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Depending on an individual’s perspective, some sports outside professional leagues can be classified as weird. North Americans aren’t too fond of cricket and even a few South Americans haven’t even heard of hockey.
The following sports go beyond the boundaries of unusual sports when it comes to rules and equipment.
Weird Sport #1. The Ultimate Test: Man v.s. Horse
If you thought the sport had anything to do with strength, then you’re wrong. The annual Man Versus Horse Marathon requires stamina and agility. Taking place in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells, the marathon puts human contestants up against mounted horse contestants.
The event started in 1980, when a landlord decided to hold the event after hearing two men arguing about whether or not an individual could beat a horse in a cross country race.
Source: BBC News
Weird Sport #2. Where Love Is The Key To Success
First introduced in Finland, wife carrying is an actual sport where male competitors race while carrying a female teammate. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle course in the fastest time. Major competitions are held in Sonkajarvi, Finland, Monona, Wisconsin and in Marquette, Michigan.
Talk about tough love.
Source: Sky News
Weird Sport #3. Going For A Different Kind Of Swim
Even though it does seem kind of gross, bog snorkelling is a sporting event where competitors swim in a water-filled trench cut through a peat bog. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers and can only complete the course by swimming with their flippers and not using traditional swimming techniques.
The World Bog Snorkelling Championships take place every August Bank Holiday in a dense peat bog near Llanwrtyd Wells, in Wales.
Source: Bog Snorkelling Wales
Weird Sport #4. Putting Your Toe To Good Use
A popular activity for children, toe wrestling is now a competitive sport. The World Toe Wrestling Competition first started at a pub in Derbyshire, UK in 1976. Locals thought it would be a great idea to hold a competition where individuals lock toes together and force their opponent’s foot to the ground. The organizers applied in 1997 to get the sport included in the Olympics, but unfortunately, it was not accepted.
Source: BBC News
Weird Sport #5. Another Use For Those Fists Of Steel
Despite not being well-renowned in the media, fistball is an old sport that’s practiced all over the world. Like tennis and volleyball, the purpose of the sport is to hit the ball with your fist or arm and place it in the opponent’s half where they won’t get to it. After passing the net, the ball may be contacted up to three times (bounces are allowed) by the five players on each team.
The sport is played indoors and outdoors and is featured in The World Games.
Source: US Handball Association
Weird Sport #6. Taking Underwater Sports To The Next Level
Octopush (also known as underwater hockey) is a non-contact sport where two teams compete to maneuver a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool and into “goals”. Just like hockey but underwater, the game has actually become popular in countries like theUK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.
Source: The British Octopush Association
Weird Sport #7. Reinventing A Childhood Sport
Even though it’s not entirely unusual, the fact that there is a kickball league is fun, yet weird. The popular playground game has now become a competitive sport with the creation of the World Adult Kickball Association.
Source: World Adult Kickball Association
Weird Sport #8. Combining Brains And Brawn
If you’re looking for a sport that combines using your strength as well as intelligence, then chess boxing is for you. The sport is a combination of boxing and chess with the different games alternating after each round. A match between two individuals lasts up to eleven rounds, starting with a four minute chess round and followed by two minutes of boxing.
The sport is governed by the World Chess Boxing Organization whose motto is:
“Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board”
Source: World Chess Boxing Organization
Weird Sport #9. Finding Out Who's Faster: You Or Cheese
Cheese rolling is probably one of the simplest sports out there. From the top of hill, a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled and competitors chase after it. The first individual across the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins (the cheese of course).
Competitors aim to catch the rolling cheese but this rarely happens as it has a one second head start and can reach speeds up to 112 km/hr. In 1997, the cheese took a wrong turn down the hill and accidentally injured a spectator.
Source: Cheese Rolling
Weird Sport #10. Putting Testosterone To Good Use
Facial hair can certainly make a man more masculine, but a competition? The World Beard And Moustache Championships is a biennial competition where men show off their extraordinary beards and moustaches. Categories include Dali moustache, goatee and full beard freestyle.
If only the competitors played in rock bands.
Source: World Bear And Moustache Championships
Which one do you think is the weirdest sport? Are there any other weird sports you know of?
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Today you won’t find a man who doesn’t know what soccer, baseball or ice hockey is. These mainstream sports are played literally everywhere – backyards, school grounds, even in prisons. However, there are other less popular yet much more exciting and unusual sports that you should know about.
The sports we are going to tell you about are probably way too weird to make it to the Olympics, but they’ve found their dedicated followers and even hold competitions worldwide, from local to the international levels. In this article we tried to sum up the most extreme and bizarre ones, so prepare yourself to be amazed. Here is our top 12 Unusual Sports.
1. Chess boxing
Let’s start with the oddest one – Chessboxing. Yes, that’s Chess + Boxing! These two are merged together for a reason. Boxing, just like a chess game, is strategic attempt to outsmart the opponent. It’s the ultimate challenge that requires both brains and muscles. In this hybrid sport, players alternate between the chess game and boxing after each round, trying to either knock each other out or checkmate. The game lasts up to 11 rounds and the winner is determined by winning the chess game, or by knocking out the opponent, or by the judges’ decision at the end.
This sport is mostly played in Germany and England. It gained its popularity thanks to the 1992 comic “Froid Équateur“ written by French comic book artist Enki Bilal.
2. Wife Carrying
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Wife Carrying comes from Finland and it’s pretty self-explanatory- it’s a sport event in which male competitors race across a special obstacle track in the fastest time while carrying their female teammate on their backs. There are three types of carrying: piggyback, fireman’s carry (over the shoulder), or Estonian-style (the one you can see in the picture). The last one is obviously the most popular. The proud winner of the Wife Carrying World Championships held in Sonkajärvi, Finland takes home a wife’s weight in beer.
Bog Snorkelling – is a swimming race along the peat bog with a snorkel and flippers. The conventional swimming equipment is not allowed, yet wet suits are advisable. The competition is held annually in Wales, UK.
4. Underwater Upside-Down Ice Hockey
This is a new craze among Australian free divers and extreme sports lovers, watched by the spectators on monitors. The rules of underwater upside-down ice hockey are quite similar to the classic game. What makes it even more extreme is that the game is played under ice without oxygen in a rink 6 meters wide by 8 meters long. Each period lasts 10 minutes with a 10-minute break for divers to warm up. Players have to surface for air every 30 seconds at least.
5. Quidditch
Yep, we’ve all read and watched Harry Potter and we all know what the Quidditch is. For those who for some reason are not familiar with the franchise, Quidditch is a wizarding sport played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls. In the muggle world, the players mount the real broomsticks and attempt to hurl balls through round hoops at opposite ends of the field, much the same as in the book.
6. Bossaball
This team sport came to us from Spain. Bossaball is very similar to volleyball, but also includes elements of football, gymnastics and capoeira. The game is played on a huge inflatable court. Integrated trampolines on each side of the net allow players to bounce high enough to spike the ball which makes the game even more spectacular.
7. Unicycle Polo
Unicycle Polo, aka unicycle hockey, is played just like regular polo except the participants are mounted on a unicycle to play the ball. Imagine how hard it must be to balance on a unicycle while trying to hit the ball. Seriously, if you are bored or want to kill some time, check out some of the games on YouTube. It’s hilarious.
8. Extreme Ironing
It all started in England, when a guy named Phil Shaw, being particularly bored and tired, decided to bring ironing to a completely different level. The idea of this extreme sport is to take ironing boards to remote and unusual locations, iron clothes and photograph yourself doing it. There is even a special TV program called “Extreme Ironing: Pressing for Victory”.
9. Firematic Racing aka Ladder Racing
Fire fighters get bored too when they are not saving lives. So they came up with a game to keep them occupied. The rules are pretty simple: competitors race towards a tall wall, position the ladder and then climb it to the top. The winner is the one who gets there faster then other competitors. This crazy sport combines the speed of the sprinter, the vertical grace of a house painter, and the headgear choices of a rock climber.
10. Bubble Football/Soccer
The rules of the game are pretty much the same as in standard soccer. All you need is a ball and a bunch of friends. Using an inflatable zorb-like bubble, you can smash into other players and find yourself literally rolling away from the ball. If playing soccer isn’t as exciting anymore, you can always try this one weird variation.
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11. Pumpkin Boat Racing
Basically any pumpkin lover can compete in this weird yet fun water race. All you need to do is to find a huge (400-700 pound) pumpkin and hollow it out. Decorating your pumpkin is very important too. So get creative! The rules are explained as “there are no rules and no fouls, other than that the pumpkin needs to float and needs to go really fast”. It should also be mentioned that there are three classes in the race: motor, experimental and paddling. The paddling class is the most popular in terms of entries.
12. Caber Toss
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This particular sport is special because unlike those we talked about earlier it has a historical background. Caber toss is a traditional Scottish sport event in which competitors throw large wooden poles called cabers. However, the point of the game is not to toss the log very far, but rather to land the top of the log close to the person who is throwing it. No need to mention that all the competitors are wearing kilts.