Football, volleyball, figure skating are all the sports we know. It won't surprise anyone if you say that I participated in a basketball competition. But there are sports that you have not seen anywhere, even at the Olympic Games. Well, forward to the knowledge of intriguing, for you today the Top 10 most unusual sports.
10. Pigeon Race
This kind of sport is associated with the release of prepared pigeons, which must fly a certain distance (from 100 to 1000 kilometers). As soon as the birds "started", the time is fixed, the winner is the bird that reached the finish line faster, that is, its flight speed was maximum in comparison with other feathered participants of the "flight".
9. Water skiing barefoot
Such an amazing sport originated in Florida. Its pioneer is Dick Pope, who rode barefoot on March 6, 1947. Some people deny this fact and say that it was Hancock. The first barefoot water skiing competition was held in 1950 at Cypress Gardens.
8. Underwater hockey
No one would have thought that hockey could be played underwater, but it is possible. This sport is non-contact. Two teams drive the puck along the bottom of the pool to score a goal for their opponent.
7. Freestyle skydiving
Freestyle parachute jumping is a fascinating sight. In free fall, one person begins to perform various acrobatic stunts, and the second takes all this on a special camera mounted on a helmet.
6. Skysurfing
Skysurfing is a type of parachuting that involves an athlete, while in free fall, performing acrobatic stunts by sliding through the air on a special board similar to a snowboard.
5. Speedcubing
This sport involves the following: solving the Rubik's Cube against the clock. To date, the world record for one solution out of 3x3x3 is 7.08 seconds. It was installed in July 2008.
4. Competitive nutrition
Competitive nutrition is a sport in which participants consume a lot of food in a short time, about 15 minutes or less. The type of food usually varies, but the competition is based mainly on desserts and fast foods. As a rule, the products are always the same. These are pies, hot dogs and more. This competition is especially popular in Japan and the USA.
3. Lawn mower racing
Such exciting races attract people of all ages. As a rule, competitions are fun and perky, although some take them very seriously. The difference between racing lawn mowers and conventional mowers is the lack of a blade. They are being removed for safety.
2. Racing on belt grinders
Belt grinders have been around for a long time, but no one could have imagined such races would appear. The competition takes place in this way: two cars are in parallel channels, they start driving on the whistle. The winner is the one whose car came first to the finish line.
1. Throwing dwarfs
The name speaks for itself. A dwarf dressed in special uniforms is thrown onto a soft cover. The purpose of the competition: you need to throw the dwarf further than your rivals.