Pickleball, a racket-based game that’s like badminton and ping-pong played with a wiffle ball, is picking up steam, especially with older folks. Riding the artificial waves is a natural thrill! You may have seen flowboarding on a cruise ship, but it’s also alive and well at Fantasy Surf in Kissimmee. Read on and you’ll see competitive corn-eating is only the tip of the offbeat iceberg.
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Sure, Florida is overflowing with America’s most popular sports – professional teams and Division I collegiate athletics abound – but beneath that surface is a wonderfully wacky world of alternative activities. Professional eaters and amateur corncob-gobblers race to eat as much corn as they can while those with sensible stomachs simply watch the show.
Haven’t heard of them? Then you haven’t witnessed the splendor of the International Corn Eating Contest, held each year in April at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach. Today, the stars will be people such as Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Crazy Legs Conti. No, LeBron James isn’t expected to show up at the South Florida Fairgrounds nor is Maurice Jones-Drew or Evan Longoria. Dozens and dozens of crates of Palm Beach County-grown sweet corn are being unboxed and prepared for consumption by some of the best competitors in the world.
They're outlandish, offbeat and sometimes downright outrageous, but you won't want to miss the excitement and entertainment offered by Florida's alternative sports scene.
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