Top 6 Weirdest Extreme Sports
There are lots of popular extreme sports: surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, kayaking to name a few.
Most of these sports started in backyards all around the world. They grew to popularity because they were both fun and challenging. Some extreme sports have never really caught on with the masses though. It could be that they are too dangerous, or difficult, or it might be because they are just too bizarre for your average person to try.
Here is a list of the top 6 weirdest extreme sports:
Chess Boxing
Here is the concept of this new hybrid sport:
“The basic idea of chess boxing is to combine the number one thinking sport with the number one fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most its competitors – both mentally and physically.”
The chess portion might not fit into the category of extreme sports but those are real punches that leave real black eyes.
Wingsuit Base Jumping
This is the definition of extreme sports.
It’s also the definition of fear for anyone that is even slightly afraid of heights. These guys are literally flying down a mountain at 100 miles an hour. They are so close to the rock face that they could reach out and touch it. Wikipidia has a some great information about the history of wingsuit flying.
Catfish Grabblin’
This is about a redneck as you get.
Catfish Grabblin’ is the art of catching fish using only your hands. In the Southern US, the catfish move to shallower waters in the spring in order to lay their eggs. That means that you can grab the slippery ol’ fish.
I don’t think the fish enjoy this sport as much as the competitors but being “grabbled” probably feels better than getting a hook in the mouth.
Ladder Racing
The speed at which a ladder-racing competitor climbs up their ladder is pretty impressive. You have to watch some of the videos on YouTube to fully appreciate their climbing ability.
Wife Carrying
This sport is pretty self-explanatory. The man must carry his female teammate through a tricky obstacle course in the fastest time. It was first introduce in Sonkajärvi, Finland.
The best part of this sport is the fact that the prize for winning the competition is the woman’s total weight in beer!
Zorb
Zorbing (also known as globe-riding, sphereing, or orbing) is basically the idea that you ride down a hill inside a glorified Bubble Boy suit.
It was in 1994 that Andrew Akers and Dwane van der Sluis first conceived the idea for a type of sphere in Auckland, New Zealand. They called it the Zorb and have since set to work commercializing sphereing.
New sports are born almost every single day. Some will become popular, some will be enjoyed by a very small group of loyal enthusiasts, and some will fade away but it doesn’t really matter as long as people are having fun doing them.
This is a guest post by Gary Kohler from the Canadian term life insurance website LifeCover.ca.
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