Football on the beach. Softball in the park. Great. Fine. Expected. But it’s 2013. And the future of spring sports is now. Also, it’s chessboxing, lawn bowling and Beverly Hills beach volleyball. Below, some of this season’s strangest sporting possibilities. Remember, winning isn’t the only thing...
If you’re looking for a sport that requires the mental stamina of chess and the physical stamina of boxing... you should probably be chessboxing. Three minutes at the board, then three minutes in the ring, back and forth until there’s a checkmate or, you know, a knockout.
So, curling. Something about pushing around big heavy stones on ice, with a broom. You could play it at the Olympics or in Canada. Or... at a Panorama City ice rink. When temperatures crack triple digits, there are worse places to be than an ice rink.
If you’ve ever been in a bowling alley and thought, hey, this should really be outdoors on grass—and that you should be wearing your own shoes—then lawn bowling is probably your game. Every June, the club throws a big white party. Because... lawn bowling, all class.
So you’re thinking of signing up for a bocce league. Just one thing. You’d like for it to be organized by people who know bocce, sure, but who are also into running leagues for croquet, triple jump and shot put... just in case you change your mind about bocce.
Beach volleyball in Santa Monica: pleasant, if expected. Beach volleyball in Beverly Hills: that’s a bit more pioneering. The ZogSports guys are set on importing sand to places where it doesn’t belong, so you can play beach volleyball wherever you damn well please. It’s a noble calling.
