There's some Crazy Sports out there

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There are many Competition Sports across the World that are viewed as being somewhat Wierd, yet rather quaintly Wonderful.

Across the globe there are those based on 'local' traditions that are more than a tad strange - yet have both a longevity of taking place and have some serious participants/

So whichever continent it be, here are a few - And so to begin with one to charm you with , .....
 

Worm Charming Championship

Sure, the ability to attract worms might sound like something that could be considered the worst superhero power of all time, but every year the Worm Charming Championship brings together hundreds of people of all ages to see whose powers are the strongest.

The competition lasts 30 minutes and contestants use whatever techniques they can think of, including poking the ground with pitchforks and playing the bongos, to raise as many worms as they can to surface of their designated section.

The first Worm Charming Championship was held in 1980 but it’s since grown to become quite a celebrated sport in some parts of the Nation.

  • The current world record was set by a 10-year-old girl who managed to raise and incredible 567 worms in 2009.
 
Bee-Wearing Competition:

As you might imagine, a challenge where you compete to see who can hold the most live bees on their body doesn’t attract too many contestants.

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In 2011, there were only two people who registered for the event that took place in Shaoyang City, China.
Wearing nothing but shorts, goggles and nose plugs, 42-year-old Wang Dalin and 20-year-old Lc Kongjiang each stood on a scale and used a queen bee to attract as many regular bees on their bodies as possible in one hour.

Within minutes, swarming bees pick up the scent of the queen and form a living full-body suit around the competitors.
In the end, it was Dalin who managed to beat out Kongjiang by attracting 26 kilograms of bees to his body.
But despite his courageous efforts, he wasn’t able to claim the bee-wearing world record.
 

Chess Boxing

For anyone who’s ever been so frustrated by an opponent in chess that they wished they could leap across the board and beat the snot out of them, this just might be the ideal sport for you.

Chess boxing is a hybrid fighting sport where opponents alternate between rounds spent playing chess and boxing.

Though it was originally conceived by a Dutch artist who intended it to be piece of performance art, it quickly grew into a a full-fledged competitive sport complete with announcers, commentators, ring girls, and even an affiliation with major television sports networks like ESPN.

 
Nailympia

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You may think you’ve seen some people with crazy finger nails in your day, but you really haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen some Nailympia contestants. There are several different events that take place at the competition, but the one that really generates the most buzz is the fantasy nail category, where contestants are encouraged to be as imaginative and unusual as possible.

Participants have one hour to do their nails and put together the rest of their outfit to match their chosen theme.
Many even build elaborate backdrops which they attach to their forearms to further emphasize their nails.


In the past, there has been a huge variety of nail themes ranging from a World War I commemoration to an African safari that looks a whole lot closer to a diorama than a manicure.
 
World Gurning Championship

Gurning contests are a long-standing tradition in rural England.
The most notable competition by far is the World Gurning Championship held annually at the Ergemont Crab Fair, - which dates back all the way to 1267 when King Henry III granted the fair a Royal Charter.

When it comes time to gurn (make an ugly face) contestants traditionally frame their faces through a horse collar—another tradition known as “gurning through a braffin.” The gurners who typically get the highest scores from judges are those with no teeth, as this permits them greater freedom of motion to contort their lips and jaws to make extremely wacky faces.

Anne Woods

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Anne Woods has won the competition for being the 'biggest gurner' a record 27 times between 1977 and 2010!

Tommy Mattinson and other gurners

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These fine gents are all big on the gurning scene. The man in the middle is Tommy Mattinson, who has bagged the title 15 times! Tommy is wearing a Braffin or horse collar, this is all part of the tradition and the gurners put it on when they present their gurn to the judges.
 
Adrian Zivelonghi

--- Image source,Egremont Crab fair

Adrian Zivelonghi took the 2016 title with this powerful gurn face. You can really see the concentration on Adrian's face....you can also see his false teeth popping out of his mouth. 10/10 from Newsround, Adrian!

Egremont Crab fair

--- Image source,Egremont Crab fair

No one really knows how, when and where gurning began! But the earliest record of gurning competitions can be traced back to the Egremont Crab Fair in Egremont, in Cumbria way back in 1267. Some say gurning started before that but no one can really be sure.
  • All we know is, its weird, funny and everyone seems to enjoy it.
 
Extreme Ironing

Part extreme sport, part performance art and part household chore, extreme ironing is an exciting and dangerous sport where willing participants demonstrate their ability to get rid of clothing creases in unusual and perilous environments.

It was started in 1997 in Leicester, England, by Phil Shaw who, after coming home from a hard day’s work, decided he’d rather go rock climbing than complete his scheduled ironing. Whether it was a stroke of genius or just a regular stroke is unclear, but Shaw figured, what the heck? Why not just combine the two.

A couple years later he embarked on an international tour to promote the activity and today extreme ironing enthusiasts from around the world are posting pictures online of them ironing their laundry on mountainsides, underwater, while skiing and even during free fall. And because it isn’t an official league, anyone can compete for top honors at any given time. You just need to combine the thrill of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.

 
WOLF ANGEL said:
Bee-Wearing Competition:

As you might imagine, a challenge where you compete to see who can hold the most live bees on their body doesn’t attract too many contestants.

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In 2011, there were only two people who registered for the event that took place in Shaoyang City, China.
Wearing nothing but shorts, goggles and nose plugs, 42-year-old Wang Dalin and 20-year-old Lc Kongjiang each stood on a scale and used a queen bee to attract as many regular bees on their bodies as possible in one hour.

Within minutes, swarming bees pick up the scent of the queen and form a living full-body suit around the competitors.
In the end, it was Dalin who managed to beat out Kongjiang by attracting 26 kilograms of bees to his body.
But despite his courageous efforts, he wasn’t able to claim the bee-wearing world record.
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Oh my goodnessssss, Noooooooooooooo ! That is SO SCARY!
 
CaliS said:
Oh my goodnessssss, Noooooooooooooo ! That is SO SCARY!
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  • If you think that's scary ....
World Sauna Championships

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a world class schvitzer? Then you should book a trip to Heinola, Finland, where every summer competitors from various countries take part in an endurance contest to see who can sit the longest in a 230 degree sauna.

Finland is home to over 1.7 million saunas so, needless to say, its citizens enjoy the heat a little more than in other parts of the world.
The competition lasts for two days, divided into five rounds for men and three rounds for women. Every 30 seconds a half-liter of water is added to sauna to keep the steam flowing and challengers must sit up straight with their thighs and buttocks on the seat.

They cannot touch any surface with their hands and forearms have to be in an upright position and must stay on their knees.
The person who sits longest and is able to walk out of the sauna under their own power is declared the winner.

  • Although a doctor’s note is required from all participants, one participant actually did die in the 2010 Championships, prompting organizers to discontinue the event.
 
WOLF ANGEL said:
  • If you think that's scary ....
World Sauna Championships

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a world class schvitzer? Then you should book a trip to Heinola, Finland, where every summer competitors from various countries take part in an endurance contest to see who can sit the longest in a 230 degree sauna.

Finland is home to over 1.7 million saunas so, needless to say, its citizens enjoy the heat a little more than in other parts of the world.
The competition lasts for two days, divided into five rounds for men and three rounds for women. Every 30 seconds a half-liter of water is added to sauna to keep the steam flowing and challengers must sit up straight with their thighs and buttocks on the seat.

They cannot touch any surface with their hands and forearms have to be in an upright position and must stay on their knees.
The person who sits longest and is able to walk out of the sauna under their own power is declared the winner.

  • Although a doctor’s note is required from all participants, one participant actually did die in the 2010 Championships, prompting organizers to discontinue the event.
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That's just stupid. The bees (for me) are SCARY!!!!! ;)
 
Tunarama Festival:

Held annually each January in Port Lincoln, Australia, the Tunarama Festival is a competition to determine just how far a person can chuck ..... a frozen tuna.

Amazingly, a full-fledged celebration is centered around the event, complete with a wide array of arts and cultural displays, other participation events, local market stalls, and some of the freshest seafood in the world.

Fortunately for the dwindling tuna population, 2007 was the last year that real tunas were used in the competition.
Since then people only throw artificially made fake tunas—which, oddly enough, might make the competition even more bizarre.

 
Ferret Legging. Competitors don white canvas pants that tie at the waist and ankles and then put a live ferret in their pants. The last person left "standing" wins. Apparently the last competition was in 2010. I can certainly understand why it's not being considered for an Olympic sport.
 

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