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doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

Some weird sports you may or may not know about.

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  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This has to be the most bizarre sport I've seen. It's called extreme ironing, and the idea is to iron clothes in extreme conditions.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This sports is called cheese rolling. A big block of cheese is rolled down a hill, and you have to keep up with it and not let it pass you.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the cheese rolling was a yearly story on ESPN as far back as the Dan Patrick/Keith Olbermann days, or maybe it was the Kenny Mayne/Stewart Scott days.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:
    I think the cheese rolling was a yearly story on ESPN as far back as the Dan Patrick/Keith Olbermann days, or maybe it was the Kenny Mayne/Stewart Scott days.

    I seem to recall seeing it on ESPN also. πŸ˜‚

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:

    @countdouglas said:
    I think the cheese rolling was a yearly story on ESPN as far back as the Dan Patrick/Keith Olbermann days, or maybe it was the Kenny Mayne/Stewart Scott days.

    I seem to recall seeing it on ESPN also. πŸ˜‚

    I remember staying up late at night in the early days of ESPN and watching roller derby, lumberjack competitions, strongman competitions, little go-carts with big wing looking things on them going around a tiny, tiny circular dirt track, all kinds of crazy stuff... man, early ESPN and weird sports definitely went hand in hand. I think the "popularity" of curling and hot dog eating competitions definitely owe a big thank you to the wee morning hours of filler sports programming of the 80s.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,019 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I get the cheese and the shins...but i can't comprehend the ironing at all. πŸ€”

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    OUCH! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 7, 2020 7:08AM

    @perkdog said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    OUCH! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    I win ...

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LarkinCollector said:

    @perkdog said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    OUCH! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    I win ...

    https://youtu.be/-SXbmeFCnTM

  • zippcityzippcity Posts: 960 ✭✭✭✭

    Not so much the sport but the name chosen . American Cornholing Championship. You can catch it on espn.

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,019 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @LarkinCollector said:

    @perkdog said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    OUCH! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    I win ...

    https://youtu.be/-SXbmeFCnTM

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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember the "Cheese Rolling". Wisconsin had quite a dynasty.

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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pumpkin Chuckin,

    And

    Red Bull Flugtag

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's like almost any activity can be classified as a sport? It's a stretch.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pot hole diving.

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    In grade school PE we used to call that soccer, the PE teacher would throw down a soccer ball and
    shins got kicked a lot more than the ball did.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Darin said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    In grade school PE we used to call that soccer, the PE teacher would throw down a soccer ball and
    shins got kicked a lot more than the ball did.

    Hence the reason we called it β€œKill Soccer” in Elementary School πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. ( True Story )

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:
    I think the cheese rolling was a yearly story on ESPN as far back as the Dan Patrick/Keith Olbermann days, or maybe it was the Kenny Mayne/Stewart Scott days.

    all 4 of those names are people who suck

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @Darin said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is called shin kicking, and the object is to kick your opponent in the shins and the first person to hit the ground loses.

    In grade school PE we used to call that soccer, the PE teacher would throw down a soccer ball and
    shins got kicked a lot more than the ball did.

    Hence the reason we called it β€œKill Soccer” in Elementary School πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. ( True Story )

    did you play crab soccer in school?

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