Competitions

In the 1860s and ’70s, people would gather, listen to live music, eat delicious food, and ... watch people walk in circles?

Every year, thousands of Indigenous athletes flock to a small mountain town for "el honor del competir."

From battling bathtubs to running with llamas, these sports are anything but average.

The beloved photomicrography competition celebrates its 50th year with bubbly cannabis plants, vivid cellular architecture, and...Grimace? Is that you?

It's the season of harvest-guarding stones and cities of squash.

The living germ artworks must be destroyed after creation.

Are you an explorer or a killer?

Tau’a Rapa Nui continues to fight for its place against shifting tides.

Plus: More than 100 offbeat destinations for sports fans who can't make it to the big game.

Team Kwe honors their Anishinaabe roots in the art and sport of snow sculpting.

The game's culture cares deeply about its codes of conduct, but online play rewrote the rules.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

For Indigenous participants of the bareback horse race, the sport connects them to centuries of history.

From carriage racing to winter surfing to mashed potato wrestling, these competitions captured our imaginations in 2023.

Just when you thought Wisconsin couldn’t get any more quaint.

What to know if you want to skip a rock over 200 feet. Or fly to space.

From traditional Japanese log riding to charitable llama races in Colorado, this photographer has seen it all.

Every year, lumberjacks and lumberjills from around the world flock to Hayward, Wisconsin, to compete in the Lumberjack World Championships.