| We are all aware of popular sports, yet there are | | | | Major competitions are held in Monona, Finland, |
| some sports that are not well known, but have a | | | | Sonkajarvi, Wisconsin and in Marquette, Michigan. |
| universal popularity. | | | | In Finland, the prize is the female's weight in beer. |
| Urban Golf | | | | Moustache Championships |
| So you don't want to get all that healthy exercise | | | | Growing a moustache and beard is a serious business, |
| and walk the golf green. There is another alternative | | | | as seen at the biennial World Beard And Moustache |
| however, called Urban golf. This is where the players | | | | Championships, where men display their carefully |
| attack an innocent warehouse wall with their golf ball. | | | | manicured extraordinary beards and moustaches. |
| Bike Polo | | | | Categories include full beard freestyle, goatee and |
| The only way to play polo is on bikes, when you | | | | Dali moustache. |
| don't have any horses. This rapidly growing sport is | | | | Of course you must have all the proper tools, from |
| quickly developing an international competitive | | | | brushes, combs and scissors, to moustache wax and |
| calendar. | | | | moustache nets. |
| Unicycle Sport | | | | Recreational Sport of Zorbing |
| Once only witnessed on stage, or in circuses, the | | | | While many see this only as a recreational sport, |
| unicycle has grown to be a global phenomenon. From | | | | there is a growing interest in Zorbing. Each |
| balancing acts and acrobats, to mountain racing, to | | | | competitor ‘walks' down a set trail, tucked inside |
| unicycle hockey, the one wheeler has become an | | | | a car-sized globe of plastic, reaching speeds of up to |
| instant wonder. | | | | 50 kms per hour. Not a sport for the weak hearted |
| Roller Derby | | | | and there are medical limitations. |
| Players Roller Derby pride themselves on their | | | | Cardboard Tube Duelling |
| mixture of punk grit and attitude, plus real athletic | | | | We are all familiar with the knights of old dueling in |
| ability. The women's Flat-Track Derby Association | | | | their coats of armour. Modern knights are very |
| hosted its roller derby's first national championship | | | | serious about their Cardboard Tube Duelling. Dressed |
| tournament in 2007. | | | | in cardboard box amour, the competitors duel with |
| Wife Carrying | | | | cardboard tubes. |
| Finland first introduced wife carrying as a sport | | | | Snow Polo |
| where male competitors race while carrying a female | | | | The old sport of Snow Polo was once common with |
| team mate. The goal is for the male to carry the | | | | Turkish emperors. It is played on compacted snow |
| female, whose aim is to keep the balance, over a | | | | on flat ground, or a frozen lake. |
| particular obstacle course, in the quickest time. | | | | However, polo has not been restricted only to |
| The carrying holds alter between piggyback, fireman's | | | | horseback. There are now BMX polo, yak polo, |
| carry, to Estonian style, where the women clings on | | | | elephant polo, canoe polo, camel polo, golfcart polo, |
| upside-down, with her legs wrapped around her | | | | and underwater polo. |
| partner's shoulders, as she hangs on to his waist. | | | | |
