Top 10 Most Weird Competitions in World

Top 10 Weird Contests

    In fact, we are so born and bred for competition that we have started experiencing the strangest things. Enjoy this list of the 10 weirdest contests.

  10. Carrying wife

  For whatever reason, the Finns decided to invent a sport that involved men racing on an obstacle course while carrying their better half. In Sonkajarvi, where the event was born, the lucky winner wins his wife's weight in beer. Races are also held in Monona, Wisconsin and Marquette. But it's not as easy as cradling your loved one on your shoulder and speeding up - several types of transportation are used: a shovel, a fireman's lift, or in the Estonian style, where the wife's legs are upside down on her husband's shoulders.

  9. Gurning World Championship

  Only in old Blighty would it be a competitive event to draw faces. In this ancient country English competition, competitors must wear a horse collar or 'braffin' and contort their facial features as unimaginably as possible - with their bottom lips over their noses, their chin pulled up to their ears and their eyes completely bulging.

  8. Pea shooting world championship

  We still have competitive pea shoots that take place in the village of Witcham in England. Small green rockets are fired at a soft stick target using shooters. The traditional event, which began in 1971 at the village fair, does not waste time stuck in the past. Currently, entrants use laser-guided shooters and home-made pea machine guns.

  7. World Beard and Mustache Championship

  This beard-freak competition spawns thousands of men with careful hair, all vying for the title of the most inventive and perfectly groomed facial hair. Participants include bearded depictions of the Golden Gate Bridge, Buckingham Palace, or just simple steering wheel creations.  

  6. Nettle Eating Championships

  Why should anyone eat nettles? Of course for the competition! Where else in the world to host a weirder competition than the UK - down south in Dorset. With contestants from New York, Australia, Northern Ireland and Belgium taking part, the competition involves eating as many nettles as possible in one hour, only to drown the pain in the mouth with beer. oh

  5. Air Guitar Championship

  Favored by all those with long hair and big boots, this dance move officially became a competitive event in Finland in 1996. Pretty serious competition from these guitar heroes, with rules like "No spare band allowed" and "Competitors may strum or strum an electric or acoustic - but all 'real' instruments are prohibited." This year's gold winner was Craig "Hot Lixx Hulahan" Billmeie from the United States.

  4. Rock Paper Scissors World Championship

  Now called Professional RPS by the pros, this school entertainment was even broadcast by Fox Sports Net and sponsored by Bud Light. This year's American championships lead to one lucky winner - Sean Sears - winning an incredible $50,000.

3. Curling

  How this lackluster "sport" became a medal-worthy activity, I'll never know. The object of the game is to slide heavily polished granite boulders down the ice, guiding them by sweeping the ice with brooms. Does it sound strange? It has been an Olympic Winter Games sport since 1998.

  2. Cheese roll

  Back to Britain, where this exciting and frankly dangerous competition sees hundreds of people hurl themselves down a hill behind a wheel of cheese - often with nasty injuries. The races are usually held in Gloucester, but recently the Dairy Farmers of Canada came to British Columbia, where they hosted the first Annual Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival in August. The fastest cheese to the bottom wins.

  1. Excessive ironing

  Extreme ironing—or EI as it's known in the industry—is thought of as more than just a geeky sport, it's a performance art. Competitors do their laundry on fast bikes, rappelling down mountains, whitewater rafting, or breakdancing. In March 2008, a new record was set when a group of 72 divers ironed under water at the same time. So how did it happen?