Elite Facts Presents
11 WEIRDEST "Sports" that Actually Exist.
11.
Swamp Soccer Soccer is a pretty standard sport in most
countries, However it can't be played anywhere.
Well it can technically but usually you're required to have a solid surface to play on.
Well here comes Swamp soccer to completely change up the rules!
Swamp Soccer is a form of association football that is played in bogs or swamps.
The sport is said to come from Bishop Auckland, in the north east of England, where it initially
was used as an exercise activity for athletes and soldiers, since playing on soft bog is
physically demanding.
However the first organized championship was the 1998 Finnish championship and was the
brainchild of Jyrki Väänänen, nicknamed "The Swamp Baron", when the creator of
swamp football moved there.
There are currently an estimated 260 swamp football teams around the world.
At the swamp football world championship games of 2005, some 5,000 players participated.
10.
Tractor Pulling Now this isn't the tractor pulling you're
probably thinking of.
You know the one that's usually apart of strongman competitions.
No this one is literally using tractors and trucks to pull large objects.
Truck and tractor pulling, also known as power pulling, is a competition using tractors and
large trucks to pull a heavy sled (sledge) along a 'track' and is very popular in
rural areas.
Usually the sled offers progressively greater resistance as it is pulled.
It can be a great spectacle, although the pulling vehicle produces a great deal of noise
and smoke, and tends to kick up dirt.
Also, the tractors pulling don't actually travel very far (a typical "full pull"
is 300 feet (100 metres)).
There are many different classes, from "factory" tractors, to custom built vehicles (modified)
with multiple engines.
This is seen as a sport in the same way as nascar is seen as a sport.
9.
Canine Freestyle Technically it isn't a sport, but you really
need to see this.
Not to mention there's other "Sports" on here that technically aren't sports yet
are classed as sports by the people who perform in them.
This one is just plain weird though.
Musical canine freestyle—also known as musical freestyle, freestyle dance, and canine freestyle—is
a modern dog sport that is a mixture of obedience, tricks, and dance that allows for creative
interaction between dogs and their owners.
There are two types, musical freestyle and freestyle heeling (also known as heelwork
to music), the main difference being that freestyle heeling focuses on a dog's ability
to stay in variations of the heel position while the handler moves to music, whereas
musical freestyle demands that the dog perform a variety of tricks and other obedience talents,
and places a greater focus on the trainer's dance abilities and creativity.
8.
Punkin Chunkin Punkin chunkin (and yes it is pronounced like
that) is the action of hurling a pumpkin, in a competition, by mechanical means over
distances greater than those of other competitors.
Literally that's it.
Pumpkin chucking competitions, formal and informal, exist throughout the United States
in the autumn, when pumpkins are harvested.
In order of increasing effectiveness, the devices include compound slingshots, catapults,
trebuchets, and pneumatic air cannons.
A pneumatic air cannon named Young Glory III holds the current world record by firing a
pumpkin a record 4483.51 feet during the annual 2008 competition in Delaware.
As you can tell from the video above, this is not a particularly interesting spectator
sport……..Nor is it really a sport in general.
7.
Bun Climbing Say what you want about this one.
Tradition is tradition.
So each spring, thousands upon thousands of Hong Kong citizens and visitors swarm the
minuscule fishing island of Cheung Chau to witness man vs. bun.
Just outside the Pak Tai temple, 60-ft.-tall bamboo and metal structures are covered in
steamed, sweet and blessed buns.
At midnight on the final night of the weeklong festival, in an event known as the Bun Scramble,
athletes try their best to scurry up the bun towers and gather more buns than their opponents.
6.
Outhouse Racing Okay this is definitely the strangest and
possibly most disgusting "Sport" on this list.
Mackinaw City actually hosts a series of outhouse races every year.
The event is billed as "The Best Case of the Runs You'll Ever Have" by Greg "Big
G" Yoder, who first commissioned the event.
The rules require each racing outhouse to contain a toilet seat and a toilet paper dispenser.
There can be only two pushers, two pullers and one rider per outhouse, which is mounted
on skis.
Hopefully those outhouses were emptied before the event or it would be the crappiest race
ever
5.
Mountain Unicycle This is without a doubt a RECIPE FOR DISASTER!
When I think of unicycle I think of clowns at the circus, not rugged men taking it to
some of the most dangerous terrains on earth.
People take a unicycle and ride it on rocky terrain.
Unicycles are one of the hardest things to ride, right next to the pogo stick.
This is just a sport of pure insanity but it has gotten national coverage on major news
channels like FOX.
As you can see from the video above, this is not a particularly graceful sport.
4.
Mind Ball Mindball is a two person game controlled by
players' brain waves in which players compete to control a ball's movement across a table
by becoming more relaxed and focused.
Mindball is produced by the Swedish Company Interactive Productline.
The concept, introduced in 2005, originates from the prototype Brainball which was developed
by the Smart Studio at The Interactive Institute, also in Sweden.
3.
Chess Boxing Two words you never thought you would see
together.
Chess has always been a battle between minds.
Boxing has always been a battle of both braun and minds…….what would happen if you combine
the two?
Chess Boxing is a sport for nerds.
It involves a two minute boxing round with a four minute chess competition.
There is even a governing body, it's called the "World Chess Boxing Association" and
their motto is "Fighting is done in the ring, but war is waged on the board."
So what would happen if you knocked your opponent out during the 2 minute boxing round?
Does the chess game have to wait or is it classed as a forfeit?
Also is a knockout called a "Checkmate" in this version of boxing?
2.
Extreme Ironing Let's be honest, Ironing is a pain!
Ironing feels like a sport on it's considering how stressful it can be.
However, if ironing is too boring for you, How about giving EXTREME ironing a shot!
Extreme Ironing is an extreme sport and a performance art.
People who play this unusual sport go to a remote location and iron clothes!
They call themselves 'ironists', and get a thrill from taking their ironing board,
unplugged iron and some of their wrinkly clothes to some extreme places and photograph themselves
doing it.
Such places that they have reached include extreme altitude, underwater, hanging from
cliffs, and on top of vehicles.
According to the official website, extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that
combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed
shirt."
1.
Gurning Competition Seriously…..this is a thing!
A competition where the ugliest face wins.
…..This is actually considered as a sport.
Gurning is apparently a word for pulling a face, and you probably are not surprised to
know that there is a World Gurning Contest.
Gurning competitions are originated in 1297 at the Egremont Crab Fair, in the UK.
It makes sense then that as part of 'Crab Fair' in this part of the world they hold
face pulling competitions to see who can make the ugliest face.
I guess it does require the use of facial muscles?......Kind of?
Okay no, this is definitely not a sport…..yet people class it as one.
Fun for the whole family!
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