Awesome Obscure Sports

[Captroop]

In light the roundly disappointing boxing match from the past weekend, I would like to use this thread to show some love to sports that, while obscure, are much more deserving of our time and attention (and up to $99) than watching two over-the-hill gay-bashing politicians and wife-beating illiterates get paid tens of millions of dollars to paw at each other and hug.

 

So rather than continue to support the old guard, I think we should take the time to raise awareness to lesser known, but much more entertaining sports. After all, the only thing that separates these activities from a marquis boxing match is a bunch of hype.

 

I humbly nominate...whatever the hell this is:

[The_Light_Brigade]

Jai alai

[KSpan]

Pickleball.

[dos poptarts]

I humbly nominate...whatever the hell this is:

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Whatcha got?

[Anybodyhome]

Did nobody here watch "Full Metal Jousting" for the very short period it was on TV (February - April 2012)? It was pretty crazy. They came up with teams of inexperienced contestants and each team had a coach who taught them and each show culminated in the tournament of one guy from each team squaring off.

 

 

[Doyle]

Did nobody here watch "Full Metal Jousting" for the very short period it was on TV (February - April 2012)? It was pretty crazy. They came up with teams of inexperienced contestants and each team had a coach who taught them and each show culminated in the tournament of one guy from each team squaring off.

 

 

That was a great show.  I was so disappointed they didn't have a 2nd season.

[Mother Grabber]

FMJ was a bad ass show.  Those guys fugged each other up.

[cookinwithgas]

Hurling is a blast to watch, 5 minutes and I was hooked. It's a mix of football, soccer and cricket I guess, like a soccer game with hands, bats and field goals.

[chknwing]

[teeray]

There used to be this trampoline basketball league that used to be on TV and I couldn't stop watching when it came on

[h0llywood]

Man that don't look safe. All it takes is one severed head

[PandaPancake]

Riverboarding or airboarding gets the heart going

[cookinwithgas]

 

This is the first hurling game I watched, all these guys are amateurs....

[cookinbrak]

Australian Rules Football.