Would-be Olympic Events

Alright, fellow olympianists (I'm trying to think of a term that means "Lover of olympics."  I haven't nailed it yet. Help me out.)   Let's think about all the events we've seen so far.

You have your typicals: diving, swimming, other water events, gymnastics, track and field.

You have your weightlifting and your combat events--fencing, judo, Taekwando, etc.

Classy-- equestrian, rowing, etc.

Speedwalking should probably be its own category.

Randoms, or game sports--  Skeet shooting, table tennis, badminton, trampoline.

Then you have your what-the-heys, like triple jump, that weird bike event where they start off super slow and race in a bowl, and the weirdest of all--steeplechase. What on earth?? I don't even know exactly what it entails other than one giant hurdle and jumping into a big puddle of water.  I watched it for the first time ever a few days ago and was stunned.

But I've been thinking of other possible events, would-be events, and actually, should-be olympic events.  Here's what we've come up with so far:

Tug-of-war.  I actually looked up a list of events on Wikipedia and this was an event, from 1900-1924. Awesome! *chanting* Bring it back! Bring it back!  

Roller Derby.  Are you kidding me? this is so obvious to me.  

 And on that note, (if you clicked on the link)  hoola-hooping. 

log-rolling, inspired by this gal. 

Darts.  

Double Dutch. In addition to longevity, we decided an added difficulty rating could be based on the complexity of the song/chant you choose to perform while jumping. Is it a tongue-twister? Do you have to say names in the right order? These things count.  

Arm-wrestling.  

Pogo-stick. 

Team pogo-stick, obviously.

Unicycling

Going along with that, juggling.  

Obstacle course. Can include running through tires, carrying an egg in a spoon, putting on several items of clothing and taking them off, eating a cracker and then whistling, and possibly finding a flag in a pit of slime.   

Ok, I've done some research and apparently steeplechase is some kind of obstacle course, but wouldn't mine be more fun and varied?

While trampoline was on--which, by the way, is totally what my event would be. It was so clear to me when I saw it-- Julian was busy inventing his own event.

Introducing blanket-jumping: 



I knew i'd get to the olympics somehow!

Lastly, here are some olympic suggestions my sister has.  I totally love it and am in support of this, especially having a Joe Shmo contender in every event.

Alright, what else should be events?  I know you've thought about this.