Weird Sports

Parkour: The popularity in Parkour Why is it so popular? Not only parkour has become the most popular extreme sport because of what skills and risk it takes to become a master at parkour. Parkour has become a trend nowadays because you can see it being performed in T.V Shows, Video games, movies, social media, etc. Parkour is used as a tool in some action movies or T.V shows to give the audience an intense feeling and amazement, when they see the protagonist performing the sport. For example, In the Netflix show, Daredevil, there is a scene where the main character who is a blind man performs parkour in order to chase a car. What makes this scene unique to parkour is that it makes parkour an exciting sport and gives inspiration to people to perform the sport but they already know that this isn’t one of those sport that requires no effort at all. Can you imagine, a blind man being able to do parkour with so much ease? That stuff is out of this world. Click here for Da...

CHESS BOXING  WHAT IS THIS WEIRD SPORT? : Chess Boxing is the ultimate game where intelligence, patience and muscle are all tested where players quickly switch between a boxing ring and a chessboard. For the final victory one player must either checkmate their opposition in chess or complete a knockout in the boxing ring.  ORIGINS OF THIS WEIRD SPORT : This game has spiritual roots in a scientific fictional graphic novel from 1992 called Froid Equateur, but it was made a reality by Dutch artist Iepe Rubinghin 2003. The graphic novel portrayed a chess boxing world championship, where in which the opponents would participate in an entire boxing match before going up against each other in chess. For a more practical approach, Rubingh developed the game for it to be played within alternating rounds with a set of rules and regulations. This game was later introduced to London by Tom Woolgar who was a part of a match in Germany.  Since then Chess Boxin...

Getting to know this weird sport: Competitive eating or speed eating is exactly what the title suggests, competitively eating large amounts of food under timed conditions. But this sport continues to be a puzzle to the rest of us who do not competitively eat. Various swallowing techniques such as “chipmunking” allows food to pass through much more easily. Yes, the thought of this may make people uneasy. However competitive eaters have to learn the inner workings of their oesophagus and muscles to be a competitive eating champion.  This sport initially evolved from pie-eating contests at county fairs but then evolved to a sport that generates enormous media attention due to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest held on July 4th every year since 1916. This triggered immense attention and went beyond just pies to eating hot dogs, cakes, burgers and pizzas. The Rules: The rules are quite simple and are constantly regulated around safety standards: Eaters ...

Underwater Hockey: What's it all about? The Basics: Underwater hockey is a non-contact sport, which is already quite different to its land-based counterpart, it consists of two teams attempting to manoeuvre a puck along the bottom of the floor of a swimming pool into the opponents' goal. Players must wear a diving mask along with fins and a snorkel as well as some other personal protective equipment such as mouth-guard , gloves, head caps and others. The Puck weighs in at 1.5kg and is made of lead-coated in a plastic covering. The weight of the puck means that it will naturally gravitate to the bottom of the pool however during passes the puck can be lifted off the bottom of the pool.  The Rules: So then, what is Underwater Hockey and how does that even work? Well, Underwater Hockey or sometimes referred to (Mainly in the UK) as octopush has: The game has a total of 12 players with 10 active players. The players are broken down into three categories, poo...

Elephant Polo is a variant of the sport polo with its main gimmick being that the players ride an elephant during the sport instead of horses. The British created this sport by substituting the standard horse with the more available elephant. The modern state of the game started in 1982 where the WEPA (World Elephant Polo Association) set the rules for the sport and started an annual competition. However, out of the four countries that host the sport only Nepal and Thailand follow WEPA regulation, with those played in India and Sri Lank being under independent tournament regulation. There are two interesting differences of the sport compared to the original . The differences under WEPA is that the field is 150 meters shorter and about 100 meters thinner than the normal polo field, this was changed because of the elephant speed compared to horses. The time length of the game is also changed, in elephants it has a total of  35 minutes,ten minutes of sport followed by an interval for...

What is Parkour and what do you need to know about the sport? Parkour is a popular obstacle passing sport that involves an individual going through buildings to buildings by running, climbing and rolling to reach their destination as fast as possible. Parkour was originally used by the military for an obstacle course which has now become popular and is being performed by many people around the world. Parkour is not one of those obstacles passing sports that is very easy to perform. Parkour is one of the most dangerous sports out there because an individual must have a lot of experience, skills, and courage to perform the most difficult task. Parkour requires no mistakes, if a person makes a mistake during their stunt, it can cost them big time, whether it is their leg or their life. Reference List  F., B., 2020.  What Is Parkour And Who Invented It? - Parkour History . [online] Parkour Shoes. Available at:  ...

Introduction: There are more sports out there than you could have ever imagined, sports you have never seen on the news or the paper, sports that are just odd and straight-up head-scratching weirdness. You may have heard of these sports mentioned by friends or colleagues but here at Weird Sports 1800 we are dedicated to bringing you the best news on the weirdest of sports to make every week just a little bit better. Competitive Eating: Beula Kantimahanti I’m Beula Kantimahanti, studying a bachelor of security studies. In the coming days, I'll be covering competitive eating. This strange sport has been questioned if it even is considered a sport. Over the next few weeks get ready to see updates on competitive eating, what happens in competitive eating, how it came to be and weird facts that surround this strange sport. Water Sports: Janith Tillakaratne Hey, there everyone my name is Janith Tillakratne and I am a second-year student at Macquarie University Sydney Australia...