--- title: Extreme Ironing Is Back description: The man who invented Extreme Ironing is coming out of retirement. canonical: https://time.com/3751129/extreme-ironing-is-back/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-19T16:52:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:49.247Z og:title: Extreme Ironing Is Back og:description: The man who invented Extreme Ironing is coming out of retirement. og:url: https://time.com/3751129/extreme-ironing-is-back/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Extreme Ironing Is Back twitter:description: The man who invented Extreme Ironing is coming out of retirement. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Extreme Ironing Is Back  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 19, 2015 4:52 PM UTC  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 19, 2015 4:52 PM UTC The man who invented Extreme Ironing is [coming out of retirement](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2015/mar/19/extreme-ironing-phil-shaw-video?CMP=twt%5Fgu). Phil Shaw says he is again training for the sport he created in the 1990s after an 11 year hiatus, according to Britain’s ITN. For the uninitiated, [Extreme Ironing](http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2008/10/27/top-10-fringe-world-titles/slide/extreme-ironing/) involves performing the domestic chore in extreme environments like rock climbing or kayaking on rapids. Somehow, the concept briefly [took off](http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/20040525snaptuesday.html) (including a world tour). “I’d almost forgotten how people respond to it,” Shaw said. “At the end of the day, it’s a bit of fun, and people enjoy it.” \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2015/mar/19/extreme-ironing-phil-shaw-video?CMP=twt%5Fgu)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3751129/extreme-ironing-is-back/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3751129/extreme-ironing-is-back/"},"headline":"Extreme Ironing Is Back","datePublished":"2015-03-19T16:52:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:49.247Z","description":"The sport's creator is coming back after an 11-year hiatus","url":"https://time.com/3751129/extreme-ironing-is-back/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Britain","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3751129/extreme-ironing-is-back/","name":"Extreme Ironing Is Back"}}]}] ```