Ready… Steady… Roll! Clad in helmet and elbow guards, competitors zip around a 180-metre concrete track in an exhausting test of endurance and nerves… on humble office chairs! Yes, this is the Isu-1 Grand Prix, the craze sweeping Japan, in which teams of three riders clock up as many laps as possible in two hours. Broken wheels are the norm – hence the protective gear – but it’s all in the name of winning, with a very-Japanese 90kg of rice on offer to the winners.
More information:
www.wthr.com/office-chair-race