‘Hobby Horsing’ Is The New Sports Fad Taking Over Finland

By Josh Helmuth

Ask me about the last time I saw a grown adult ride a toy horse, and I’ll tell you it likely involved a lot of alcohol and countless Amish. Telling you, the Amish love rumspringa.

But that’s not the case anymore after seeing the latest trend out of Finland.

Ladies and gents, let me introduce you to ‘hobby horsing,’ a new ‘sport’ that includes grown adults straddling a wooden toy horse, and competing for points. Yes, this is real. SO real, in fact, they claim to already have about 10,000 ‘riders’ competing in the country.

My reaction:

But hey, who am I to judge, right?

Here is an AP article that talks about the “phenomena” taking over the country. On one hand, some ‘horses’ fetch for hundreds of dollars. On the other hand, some of the younger teens express the ‘sport’ is therapeutic for them. Good for them.

I guess there are worse things in the world. If it’s spreading positivity, then sure, yay for girl power.

 

Josh Helmuth is the editor of Crave Sports.

Josh Helmuth
Josh Helmuth

Josh is originally from the small berg of Arthur, Ill, proudly the Amish capital of the state. It also has one hell of a pumpkin patch.

Josh has enjoyed dipping his toes into a variety of careers since graduating from the University of Alabama, the most rewarding thus far having served as a youth director in southern California for four years, and his broadcasting career which has garnered two Emmy awards and three Edward R. Murrow Awards.  

Josh enjoys loud rock music, Tom Hanks movies, dogs that like to cuddle and long runs. He is also always in search for America's greatest cheeseburger. Follow him here if you would like to be friends!

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