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UNUSUAL SPORTING EVENTS

Added on: 8th Jul 2015

 

CAMEL WRESTLING

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You may have heard of cockfighting, pitbull fights, and even bullfights.

The aforementioned are all extremely cruel and usually involve the

death of one of the animals. But in camel wrestling as it is done in Turkey,

all is well because there are no blood spills, no casualties, and no guilty

feeling in the end. The match is decided when either one runs away

or when one of them hits the floor hard.

 

 

EXTREME IRONING

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Extreme Ironing is a sport that talks about ironing in the most unpredictable

of places such as while wakeboarding, on top of Mount Everest, in the

ruins of certain countries, on the edge of a cliff, while parachuting and

more. Although it does not have actual events, teams and groups

actually assemble and go places in order to show to the world where

ironing can be done, in the most unlikely spots.

 

 

HENLEY ON TODD BOAT RACE

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Have you seen dragon boat racing or group canoeing with no water?

This is the fun and weird part of playing the Henley on Todd Boat Race

being done in Alice Springs, along the dry Todd River in Australia. Over

20 teams actually compete in a dry boat race to the finish, where some

of them are even established businesses and known corporate names.

All boats included do not have bottoms, and players must run

accordingly in order to reach the finish line with no falls whatsoever.

 

 

POOH STICKS

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Who would have thought that someone like Winnie the Pooh would be

able to inspire people in creating a sport? As weird as it may be,

Pooh Sticks became popular in some parts of Europe that there is even a

world championship event for it. The objective of the game is for you

to choose your stick, stand beside competitors on top of the bridge and

drop the sticks together. You need to race to the other side and see

whose stick emerges first, which would obviously be the winner.

 

 

REAL ALE WOBBLE

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If you think that this is a mere bike race on a calm midday, then you are

so wrong about it. While these guys are not obviously wobbling on the

road, this biking event, called Real Ale Wobble has a different ring to it.

As part of the Annual Mid Wales Beer Festival in Wales, racers need to

know their routes and race first to the finish. It is not as simple as it

sounds though. As the bike race progresses, you need to drink some

booze on checkpoints and see who will not be lost or tipsy during

the game. Obviously enough, those with high tolerance will

obviously win this competition.

 

 

WORM CHARMING

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First of all, please know that worm charming is actually a legitimate sport

in the UK. And second, the sport has been so popular to others that it

even has a world championship event being held in Cheshire every year.

The rules are simple. You are given a patch of land, usually 3×3 meters

and you are challenged to use any possible methods of bringing out as

many worms as you can within 30 minutes. Bet this sport is great for

those looking for cheap lures that fish can bite.

 

 

CONKER SMASHING

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Every October, teams from around the world are assembled together

in Ashton, Northamptonshire in order to hold the World Conker

Smashing Competition, which accommodates over 300 players.

The rule of the sport is to attack anyone and have their conkers

smashed so hard that they are eliminated from the game.

You have to be fast or your conker will be smashed.

 

 

BED RACING

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Bed Racing is an old sport that started as early as 1965, which was

only played by members of the American military. However, as time

went by, Bed Racing became more popular around the world. The

concept of such a race is to beat other competitors down to the

finish line. But there are certain rules that must be followed. There

have to be six players for pushing and another one should be on the

bed. The bed should also have the ability to float as crossing a

river is claimed to be the final event, although there are certain

instances when the last event is disregarded.

 


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