I’d always wanted to represent my country at something, so when I learned about Mölkky, I got a team togetherIt was December 2023 and I was searching in the attic for Christmas decorations when my phone pinged. I pulled it out of my pocket and found a WhatsApp message from my son who was backpacking in Australia. The message read, simply: “You might want to take a look at this” – it was accompanied by a short video clip.The footage was grainy – it was night-time somewhere in Queensland and the streetlights weren’t the brightest – but I could make out Louis and his travel companion Asher throwing what looked like a rolling pin at a collection of numbered wooden skittles. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/17/a-moment-that-changed-me-whatsapp-message-little-known-sport-made-me-unlikely-celebrity-japan
