“Jumping [possible flip]: sit down next to your wheelbarrow, relax…. While holding the handles tight, push the wheelbarrow away from you without releasing it, then pull it back really quickly and push it down just a notch – the front end of the wheelbarrow will jump up. In order to keep the wheelbarrow in the air, balance it on the handles…”

    Above is a shortened description of one of the elements of a new extreme sport – wheelbarrowfreestyle.

    Wheelbarrowfreestyle was invented by two rather adult people – guys 26 years of age – Jude and Dan Sharpe [they are cousins]. Both of them work in the construction; three years ago, while messing around with inventory at the work place, they realized that a wheelbarrow can be used for other fun things than just mixing concrete. They started doing breath-taking stunts using a wheelbarrow as a main accessory – wheelbarrowfreestyle was born. Descriptions of some of the tricks are available on their website.

    There are no talks about including wheelbarrowfreestyle in summer Olympic Games yet, but Jude and Dan are positive that wheelbarrowfreestyle has a bright future: cousins have already performed on several festivals and had great success. Many of you, probably, don’t share their enthusiasm, thinking: “How can such eccentric absurdity have a future?” Those of you thinking that, I recommend reading my article abut people who limb mountains with an ironing board – they are already holding championships.