10 Strange Sports You Never Knew

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1. Wife Carrying
Via youtube.com
Meet Taisto Miettinen, a respected lawyer, licentiate, and published author by
day, and four-time winner of the Wife Carrying World Championship bylater
in the day. Talk about hidden talents.
2. Gurning
Via youtube.com
Gurning: the sport of distorting one face into the most comedically
exaggerated state their flesh will allow.
Tommy Mattinson: reigning champ of the Gurning World Championship and a
man whose face may literally be made of rubber. Just sayin.
3. Cheese Rolling
Via youtube.com
Nobody ever told American Kenny Rackers not to play with his food. Which is
probably why he walked away from the annual Coopers Hill Cheese-
Rollingcompetition with top honors. Your country salutes you.
4. Air Guitar
Via youtube.com
Top US Air Guitar Championship contender Matthew Aristotle Burns may not
have an epic viking beard or too-tight leather pants to back up his abilities, but
you know what he does have? Spunk. And more energy than a chihuahua
after a keg of Red Bull.
5. Rock Paper Scissors
Via youtube.com
You probably didnt think that a game you picked up on the kindergarten
playground could earn you national renown. Chance played no part in Amy
Rowebeing crowned Queen Bee at the UK Rock, Paper, Scissors
Championship it was all skill.
6. Toe Wrestling
CBS Online News / Via youtube.com
Like all good things in this world, the UK Toe Wrestling Championship owes its
humble roots to bored people in a pub. Champions like Alan Nasty Nash,
however, have turned it into a celebrated sport with a dedicated following, all
thanks to their surprisingly durable digits.
7. Ultimate Trampoline Dodgeball
Via youtube.com
There are very few ways to improve dodgeball, the unequivocal crown jewel of
everyones middle school PE experience. But tossing a trampoline into the mix
doesnt hurt. Team DOOM from Riverside, CA took international honors when
they knocked Toronto out of the mix during the annual Ultimate Dodgeball
Championship.
8. Egg Throwing
Via youtube.com
Few sports are as self-explanatory as the UKs World Egg Throwing
Championship(except for, you know, football maybe), where
eggheads Richard Wells and Tom Harrison took top honors at last years
competition.
9. Chess Boxing
Via youtube.com
A true test of brains and brawn, chess boxing pits two combatants against one
another in alternating rounds of speed chess and fisticuffs. The end result is a
flurry of pawns and punches, topped by noted heavyweights like Nikolay The
Chairman Sazhin, reigning champ of the World Chess Boxing Organization.
10. Canine Freestyle Dancing
Via youtube.com
Are you not entertained?!
1) Something that canine freestyler Thierry Thomas no doubt shouted during
his winning Gladiator-inspired routine at the Dog Dancing World
Championship.
2) Something that nobody ever has to ask themselves when theyre watching a
dog dance like a person.

10 Weird Sports From Around The
World
by Joshua Khan

Depending on an individuals perspective, some sports outside professional leagues can be classified
as weird. North Americans arent too fond of cricket and even a few South Americans havent 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 youre 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 opponents foot to the
ground. The organizers applied in 1997 to get the sport included in the Olympics, but unfortunately,
it was not accepted.
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