Complete List of Unusual Sports

Here is an alphabetical list of over 100 unusual sports, which we have discovered around the world. Some of the sports listed below are quite mainstream sports, but I have included them here as I think they are a little unusual, the people who partake in the sport may be a little unusual, or they are just not widely played and some people may be surprised to learn about this quirky sport.

Click on the sports names below for more detailed information about each unusual sport. See also my top 10 favorite unusual sports and this site's 10 most viewed unusual sports. Planning a holiday? See this list sorted by country.

Air Racing — small planes and crazy pilots.
Alternative Games — 35 unusual sports in one event.
Apple Race — where else but on the apple isle of Tasmania.
Arm Wrestling — big biceps competition.
Austus — hybrid sport of American football and Australian rules football.
Basque Pelota — quick handball.
Beard & Moustache Championships — nice facial hair
Bed Racing — racing in your sleep.
Beer Can Regatta — recycling empties.
Beer Pong — combining drinking and ping pong
Beer Sculling — get it down fast.
Bicycle Polo — another version of polo.
Birdman Rallies — taking to the sky.
Bog Snorkeling — fancy some bog diving?
Boomerang Throwing — don't come back.
Bossaball — hybrid trampoline based sport
Camel races — speed boats of the desert.
Camel Wrestling — two male camels up against each other.
Canal Jumping — vaulting over a dutch canal.
Cane Toad Racing — jump to it.
Canine Freestyle Dancing — doggy dancing.
Cheese Rolling — get yourself and the cheese to the bottom of a hill.
Chess Boxing — mixing brains and brawn.
Clog Cobbing — throwing a clog.
Club Swinging — artistic throwing up.
Coal Carrying Championship — only for those with a strong back.
Cockroach Racing — right there till the end
Conker Smashing — you have to be a nut.
Cotswold Olimpicks — ancient games
Cow Racing — moo too.
Crazy Golf — also known as mini golf or putt-putt
Cup Stacking — a sport involving stacking of cups.
Curling — chess on ice
Demolition Derbies — crashing fun.
Disc Sports — a fun game turned competitive.
Dodgeball — where you have to dodge the ball.
Duck Race — thousands of rubber duckies in the river.
Dunny Derby — another meaning of the runs.
Dwarf throwing — why so grumpy?
Elephant Polo — large animals out of control.
Egg Rolling — an Easter tradition
Extreme Ironing — who said ironing is difficult?
Goanna Pulling — a version of tug-of-war.
Gurning Contest — pull a face and win.
Hairiest Back — who has the most hair on their back.
Hemp Olympics — oh man!
Henley on Todd Regatta — where did the water go?
Horseshoes — having a toss.
Hot Dog Eating Championships — don't try this at home.
International Rules — hybrid football for the Irish and Aussies.
Jeu de paume — early tennis
Joggling — combining running and juggling
Kabaddi — hold your breath in this Asian sport
Kissing Competitions — unusual events such as underwater and basketball kissing
Land Diving — dry land bungy jumping
Lawn Mower Racing — carving up the lawn.
Lizard Racing Championships — flat out like a lizard.
Milk Carton Regatta — have you had your milk today?
Monster Truck Rallies — big wheels to get excited about
Moonrock Throwing — they go further on the moon
Mud Olympics — getting down and dirty
Nude Sports - footloose and free
Oil Wrestling — slip sliding away
Orange Races — racing oranges down a hill
Paper-Scissors-Rock World Championships
Parkour — leaps and bounds
Pea Shooting — food fight
Pie Eating Contest — changes in gluttony
Pig Racing and Diving — pigs really can fly.
Plunge for Distance — how long can you hold you breath underwater?
Pooh Sticks Championship — not so sticky event
Raft Racing — racing on the water
Real Ale Wobble and Ramble — the best way to enjoy a ride or walk - inebriated
Redneck Games — southern alternative to the Olympics including a host of unusual sports.
Ringball — a variation of netball popular in South Africa.
Road Bowling — look out cars
Rogaining — follow the flags
Rope Climbing — escape sport.
Roque — like croquet.
Royal Shrovetide Football — all in
Running with the Bulls — mix it up with the bulls in Pamplona in Spain.
Running of the Nudes — alternative to the bull run.
Samoa Rules — hybrid sport of AFL and rugby union.
Scotland Island 500 — Sydney's annual aquatic dog race
Scottish Highland Games — what's up your haggis?
Sepak Takraw — volleyball with the feet
Sheep Counting — puts you to sleep
Sheep Races — catch me if you can.
Shin Kicking — kicking battle.
Shinty-Hurling — hybrid sport between shinty players and hurling players.
Stair Climbing — race to the top.
Stinging Nettle Challenge — why would you eat something with the word 'stinging' in it?
Straw Race — carrying bales of straw
Street Luge — racing downhill without the soft ice to cushion your fall.
Swamp Football — getting bogged down in defense.
Tar Barrels — running on fire.
Three-Sided Football — they all play two teams.
Toe Wrestling — battle of the big toes.
Tough Mudder — you need to be tough.
Tug of War — a classic fairground battle.
Tumbling — head over heals.
Two-Handed Tennis — a variation of the popular game
Ultimate Frisbee — fun in the park.
Underwater Hockey — melted ice?
Underwater Rugby — a new definition of playing in the wet.
Universal football — hybrid sport of AFL and rugby league.
Volata — hybrid sport of soccer and team handball.
Wife Carrying Festival — all for beer.
Woolsack Races — carrying sacks of wool up and down a hill
Worm Charming — what?
Yabbie Races — an Australian tradition.
Zorb Ball — rolling down the hill.

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