From CNN Travel:
World's most extreme sport? The modern renaissance of jousting:
Six places to watch competitive jousting around the world in 2013
By Dashka Slater for CNN Travel 10 January, 2013
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World's most extreme sport? The modern renaissance of jousting:
Six places to watch competitive jousting around the world in 2013
By Dashka Slater for CNN Travel 10 January, 2013
Jousting -- the top-drawing sport across Europe for more than four centuries -- is undergoing a renaissance. And not just at renaissance fairs and goofy theme restaurants either.
The pastime has been the focus of two recent television shows: "Full Metal Jousting" on the History Channel and "Knights of Mayhem" on National Geographic.
As a new breed of modern athletes and equestrians exchange hard hits on horseback, opportunities are multiplying for modern spectators to see this most extreme of extreme sports....
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To see TJL's list of competitive jousting tournaments around the world in 2013, click here.
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