Trending: German unicycle hockey is a thing

Wheel! Wheel! Wheel!

The chirped encouragement so often heard in hockey rinks as a puck carrier rounds his own net takes on new meaning in this crazy – and crazy-difficult – new sport that just screams European.

German unicycle hockey.

It’s as if someone withdrew three random nouns from a hat and decided to make it a sport.

Sadly, the championships (promoted in 1080p YouTube wonder below) will not be played on ice but rather, it appears, in a high school gymnasium long after the final bell has sounded.

The lack of shoulder pads suggests that body-checking is frowned upon.

Nice unis, boys.

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