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Bossaball. Kicks, spikes, flips, and...trampolines.

Bossaball

Nothing bad's gonna happen here! Belgian Filip Eyckmans developed the concept for Bossaball about a decade ago when he was living in Spain and, I guess, jonesing to play all his favorite sports at the same time, and while rocking out. The circus of a hybrid you see before you is Eyckmans' combination of volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, and capoeira, all set to a background of groovin' world beats. It's Bossaball. Bossaball recruits 2 teams of 4 to 5 (highly coordinated, flexible, and daring) players to defend their sides of a giant inflatable "court" with a standard volleyball net running down the middle. Bossaball allows for both volleyball-style ball handles--one touch per person with hands or forearms, and a maximum of 5 to 6 touches per team--and soccer-style handles--a single or double touch per person with all the rest of the parts of your body that aren't your hands.

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Extreme Sports We Want In X-Games - X-Games Sports

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Extreme Forms of Soccer - Forms of Soccer

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Weird Extreme Sports - Weird Sports

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Mais pourquoi l’auto-Polo n’est pas un sport olympique ?

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Elephant Polo

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Cheeserolling

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Hockey subaquatique

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Entre le ring et l’échiquier

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Chess Boxing Demands a Rare Breed of Human: The 'Nerdlete'

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