat ground, or a frozen lake.
However, polo has not been limited exclusively to horseback. There are now canoe polo, camel polo, elephant polo, golfcart polo, BMX polo, yak polo, and underwater polo.
Ice Polo
No Responses to “10 Really Weird Sports”
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
-
-
7 June 2010
[...] We all know the sports that are popular on televison, yet there are some sports that are little known, but with a worldwide following. Read more… [...]
ww.surfranchnicaragua.com/volcanoboarding.html
plastic golf balls would easily crack but those that are made from ABS Plastic are great ::
I posted about this earlier on my own website. Your article has really given me some food for thought, I really feel you have made many very intriguing points. I want I would discovered it earlier, prior to writing my own post.
lol, I never thought of roller derby as that weird. More like awesome!