Contestants from across the globe take part in world wife-carrying championships in Finland - where top prize is the wife's weight in beer

[eldubb440]

Run for your wife! Contestants from across the globe take part in world wife-carrying championships in Finland - where top prize is the wife's weight in beer​

• The winner gets at least 49 litres of beer to drink at the two day festival
• The festival is now replicated in the UK, USA, Australia, India and Germany

Run for your wife! The top prize is their weight in beer

 

[eldubb440]

Beer lovers from across the globe have taken part in the world wife-carrying championships in Finland to win their partner's weight in beer.

Husbands were pictured purple in the face as they struggled to lug their wives around a sand obstacle course and deep water pool in the middle summer.

Contestants headed to the small town of Sonkajärvi, Finland, armed with only a helmet and belt this weekend to win their wife's weight in beer.


They have to be aged at least 17 and have to weigh at least 49kg, meaning the winning prize will secure their husbands at least 49 litres of beer.

The championship attracted 80 competitors last year and is now replicated in the UK, USA, Australia, India, Hong Kong and Germany.

Contestants take part in world wife-carrying championships in Finland







Beer hungry husbands battle it out in Finland every year during the Wife Carrying World Championships in the hope to win their partner's weight in beer





Men from across the globe drag their women through a deep water pool and sandy tracks to be crown the Wife carrying champion


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Men and women of all ages and abilities compete as some who attend are just local folk looking to spice up their honeymoon but others are Olympians, marathon runners and seasoned decathlon competitors

 

[bandit67]

Trudging thru the pool with your wife upside down gives new meaning to the term "heads up"........

 

[Wojo68]

Maybe it’s me,, “hey hon, can you stop at the packie and grab me some beers ?” Seems a lot easier.

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

Leave it to you to find these things!!!

 

[Toxic Orange 493]

I had never heard of this before. Did a little bit of reading and found they do it in multiple countries.

The first modern day wife carrying event was held in Finland in 1992 and foreign contestants were admitted in 1995. This event is now held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland as the World Championship. A North American Championship was started in 1999.

 

[eldubb440]

need the wife to be plump enough to make it worth it, but not so plump as to make it impossible


@JDmac72chrgr ........ this is where a camden caboose my have some added value

 

[moparwacko]

Don't get me wrong, I love my wife dearly. But I've been carrying her *** for 40+ yrs. There are better ways to get exercise with her. I can buy all the beer I want without hurting myself.

Signed- grumpy old man

 

[eldubb440]

Don't get me wrong, I love my wife dearly. But I've been carrying her *** for 40+ yrs. There are better ways to get exercise with her. I can buy all the beer I want without hurting myself.

Signed- grumpy old man

this is a young man's game....... as we get older, the wives get, ummmmm, a little plump?

edited for my safety and well being

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

need the wife to be plump enough to make it worth it, but not so plump as to make it impossible


@JDmac72chrgr ........ this is where a camden caboose my have some added value

AAAAHHHH, NO on da caboose!!