Weird zone : sports : the strangest, funniest, and most daringest events from the world of athletics and beyond! / written by Maria Birmingham.
Material type: TextSeries: Weird zonePublication details: Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2013.Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cmISBN:- 1926973607 (bound)
- 1926973615 (pbk.)
- 9781926973609 (bound)
- 9781926973616 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 796.1 B619 | Available | 33111007461516 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Think soccer, baseball, basketball, and hockey are the only options in the world of sports? Think again! Weird Zone: Sports uncovers the "other" sports, from the local and hidden to the strange, bizarre, and downright crazy. Playing football with over 200 people per team? (Just imagine the pile-up!) Chasing a giant wheel of cheese down an English hillside? Wrestling with your toes? This book contains all the funny facts about these sports -- and many, many more! With science and history sidebars, pop quizzes, and tons of amazing photographs and hilarious illustrations, Weird Zone: Sports is the ultimate addition to every sports addict's library.
Includes index.
Going solo. Zorbing -- Finger jousting/tow wrestling -- Pillow fighting -- Volcano surfing -- Extreme pogo -- Joggling -- Skyaking/ sky surfing -- Wingsuit flying -- Chessboxing -- Tough guy competition -- Extreme ironing -- Kite fighting -- You'll never see this at the Olympics -- Go team! Unicycle hockey -- Swamp soccer -- Royal Shrovetide football -- Bossaball -- Slamball -- Quidditch -- Human tower building -- Irish road bowling -- The wackiest sports stuff around -- Off to the races. Shovel racing -- Wok racking -- Cheese racing -- 24-hour races -- Street luging -- Rubber duck race -- Henley-on-Todd regatta -- General wacky races -- Toilet bowl races -- Lawn mower racing -- Extreme sports venues -- Wet, wild, & weird water sports. Bog snorkeling -- Underwater golf -- Underwater bike race -- Around the world yacht race -- Riverboarding -- Pumpkin racing -- Stone skipping -- Splashdiving -- Underwater wrestling -- Underwater hockey -- Strange moments in sports -- Catch a chill. North Pole marathon -- Downhill ice cross -- Winter cycling -- Ice golf -- Indoor skiing -- Hangboarding -- Yukigassen -- Snow kayaking -- Ice yachting -- Speed flying -- Weird world records.
Looks at some of the stranger sports played around the world, including skyaking, slamball, shovel racing, street luging, and underwater wrestling.