Unique Competitions, Extraordinary Events and other Amazing Adventures. We aim for weird and wonderful, and we share the stories of champions and organizers from some of the world's most obscure events. From Heavy Metal Knitting to Barstool ski racing, to the search for the World's Ugliest Dog - we hope our listeners will add these events to their bucket lists and start seeking the odd and unusual in life.
Episodes
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Happy anniversary to us! Thank you for 5 fun and funny years! In this episode, we recap some of our favorite competitions plus we visit with Chef Chris Hall of Roshamo Diner in Atlanta, Georgia. Yes, It's true! There's a new restaurant in our hometown named Roshambo, and Chef Hall shares his story and connection to our namesake: Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
How do you take your tea? Maybe with a smidgen of sugar or a splash of milk? Or perhaps you prefer your tea to be delivered to you on top of a racecar? Well, the creators of Splendid Teapot Racing have you covered. Head over to RoShamBoPodcast.com for pictures and more!
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Although we just found out California's Kinetic Grand Championship is officially canceled for 2021, you can still hear all about this amazing race, lovingly called THE TRIATHLON OF THE ART WORLD. This is a crazy 50-mile race of Kinetic Sculptures with all-terrain human-powered art vehicles, engineered to race over road, water, mud, and sand. It’s for real and it's nuts! You can learn more about the race, plans for a virtual 2021 event, and get excited about 2022 here.
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Sunday Jan 03, 2021
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Ho ho ho-boy is this the most magical time of the year? Yes. Yes, it is. And if one Santa is good, a bunch of Santas doing Santa things is gooder, right?
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Travel back to pre-Covid days with RoShamBo as we revisit the World's Ugliest Dog Competition. By far one of the most heartwarming episodes in the RoShamBo catalog, and a classic example of community and quirky coming together.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
RoShamBo welcomes back Kriston Rucker, the co-founder of the US Air Guitar Championship to give us the scoop on the 2020 online championship. Watch for free on July 25th on Twitch ( https://www.twitch.tv/usairguitar ) and head over to https://www.usairguitar.com/ to learn more!
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Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
As with so many extraordinary events in these strange pandemic days, the folks from the Kinetic Grand Championship knew that they couldn’t gather like normal this Memorial Day Weekend. So... they decided to come up with an online alternative. Introducing… The 2020 Kinetic Sculpture in Place!
RoShamBo was joined by Queen Professor President of the Kinetic Universe Board Kati Texas to find out all about this online Memorial Day Weekend event.
Check it out at http://kineticgrandchampionship.com/
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
“The CHIditarod is a race like none other. It’s a food drive, a race for charity, a beauty pageant, a bar crawl, spontaneous street theater, and not for the faint of heart. It’s fast, furious, cold, creative, exciting, and very, very fun.”
This episode originally aired back in 2018, but contains an update from the 2020 race that happened last weekend. 2020 marked the 15th anniversary of the Chiditarod and you can still check out pictures and links on the Chiditarod's original show page on RoShamBoPodcast.com
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Oh how RoShamBo loves Finland... Home of the World Wife Carrying Championship, Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships and The World Air Guitar Championships... and now - adding to their RoShamBo ranks, we are thrilled to tell you the story of The Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship. This past July, the town of Joensuu hosted the first ever inaugural event and RoShamBo caught up with USA's (Lansing, Michigan) team - 9" Needles.
Mentioned in this episode:
Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
A quirky little Colorado mountain town. A dead Norwegian grandfather on ice. A coffin race. All of this and more at Frozen Dead Guy Days. This year's festival is happening March 13-15 2020 - start planning your adventure today!
Mentioned in this episode:
RoShamBo's Frozen Dead Guy Days episode page
RoShamBo Episode that gives more info on the town where Ted moved
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
In RoShamBo’s world, Ian Stewart lands somewhere between Unique and Amazing. He’s a 6 time Guinness World Record holder who also happens to be a hypnotist, a comedian and a magician. You know, just your average Canadian daredevil.
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Plantation on Crystal River Manatee Tour
The World Sign Spinning Championship (episode page)
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
In the movie "To Have and Have Not", Lauren Bacall infamously said, “You know how to whistle, don’t you Steve? You just put your lips together, and blow”. And you know what, according to World Champion Whistler Carole Anne Kaufman, she’s not wrong.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Your 3rd grade teacher’s worst nightmare…. It’s the Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals!
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Straight from the mighty Yukon territory of Canada - this is what happens when cold hair meets hot pools.
Links mentioned in episode:
https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-best-river-surfing-waves-in-the-world
https://www.roshambopodcast.com/episodes/2018/5/21/s1e4-gurning
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Get your Imperials, your Handlebars and your Alaskan Whalers ready - it's the National Beard and Mustache Championships!
Learn more: https://www.nationalbeardchampionships.com/
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
During our coverage of Dragon Con 2019 we discovered a subculture - within the subculture of Dragon Con. People that spend their time at the Con helping others in need. They are Cosplay Medics and they're the hero's HEROES.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Sure they're great for hauling things - but did you know that you can race 'em and use 'em for crazy tricks? Well you can. And it is awesome.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Want a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts? No problem. But there is one catch…
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Extreme Bird Watching is for real, and The World Series of Birding is the largest and most prestigious birding competition around.
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Cheese Rolling! The crazy thing with the cheese wheel flying down the hill with a bunch of crazy people chasing it. That one.
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Every July 4th America celebrates it’s independence. Sometimes it gets weird.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
We all know someone with that spectacular laugh. The one that makes you crack up just hearing it, or the one that helps you find your friend in a crowd. Welcome to the World’s Best Laugh Competition- put on by yours truly, RoShamBo!
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Ted went back to Scotland for the 2019 World Stone Skimming Championships. Along the way there, there was adventure to be had.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
This episode has it all: bar stools, ski slopes and bad ideas.
Learn more at http://www.cabinfeverdays.com
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Golden Eagles, Stick Wrestling ,Gilgamesh, goats, and possibly minotaurs. This is the World Nomad Games!
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Using the wrong tool for the right job can be a lot of fun. Exhibit A: This (mostly) off-road race for non-off-road cars. Perfection.
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Sport Stacking-AKA Cup Stacking-combines speed, dexterity and well, a lot more speed!
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
Remember the game tiddlywinks you played as a kid? There’s way more to it than you ever imagined. It’s not just child play!
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Want to get naked and run around with other naked people and do other sporty things naked? We thought so.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
The Official name is “Suwa Taisha Shikinen Zouei Onbashira Taisai“ or Onbashira but we called it Log Riding because that is the part you want to know about!
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Do you like all things Tiki? Do you like bartenders? THIS IS THE THING FOR YOU! The Iron Tikitender is the quest to find the world’s best tiki bartender.
Tuesday Apr 02, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
It’s more than Puppets. It’s Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge LIVE at Dragon Con!
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Wormcharming, a small food competition and 2-legged horses! Confused? You won’t be.
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
“The CHIditarod is a race like none other. It’s a food drive, a race for charity, a beauty pageant, a bar crawl, spontaneous street theater, and not for the faint of heart. It’s fast, furious, cold, creative, exciting, and very, very fun.”
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Dogs are magical, special creatures. It’s hard to believe that there are any truly ugly dogs, but these guys and gals push the bound of conventional beauty!
Friday Dec 28, 2018
Friday Dec 28, 2018
On December 23rd 2009 George Trosset called up his son and said “ I need you and your wife to be at the beach house tomorrow morning, in Elf outfits… I’m gonna be Santa and your gonna be Elves, and we’re going SURFING.”
Tuesday Dec 25, 2018
Tuesday Dec 25, 2018
Making gingerbread houses for the holidays is a tradition. At the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club in Atlanta, they took that tradition and added some southern charm and is now the Gingerbread Trailer Park Contest.
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
Ho ho ho-boy is this the most magical time of the year? Yes. Yes it is. And if one Santa is good, a bunch of Santas doing Santa things is gooder, right?
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
What is mountainboarding, exactly? Well it’s a gravity based sport that allows you to ride a board with air tires, over almost any terrain. Grass, dirt, gravel, cobblestones, skateparks - all good. Snow, not so good.
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
It's the year 2018 and robots are still controlled by humans. The humans make them fight. They consider the carnage and destruction of the robots entertainment. The humans call it Robot Battles and it happens every year at DragonCon.
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Puns. Some love them. Some hate them. We definitely love them as you would know if you listened to any of our shows. And we are not alone! Each year punsters gather in Austin, Texas for the wordy cause known as the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship.