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  • Birmingham, Maria.
     
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  • Sports -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Sports -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
     
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    WeirdZone : sports : the strangest, funniest, and most daringest events from the world of athletics and beyond! / written by Maria Birmingham.
    by Birmingham, Maria.
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    Owlkids Books : Distributed in Canada by University of Toronto Press, c2013.
    Call #:796 B619w
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  • Sports -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Sports -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Hackmatack Award.
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  • Weird zone (Toronto, Ont.)
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    9781926973609 (hc.)
    9781926973616 (pbk.)
    Alternate title: 
    Weird zone : sports
    Sports
    Description: 
    128 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 18 cm.
    Notes: 
    Includes index.
    Contents: 
    Going solo. Zorbing -- Finger jousting/tow wrestling -- Pillow fighting -- Volcano surfing -- Extreme pogo -- Joggling -- Skyaking/ sky surfing -- Wingsuit flying -- Chessboxing -- Tough guy competition -- Extreme ironing -- Kite fighting -- You'll never see this at the Olympics -- Go team! Unicycle hockey -- Swamp soccer -- Royal Shrovetide football -- Bossaball -- Slamball -- Quidditch -- Human tower building -- Irish road bowling -- The wackiest sports stuff around -- Off to the races. Shovel racing -- Wok racking -- Cheese racing -- 24-hour races -- Street luging -- Rubber duck race -- Henley-on-Todd regatta -- General wacky races -- Toilet bowl races -- Lawn mower racing -- Extreme sports venues -- Wet, wild, & weird water sports. Bog snorkeling -- Underwater golf -- Underwater bike race -- Around the world yacht race -- Riverboarding -- Pumpkin racing -- Stone skipping -- Splashdiving -- Underwater wrestling -- Underwater hockey -- Strange moments in sports -- Catch a chill. North Pole marathon -- Downhill ice cross -- Winter cycling -- Ice golf -- Indoor skiing -- Hangboarding -- Yukigassen -- Snow kayaking -- Ice yachting -- Speed flying -- Weird world records.
    Summary: 
    Looks at some of the stranger sports played around the world, including skyaking, slamball, shovel racing, street luging, and underwater wrestling.
    Awards: 
    Winner of the Hackmatack Award for English Non-Fiction, 2015.
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