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The object of chess boxing is to either beat your opponent in alternate rounds of chess or boxing. Matches can be won from either discipline with the chess coming down to check mate or forfeit and the boxing in either a stoppage or points decision. Chess boxing began in Berlin in 2003 and has since spread around the world.
The official explanation of Extreme Ironing via the Extreme Ironing Bureau is that it's "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt."
The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake in England is flat out ridiculous. Even in the realm of strange sports, this is an absurd contest. People come from all over the world to compete, chasing a wheel of cheese and trying to catch it.