What spectator sport do Korra, Mako, and Bolin compete in?

Korra, Mako, and Bolin compete in pro-bending, the fast-paced spectator sport of Republic City. The game adapts elemental bending into a regulated team competition.

A pro-bending team has three players: one earthbender, one waterbender, and one firebender. Competitors use controlled blasts to knock opponents backward and ultimately force them out of the arena. Korra joins Mako and Bolin on the Fire Ferrets, giving the team an unusually powerful combination of bending skills.

The sport reflects the modernizing world of The Legend of Korra. In the earlier Avatar era, bending is primarily presented as martial training, warfare, or spiritual practice; in Republic City, it is also entertainment, professional work, and a public spectacle. The arena’s rules limit how bending can be used, distinguishing pro-bending from ordinary combat.

Earth Rumble is associated with a tournament from Avatar: The Last Airbender, while Pai Sho is a board game. Neither is the sport played by Korra, Mako, and Bolin.