Some of my friends are even crazier than I am.

But also good at it. Here's what one of my sword-brothers from the Aisle O'Var back-swording club was up to last weekend: winning the British Shin Kicking Championship 2008.

Latest useful link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2008/06/04/people_beds_steve_williams_feature.shtml

and here's some earlier ones
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weirdworld/2008/06/03/video-british-shin-kicking-championship-2008-89520-20593931/
Looks like the video no longer works :( Maybe these other links will still have something?

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231776&contentPK=20765246

http://my.break.com/Content/view.aspx?ContentID=512226

http://soglos.com/sport-outdoor/28241/British-Shin-Kicking-Championship-2008-review