Underwater Hockey
March 19, 2013
By Dixon Auch There are a lot of strange sports out there that nobody knows about, and one of these sports is Underwater Hockey. Underwater Hockey was started in the United Kingdom by Alan Blake in 1954, it was first called Octopush. The game consists of two teams, with six active players, on each... [Read more]
Rock Climbing
March 7, 2013
By: Dominiq Baptiste- Mitchell Did you know the rock climbing is one of the most intense sports in the world? Although it is unclear who rock climbing was invented by, it is known that it was invented in 200 BC. Rock climbing is when participants (of any gender) climb up, down, or across artificial rock... [Read more]
Korfball
March 7, 2013
By Matthew Guttilla If you are trying to find a new, different, or just really strange sport to play, then I just found one- korfball. Korfball is famous for being the only mixed gender sport, with boys and girls on the same team. It is designed so that there are no advantages such as gender, size, or... [Read more]
Ice Climbing
March 7, 2013
Ice climbing is a sport in which you climb up ice formations while you are usually hooked up onto harnesses and levers. There are some things you have to know how to do before you start; how to use rope systems, how to tie in, belaying, leading, abseiling, and lowering. You don’t need a lot of equipment... [Read more]
A Strange Sport
March 7, 2013
By: Sean Sisler Street Luge originated by people racing each other on skateboards while sitting on them. The very first race took place in 1980 down Signal Hill in Southern California. There were a lot of crashing and injuries and many racers received tickets. Racers such as Roger... [Read more]
Hang Gliding
March 7, 2013
By Devon Humphries In a nutshell you jump off a cliff and glide in a glider around in the air, with the air being the only thing keeping you up. It is not that uncommon to see a hang glider for it being an unusual sport. I would love to try it some day. It is not so dangerous... [Read more]
Korfball
March 7, 2013
By Ben Barton Korfball is a mixed gender sport with four boys and four girls. It also has a coach and positions you play. It was created in the Netherlands by Nico Broekhuysen in 1902. There are approximately 580 teams and over 100,000 people play the sport. It is also very... [Read more]
Underwater Hockey
March 7, 2013
By: Mackenzie Freeman Underwater Hockey uses two teams of ten players, with six players playing at once. The remaining four are continually substituted in from a substitution area during the game. This may be on a deck or in the water outside the playing field, depending on the... [Read more]
White Water Rafting
March 7, 2013
By Vanessa Johnson White water rafting is one of many unusual, extreme sports. This sport takes place in various places but just to name a few it can be held at Cagayan de Oro River, Philippines, Arkansas River, Colorado, USA, Ladakh, India, and Costa Rica.... [Read more]
The Art Of Chess Boxing
March 7, 2013
By Jake Blankinship Chess Boxing Chess boxing is one of the newest sports to enter this world, and it was fabricated as a sport in 1992. The sport might be the most interesting and quirky sport I have ever seen. The concept of the hybrid sport is to play chess for four minutes and then box in the ring... [Read more]
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