Weird Sports
A revised version of one of my classic icebergs on the now defunct icebergcharts site. Whether it's participating in sport games and activities of your own, or watching your supporting team play, everyone enjoys some type of sport whether they realize it or not, whether that's football,
rugby, baseball, volleyball, badminton and golf.
Sports have long been beloved and have been a major part of cultures all over the globe, and while some sports are celebrated and competed in worldwide, some may pertain to a few traditions but
are known to many, like bullfighting, Castells and certain martial arts.
But some sports may be so niche that they are generally unknown outside of a particular culture.
They may be considered eccentric for their uniquely twisted rules, peculiar goals or tasks, or because they're too extreme, violent or dangerous to be mainstream. Some of these sports may only
exist to be humorous or unlock some whimsical idea that only one with a facetious mind could come up with.
From niche traditions to just plain unusual activities, this iceberg will compile some of the weirdest sports in the world.

Level 1: The Surface
World famous. Just in the realm of outlandishness.
Bull Fighting🥋🥇⚠
Bungee Jumping⚠
Castells🥋
Competitive Eating🥇⚠⏩
Footvolley🥇
Oil Wrestling 🥋
Paragliding⚠
Professional Frisbee🥇
Sumo Wrestling🥋🥇
Triathlon🥇
Wingsuit Flying⚠
Level 2: The Shallow Waters
Well known traditional sports. Quite
strange.
Barrel Jumping🥇⚠
BASE Jumping⚠
Bossaball🥋🥇
Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling🥋⚠⏩
Ice Climbing⚠
Kabaddi🥋🥇
Mesoamerican Ball Game🥋⚠
Sandboarding🥇⚠
Water Jousting🥋
Yukigassen🥋🥇
Level 3: Below the Surface
Unfamiliar, but relatively known to
some people.
Bo-taoshi🥋⏩
Camel Racing🥋🥇
Dahi Handi / Gopal Kala🥋
Death Diving🥇⚠
Extreme Ironing🥋⚠
Free Solo Climbing⚠
Hamster Racing🥇
Jai Alai🥋🥇⚠
Jugger
Leicestershire Bottle Kicking🥋⚠
Log Rolling🥋🥇
Sepak Takraw🥋🥇
Stoolball
Vitilla🥋
Volcano Surfing⚠
Wife Carrying🥇
Yak Racing🥋
Level 4: The Murky Depths
It gets nicher.
Bat and Trap🥋
Beer Mile🥇
Calcio Storico Fiorentino🥋🥇⚠⏩
Canne de Combat🥋⚠
Cockfighting🥋⚠
Dog Surfing🥇
Eton Wall Game🥋⚠
Ferret Legging🥋
Fierljeppen🥋
Jogo do Pau🥋⚠
Lawn Mower Racing🥇
Médoc Castle Marathon
Mountain Unicycling🥇
Paalzitten🥋
Tejo🥋⚠
Toe Wrestling
Underwater Hockey🥇
Level 5: The Hadal Zone
So niche, bizarre or both that it's just laughable.
Axe Throwing🥇⚠
Bog Snorkelling🥇
Caber Tossing⏩
Competitive Tag🥇
Cycle Ball🥇
Dambe🥋⚠
Kiotoshi🥋
Mall Walking
Sport Gomihiroi🥇
Teddy Bear Tossing🥇
Zorbing
Level 6: The Abyssal Zone
Entering the realm of forgotten,
peculiar sports. They're weirder than ever.
Atherstone Ball Game🥋⚠⏩
Buzkashi🥋⚠
Donkey Basketball
Egg Throwing🥋
Elephant Polo🥇
Gurning🥇
Welly Wanging🥇
Man Versus Horse Marathon🥇
Level 7: The Ocean Floor
Beyond niche. They should not have
some sort of championship.
Apple Racing
Ear Pulling🥋⚠
Haggis Hurling🥋🥇
Milk Carton Regatta
Phone Throwing🥇
Qianghuapao🥋⚠
Shovel Racing🥇⚠⏩
Taulafoga🥋
Level 8: The Descent
Wait... these exist!?!?
Crap-Spitting Contests🥋
Dwarf Tossing🥋⚠
Fox Tossing🥋⚠⏩
Goose Pulling🥋⚠
Professional Pillow Fighting🥇
Savika / African Bull-Fighting🥋⚠
Snail Racing🥇