Air guitar god? Bog snorkeling champ? Celebrating the world's wackiest hobbies

By Daisy Carrington, for CNN

Updated 1223 GMT (2023 HKT) August 28, 2013

At the World Bogsnorkelling Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, participants brave leeches and scorpions while swimming through a muddy peat bog.
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Hobbies worth celebrating – At the World Bogsnorkelling Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, participants brave leeches and scorpions while swimming through a muddy peat bog.
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Professional air guitarists strut their imaginary stuff every year in Oulu, Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships.
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Air guitar – Professional air guitarists strut their imaginary stuff every year in Oulu, Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships.
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Artists create masterpieces from sand at the annual Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival in Weston-super-Mare, England.
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Sand sculpture – Artists create masterpieces from sand at the annual Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival in Weston-super-Mare, England.
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Swim with the fishes or sing with the fishes? Participants in the Underwater Music Festival in Crystal Beach, Florida play music while snorkeling.
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Underwater music – Swim with the fishes or sing with the fishes? Participants in the Underwater Music Festival in Crystal Beach, Florida play music while snorkeling.
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As the name suggests, ArtCar Fest is a celebration of artfully kitted-out cars. Conceived by Harrod Blank and Philo Northrup in the mid-'90s, the festival is mobile, but often hits up cities in California and beyond.
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Artcars – As the name suggests, ArtCar Fest is a celebration of artfully kitted-out cars. Conceived by Harrod Blank and Philo Northrup in the mid-'90s, the festival is mobile, but often hits up cities in California and beyond.
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Got dextrous digits? Join the competitors at the annual Bavarian finger wrestling championships (also known as Fingerhakeln) in Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany. The sport dates back to the 17th century.
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Finger wrestling – Got dextrous digits? Join the competitors at the annual Bavarian finger wrestling championships (also known as Fingerhakeln) in Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany. The sport dates back to the 17th century.
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