Virtually all regional Basque rural sports have their origin in the two main historical occupations, the or baserritarra (farmer) and arrantzalea (fisher), with a larger percentage hailing from the rural background.
Gotovo svi regionalni seoski baskijski športovi imaju svoje podrijetlo u dvama glavnim povijesne zanimanjima, baserritarra (farmer) i arrantzalea (ribar), s većim postotkom koji potječe iz seoske pozadine.