Serious answers here please.
I'll start it off with Biathlon or Cycling, both are deemed boring and kind of stupid by those uncultured people in the UK. :cool:
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18-09-2007 03:49 PM #1Testimonial Due
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What is the most obscure sport you have a serious interest in?
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18-09-2007 03:52 PM #2@hibs.net private member
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Orienteering. More popular than football in Scandanavia.
Fittest sportspeople in the world.
Not a sport which makes good tv though.
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18-09-2007 03:54 PM #3Testimonial Due
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I beg to differ look up biathlon
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18-09-2007 04:06 PM #4@hibs.net private member
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When a baithlete is capable of running up to 20 Km across rough terrain in under 4 minutes a Km, come back to me.... Originally Posted by robinp
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Not exactly "out there" but i have a serious addiction to Baseball! I find myself sitting up watching games on my laptop at 2 in the morning, just to keep tabs with the team i support.
I love most games at the Winter Olympics too, particularly Snowboarding and the biathlon also (where athletes ski and shoot, instead of run).Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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Ice Hockey. Fantastic game vastly under supported in the UK and particularly Edinburgh.
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22-09-2007 09:40 PM #7Coaching Staff
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Originally Posted by Scott M
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Yeah me too- I've hardly had a decent sleep in weeks. I suppose baseball is considered 'obscure' in the UK but I love it.
The Boston Red Sox are the 'bandwagon' team as far as UK fans go but I'm a New York Yankee and have been since going to a game at Yankee Stadium in 2003.
I also love ice-hockey. Being from Kirkcaldy I follow the Fife Flyers, Britain's oldest team and currently (sadly) being blocked from the top flight through petty politics. I also look out for the results of the Edinburgh Caps- or as I call them 'the wee team' :greegrin
The truly obscure sport I actually play is Floorball, which is huge in Scandinavia but barely known in this country. A cross between ice-hockey and unihoc.
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19-09-2007 10:54 AM #8Coaching Staff
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I used to work in sport and recall reading a few studies on which sports required the most fitness. I have to say it was invariably swimming and rowing that came out tops. I don't recall orienteering or biathlon featuring that highly. Of course, swimming and rowing require massive total body muscle expenditure over sustained periods of time. Originally Posted by bawheid
This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteWhen a baithlete is capable of running up to 20 Km across rough terrain in under 4 minutes a Km, come back to me....
Don't get me started on obscure sports!
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You're probably right. Originally Posted by Tomsk
This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteI used to work in sport and recall reading a few studies on which sports required the most fitness. I have to say it was invariably swimming and rowing that came out tops. I don't recall orienteering or biathlon featuring that highly. Of course, swimming and rowing require massive total body muscle expenditure over sustained periods of time.
Don't get me started on obscure sports!
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Bull Fighting is pretty fun to watch when theres nothing else on!
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