Rural Sports which are traditionally practiced in the Basque Country require great physical strength and great endurance. All of these sports have their origin in work activities in rural areas that have been transformed into sports activities based on competition between different people to see who has the greatest skill in a given activity. For example, from the activity of cutting logs to supply firewood, the sport of log cutters arises; from the activity of moving large rocks for construction arises the lifting of stones, etc. Currently, there are 18 sports officially recognized as Basque rural sports.

The sport of log cutting that is practiced in many different places around the world. Athletes are called aizkolariak. This sport has its origin not in felling trees but in cutting firewood. It consists of cutting a certain number of logs of a certain diameter using an axe. The trunks are usually placed on the previously prepared ground in a horizontal position, so that the Aizkolari attacks them while standing on top of them. Several Aizkolaris usually compete at the same time. Beech wood is usually used, and the trunks are usually prepared without bark. The Basque contests are characterized, compared to the Australian or Canadian ones, by being contests of endurance, rather than speed.

Anvil lifting (Ingude Altxatzea): consists of lifting an iron anvil as many times as possible from a base to a certain height.

consists of carrying two weights, one in each hand, without time limitation, over the greatest possible distance. Often back and forth over the distance of a plaza, which is typically 28 meters.

a variant of weight lifting. A person, using their own strength and without using any utensil or mechanism, lifts a stone, weighted or not, from the ground to their shoulder. Although in some towns the traditional stones of irregular shape are preserved, the main current Harri-Jasotzaileak use the four regular shapes: spherical, cylindrical, cubic and parallelepipedal.

Involves collecting as much corn as possible in the shortest amount of time. The corn is piled in rows 4 feet apart.

a rural sport in the Basque Country, although strictly speaking it is not a rural sport. It differs from these, because it does not have its origin in a work activity. It has always been a recreational activity and a game. It is a worldwide sport and has an international federation and has been an exhibition sport in several modern Olympics games.