The Forgotten Sport of Octopus Wrestling
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2017
One April morning in 1963, some five thousand spectators gathered on the shores of Puget Sound near the Tacoma Narrows, in Washington, to wa...
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The World’s Longest Surfing Wave at Chicama, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2016
The small coastal town of Puerto Chicama, in northwestern Peru, is home to the longest, the most perfect, left-breaking wave in the world. H...
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2016
Every year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, chaotic scenes erupt in the streets and streams of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England, as a mo...
Hell’s Revenge and The Lion's Back
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2015
Located in the heart of the Colorado Plateau, in Utah, in the western United States, between scenic red rock cliffs of Arches National Park ...
Hydrospeeding on The Aletsch Glacier
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2014
Hydrospeeding or riverboarding is a form of extreme sports where participants lie prone on rigid foam boards and ride the rapids. Riverboard...
Floating Golf Course at Coeur d'Alene Resort
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2013
The Coeur d'Alene Resort is a luxury resort hotel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S. Located on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, th...
The Maasai Cricket Warriors
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2013
Dressed in flowing red skirts and draped in colorful bead necklaces but otherwise bare bodied, the warriors from the legendary Kenyan tribe ...
The Bizarre Sport of Goose Pulling
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 16, 2013
Goose pulling is an old sport originally played in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, England and North America from the 17th to the 19th ce...
Brambles Bank Cricket Match: Cricket on The Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2012
The Brambles sandbank in central Solent, midway between Southampton and the Isle of Wight, is a low-tide sandbank that appears only once eac...
Excalibur: The World's Tallest Climbing Wall
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2012
Towering over 121 feet (37 meters) in the air, the Excalibur at the Klimcentrum Bjoeks (Bjoeks Climb Center) in the town of Groningen, The N...
Maramadi: Bull Surfing in Kerala, India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2012
At the annual Maramadi festival during the post harvest season in the villages of Kerala in southern India, a peculiar bull race takes place...
Closing Ceremony of 14th FINA World Championships
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2011
The 14th FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships came to a close in Shanghai, China, on July 31, 2011. FINA World Aquatics ...
Chinese Sports School: Training or Torture?
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 21, 2011
“Sport is a serious business at the Shichahai School, which is one of more than 300 elite, and controversial, government-funded academies de...
Chopper Dash–Twenty First Century’s Bike Race in 1970’s Attire
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2011
More than 1,500 people lined the streets yesterday at Colne in Lancashire to inaugurate the eight annual Colne Grand Prix. As an inaugural e...
Homemade Flying Machines Airshow at Red Bull Flugtag, Tel Aviv, 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2011
Red Bull Flugtag (German for ‘airshow’) is a fun event organized by Red Bull in which competitors attempt to fly homemade human-powered flyi...
Largest Game of Dodge-ball Held in Edmonton, Canada
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 5, 2011
A team of exactly 2,012 members consisting of staff and students of University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, took to an indoor field at the ...
Spectacular Opening Ceremony of Asian Games 2010 in China
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2010
The largest-ever Asian Games got under way on Friday night with a spectacular opening ceremony. Directed by Chen Weiya, who was the assistan...
Barbie Foot: Soccer Table for Females
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2010
French designer Chloe Ruchon , with her creation Barbie Foot, gave the manly game of football a decidedly feminine touch. She replaced the f...
Tennis Players Before The Serve
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2010
Photographer Benjamin Norman photographed various tennis players' serves during the anticipatory moments between the toss of the ball a...
Burton-on-the-Water River Football Match
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2010
Every year, during this time, the usually peacefully trickling River Windrush is invaded by two boisterous teams of local players, battling ...
