The Ocho Cafe

I didn't know this, but the fake ESPN channel created for Dodgeball, ESPN8 "The Ocho" -- "If it's almost a sport, it must be The Ocho!" -- was actually turned into a real annual event by ESPN.

Here's some of The Best of The Ocho from eight years ago.

Here's some more competitions that are Almost A Sport, many of which are actually more awesome than conventional sports.

The actual dodgeball championships, US v. Canada, from 2014.

High-speed downhill soapbox derby racing.

Soapbox derby, Wacky Races Division.

High speed downhill-racing skateboarding.

Skateboarding down a Norwegian mountain road. When he balances by touching his gauntleted hand to the pavement, sparks fly. I like that.

Jetsuit racing (finals). If you want to see the earlier heats, start at about 8:00.

Women's division rock-climbing championships.

Rock-climbing on a dam.

Japanese (who else?) Mech MMA.

This whole video showing bikers testing the newest version of the Redbull Hardline extreme bike course is worth watching, but if you want to cut to the really good part, go here, to see the ramp jump across a chasm that I was sure was just a promotional thing that no one intended to actually jump. Wrong, they do jump it. It's insane. Several make it and one wipes. After testing it, and being told repeatedly "that jump will kill somebody," they decided the jump was just too insane and so they removed it from the bike course.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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