After the 10 curious, absurd and spectacular sports I went to find 7 more! Let's start this journey around the world to discover how far you can push human imagination regarding sports!
Unspunnen
Born in Switzerland in 1805 but became famous in Scotland, a sort of weight throwing with some substantial differences, it involves the throwing of a stone weighing about 83.5 kg (184.1 lb) to be sent as far as possible, the boulder must be the perfect copy of the stone of Unspunnen, the ancient Swiss symbol that symbolizes the unity of the homeland, it is also not enough to send it as far as possible, the athletes must make sure that they have no injury and do not lose consciousness, because it often happens that they accidentally pull the rock on the foot, hurt their back or lose grip on the stone making it fall on their head. The all-time record is 3.61 meters (11.85 foot), dating back to 1981.
Cheese rolling
The cheese is the absolute star of this sport, it must be round and is rolled down a slope, there are about twenty competitors who must be able to reach the end of the descent running before the cheese. It is allowed to take the cheese before the finish line and take it on his shoulder, but this can be really difficult because it manages to reach the speed of 120 km/h (74.5 miles). Cooper hill, Cheltenham (England), is a place that hosts the most prestigious competition, also in Italy there is a competition for this fun sport, which is held on Valentine's Day near Rovereto, in Trentino Alto Adige.
Royal Shrovetide Football
Let's come back to England, specifically to Ashbourne, Carnival in there is celebrated in a very special way, since the XII century city mayor throws a ball in the air in the central square and the inhabitants, divided by the two factions, north and south of the river, they must be able to bring the ball into their neighborhoods, this "match" can last up to several days. There are only five rules, where is forbidden to:
- Hide the ball under sweaters or backpacks
- Carry the ball on motorized vehicles
- Crossing sacred spaces
- Play after 10pm
- Kill
Mud Pit Belly Flop Contest
This is one of the simplest to explain and execute: a dive competition in a mud pool where what matters most to win is how large the splashes are and how much noise they made.
Olympics Toiletseat Throw
As for the throwing of the hammer, discus, the javelin and Unspunnen... here is also that of the Toiletseat! This very nice competition was invented in the US! The aim is obviously similar to the sports listed above, you need to be able to launch it as far as possible!
World Championship Office Chair Race
His name explain almost everything. Olten, Switzerland, the first world office chair championship was held in 2017, every year the headquarters change, consists of a speed race in which 64 contenders from all over Europe throw themselves on a 200-meter track, of course downhill!
An additional score is also assigned regarding the vehicle design, the more creative a chair is, higher are the victory chances.
Extreme ironing
This fanciful extreme sport consists in ironing in absurd places with even more absurd conditions regarding places: mountain peaks, roofs of houses until to the sea abyss. The inventor of this unreal sport is Phil Shaw, to which came this brilliant idea in 1999, when he tried to iron doing free climbing. Sport that even has an exceptional sponsor, if you're wondering what it is, probably thinking about irons is the most obvious that could come to your mind, exactly him... Rowenta!
Here we are at the article's end, but stay tuned because soon I will be back with 7 other absurd, spectacular and curious sports that I found on the web for you!
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