My new Favorite sport...

[surfpenguin]

While wandering around Youtube as one does on occasion I stumbled upon this:
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This is from 'Battle of the Nations' a full-and-proper full contact Medieval tournament held every year in eastern Europe. These are guys in full (period-accurate) armor, with real (blunted) weapons getting down to it.

What floors me about this is the strength and endurance that these competitors have: These guys are each wearing 60-70 pounds of armor each, wielding full-size and full weight weapons, and running, leaping, and doing all kinds of crazy moves that your average NFL player couldn't even THINK of doing...

[DarthAvarous]

Nice. I used to tell my sister the only time I'd ride a horse was if I could joust.

[surfpenguin]

Jousting is not a BOTN event...yet. They had an exhibition this year, and there's rumors that it will be a full-fledged event in the next year or two.

There's also rumors that The USA team is forming a sort of 'Armored Combat League' to promote the sport in the US, which I'm sorta looking forward to.

[Commander Hurricane]

I forgot what channel, but I saw a lot of advertisement for a show called, "Heavy Metal Jousting". And I heard people in my school talking about it, so it is definitely gaining popularity here in the states! I've always wanted to learn how to ride a horse, and now I get to hit people too, sign me up!

[surfpenguin]

The show you're thinking of is 'Full Metal Jousting' and it ran on the History Network. They 'brought jousting into the modern world' with modified armor. While I admire the fact that they modified the armor for added safety, the 'modern' look took a little of a visual appeal out of it...