Obscure Sports

Halfway through the 2015 Super Bowl, Seattle Seahawks strong safety DeShawn Shead #35 lines up for a kickoff

There’s a Competition to Be the Last to Hear About the Super Bowl Winner

It’s hard to last past Monday morning

Pat Millin eyes an unridden Arctic wave moments before he paddles out

Meet the Insane Surfers Who Travel to the Arctic Ocean to Catch a Wave

Photographer Chris Burkard takes pleasure in working through the misery of the ice-cold waters of Norway

A female German fighter rests after competing in the first World International Medieval Combat Championship.

The World Championships in Medieval Combat

Steps from a 15th century Spanish castle, combatants took to arms

Horses Can Do Yoga

"The method is to tame the horse according to its nature , avoiding cause fear and pain, and by earning their trust and loyalty"

Combat Juggling Is Your New Favorite Sport, Now That You Know It Exists

The premise of combat juggling is pretty simple: juggle three items, and try to get your opponent to drop his three

Charles Rowell: The celebrated pedestrian, c. 1879.

America’s Favorite Sport Used to Be… Competitive Walking

Pedestrianism was popular in the late 19th century

The Games may not exist at all were it not for the perseverance of the Brits.

The Little-Known History of How the Modern Olympics Got Their Start

Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford connects the modern Games to their unlikely origin—in rural England

'Blondin's rope ascension over Niagara River' by George Barker

The Daredevil of Niagara Falls

Charles Blondin understood the appeal of the morbid to the masses, and reveled when gamblers took bets on whether he would plunge to a watery death

Foucan and Belle called their efforts "parkour," from the French "parcours," meaning "route."

Extreme Running

Made popular by a recent James Bond film, a new urban art form called free running hits the streets

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Flights of Fancy

Orlando Martinez, who lives and breathes the age-old sport of pigeon racing, goes for the Main Event

"Lay It Up!"

Curling is chess on ice, with broomsticks

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