Kalleigh Wagner had just watched a horse throw an armored knight during a joust when Captain Hook walked up to her. Hook told the 10-year-old girl he was looking for Peter Pan. “We have some ...
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Not only does Maryland have the coolest state flag, it also has the coolest state sport, jousting. Jousting is a throwback to the days of Knights, Kings, Maidens, and such. It is a throw back to our ...
Peep jousting consists of having the sugary treats skewered with toothpicks, then "battle" as they swell while being ...
If chivalry, as the common saying goes, is dead, someone forgot to tell Shane Adams—the host of History's new original reality series, Full Metal Jousting, which aims to resurrect the medieval and ...
In jousting, two horses face each other on opposite sides of a field, with a fence running tightly between them. On command, the horses gallop toward each other at speeds of up to 30 mph, while their ...
AS jousting makes a comeback with displays around the country this summer, we look at a sport which involves 2,000lb horses, 130lb suits of armour, 12ft lances… and the odd dislocated shoulder. For ...
Antonio Hernandez picked up his first lance just last week, but no one at the annual jousting tournament in the genteel Virginia town of Hume could tell he was a rookie. In practice heats, he was ...
The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Fla. Some of the spectators were dressed in ...