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