Every February since 1933, in the Indian village of Kila Raipur, thousands of people have gathered to watch Kila Raipur Sports – AKA, “The Rural Olympics” – in which farmers and villagers compete in many different feats of strength, skill, and endurance.

These are photos from ‘Weird Sports’, a book by Oregon photographer Sol Neelman who documents sports culture around the world and gives us a chance to see some of the most unusual and odd sports activities. Sol Neelman is a Portland, Oregon-based photographer specializing in advertising, commercial and editorial photography.Sol Neelman is a failed athlete [...]

Sol Neelman woke up beneath a blanket of stars outside Virginia City, Nevada, scratching the mosquito bite in the middle of his forehead. He was snuggled up in his sleeping bag on private property. But he didn’t care, because his assignment that day was to shoot camel racing. This has been a fairly typical day [...]

One U.S. college held The Quidditch Championship recently. I believe that I do not need to explain what quidditch is, I think whole planet watched Harry Potter. Students did almost everything that can be see in the Potter films: uniforms, brooms, golden ball … Except one major thing – no one flew. :(

Extreme sports beware! There is a new guy in town and he means business! (Plus he is avaliable to everybody with guts and empty wallets.) :D

The Purple Helmets live on the Isle of Man in ‘Castle Wintop’ near to Injebreck, in West Baldwin.They sleep together in a large round bed and mostly eat twigs and leaves that they collect from local plantations. During still autumn nights they can often be heard singing each other to sleep and the orange glow [...]

As I’ve confessed many a time on this here Interblog, I’m not much of a sports guy. I don’t mind sports, mind you, I just don’t really follow them. My idea of sports is involves teams, some kind of ball and steroids. My idea of extreme sports involves these same elements covered in fire. Never [...]

People who are bored may find themselves picking up new hobbies. People who are bored but feel the need to punch Death himself in the kidneys may find themselves falling from an airplane while sitting in a kayak. That’s sound , I suppose. Whenever I feel the need to write a post about some strange [...]