1. 5 Manliest Hobbies You’ve Never Heard of.

Speciellt nr 4.

2. The 10 Most Insane ”Sports” in the World

Speciellt Hurling:

An Irish sport which appears to be a hybrid of field hockey, soccer, football and unremitting, pants-wetting terror.

The game is played with axe-like sticks called hurleys or ”camáns” and a small, hard ball. Two teams, each with 15 Irishmen of questionable mental stability attempt to score goals by smacking the ball as hard as possible, at head height and at terrifying speeds.

Hurling’ origins are based on some kind of energetic outdoor activity participated in by ancient Gaels that most people refer to as ‘warfare.’ When the Irish began to migrate overseas, they attempted to set up hurling leagues in their adopted countries, but everyone else was too frightened and/or mentally stable to play.

Although a well-hit ball can travel at speeds of almost 100 miles per hour, hurling players wear no protective gear. Players can choose to wear a helmet, but many choose not to, figuring if God had wanted men to wear helmets, he wouldn’t have given them those ball-deflecting skulls.