Whatever happened to Barrel Jumping: what sports do you miss?

[Lose Remerswaal]

Inspited by Conig's thread, what sports did you use to watch that are no longer on TV?
I miss Demolition Derbies and Figure 8 racing (mostly from Islip, NY) and Australian Rules Football, that ESPN2 used to show

What do you miss?

 

[Ale Xander]

Superstars and Battle of the Network Stars

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFgRmI2iF3Q


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paIJX0zKb3s

 

[Preacher]

Ski ballet.

 

[FelixMantilla]

SlamBall.

 

[barbed wire Bob]

 

[Jordu]

One-on-one logrolling. On real log, not plastic.

 

[fiskful of dollars]

I miss the guy who would catch a bullet w/ his teeth on WWoS.

Barrel Jumping was insane...I wonder where they got the numbered barrels?

 

[Fred not Lynn]

My good friend 53 year-old Johnny Klein from Bay City, Michigan is (as far as I know) the reigning World Champion in Barrel Jumping. He won in 1989, and they haven't had a World Championship since...

A few years before the whole craft beverage thing took off, he brewed and semi-succesfully marketed JUMPIN' JOHNNY'S ROOT BEER in and around Bay City - Featuring real cane sugar before featuring real cane sugar was a thing. I think I may still have the world's last un-opened bottle somewhere...



I have long said that the people who run speed skating should take on barrel jumping. Speed skating without barrel jumping is like track without field...

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Survival of the Fittest was (I think) a WWoS staple that us PNWs could get behind!
Seconding the log rolling.

 

[Jim Ed Rice in HOF]

I have long said that the people who run speed skating should take on barrel jumping. Speed skating without barrel jumping is like track without field...

Short track speed skating with barrel hurdles. That would be awesome.

I'd love for them to bring back the "Games People Play" show with updated games. That's the show that gave us Mr. T and the world's toughest bouncer competition.

 

[Winger 03]

Log Rolling and Figure Jogging

 

[shaggydog2000]

Whatever happened to ESPN showing the Strongman competitions? Guys named Magnus. Squatting platforms with showgirls on them. Throwing kegs around. That one where they had to hold axes at shoulder height with their arms straight out. And the best part was when they would show the tiny 5 ft 90 lb women these 6'7 350+ lb behemoths were married to, screaming at them to win. They were like teacup Yorkies barking at a Rottweiler.

 

[Montana Fan]

I wish like hell I got a channel that showed hurling. It's been a good 20+ years or so since I was catching matches on some obscure cable channel and haven't really seen it since.

 

[Greg29fan]

Whatever happened to ESPN showing the Strongman competitions? Guys named Magnus. Squatting platforms with showgirls on them. Throwing kegs around. That one where they had to hold axes at shoulder height with their arms straight out. And the best part was when they would show the tiny 5 ft 90 lb women these 6'7 350+ lb behemoths were married to, screaming at them to win. They were like teacup Yorkies barking at a Rottweiler.

They are on CBS Sports Network now (221 on DirecTV).

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Inspited by Conig's thread, what sports did you use to watch that are no longer on TV?
I miss Demolition Derbies and Figure 8 racing (mostly from Islip, NY) and Australian Rules Football, that ESPN2 used to show

What do you miss?

I feel like I've posted this before, but footie is still on TV. Fox has the US rights, and typically airs one game live every weekend on FS2 and another 2-3 per weekend on Fox Soccer Plus. Then they re-air those games at various times during the week, usually at better air times than the live broadcasts times of 11:30pm, 2:30am, or 5:30am Eastern.

 

[bankshot1]

When I was a lad we had a show on TV, Saturday afternoon around 5pm, called ABC Wide World of Sports, that delivered niche sports, that outside of Olympic years, you never saw. And they showed quirky stuff like, wrist-wrestling from Petaluma, Ca, cliff diving from Acapulco, Candian football, demoltion derbies, drag-racing from Christopher St. It was must see TV that consistently delivered the thrill of victory and agony of defeat.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7frGJf77AA

 

[InstaFace]

Inspited by Conig's thread

My good friend 53 year-old Johnny Klein from Bay City, Michigan is (as far as I know) the reigning World Champion in Barrel Jumping. He won in 1989, and they haven't had a World Championship since...

A few years before the whole craft beverage thing took off, he brewed and semi-succesfully marketed JUMPIN' JOHNNY'S ROOT BEER in and around Bay City - Featuring real cane sugar before featuring real cane sugar was a thing. I think I may still have the world's last un-opened bottle somewhere...

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Uh oh, someone call @kevlog !

 

[The Long Tater]

One of the best events on Wild World of Sports was motorcycles on ice. Think dirt bikes with spikes or nails sticking out of the tires.

 

[Saints Rest]

Superstars and Battle of the Network Stars

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFgRmI2iF3Q


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paIJX0zKb3s

My first two thoughts as well.
I loved the idea of watching famous people competing (for pride) in sports they were not known for.

 

[Ale Xander]

Wrong thread