Extreme Ironing is such a well-established sport that it has its own Wikipedia entry, and quite an extensive one at that… but I’m guessing that the ironing is not really the objective of this sport, as we see men ironing shirts under waterfalls, etc. (I’m not being sexist, but in very few of these are there women)!

Extreme Ironing was invented in Leicester in 1997, then going global, with the first Extreme Ironing World Championships being held in Munich 2002. The sport combines “the thrill of extreme outdoor activity – rock climbing, mountaineering, canoeing, scuba diving or surfing – with the satisfaction of well-pressed clothing. Participants of the sport are known as ironists and pride themselves on returning to work on Monday morning in a shirt which was ironed at the weekend whilst dangling from a rock face or riding the rapids.” Phil Shaw, the sport’s founding father.

I’m not sure if the website is working, but if you can read German, try here – I can’t, but I think the photos give it away!