Daily Star has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran's trip to Norway to attempt the 10 patty Ultimate Groovy Burger challenge at Groovy Diner in Tonsberg.
Randy Santel posted a video of his attempt at the tallest burger challenge in Iceland. Katina Eats Kilos and Icelandic strongman competitor "The Mountain" Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson also attempted the challenge.
Jesse Pynnönen took third place in Finland's Strongest Man contest, coming back from 9th place on the final day of the competition.
Seiska.fi has an article (in Finnish) about Jesse Pynnönen competing in the Gringo Bandito Chronic Taco eating contest in Dana Point, CA.
Finnish competitive eater Jesse Pynnönen, a competitor in last year's Gringo Bandio Chronic Tacos eating contest, produced a video about Carmen Cincotti calling him the "Future of Competitive Eating".
NorwegianFolkTales.blogspot.com has a story about a boy named Askeladden who faces off against a forest troll in a porridge eating contest. (via Simon)
The New York Times compares Ole Einar Bjorndalen, winner of 2 gold medals in biathlon at the Sochi winter games, to a boy who cheats to win an eating contest against a troll in a Norwegian fairy tale.
HockeySverige.se has a blog entry (in Swedish) about Robert Petterson finishing the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX.
Chris Christoffersen, a 7'2" center on the Bakken Bears, won a wing eating contest held at Memphis Roadhouse in Aarhus, Denmark.
Swedish female bodybuilder Sophie Arvebrink claims she ate 7,000-8,000 calories a day over three weeks.
Happy 2013. Emmanuel Holloway, a player on Namika Lahti basketball team based in Lahti, Finland, announces his teammate Jordan Hasquet attempted the burger challenge at Sports Acadamy Grill & Bar in Helskinki on New Year's Eve.
Patch.com has an article about the burger challenge at Landre's Sports Bar & Grill in Santee, CA, which was featured on a Norwegian television program. Kevin Ross holds the challenge record of 19:01 and renamed the challenge "Kevin Ross Rules Wacky Waffle Jewpacabra Gnarwhal Baron Whole 9 Yards Challenge Burger".
Wiscasset Newspaper reports that Maja Ekman from Stockholm Sweden won a waffle eating contest held at Wannawaf in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Her brother Anton was runner-up. (video)
The finals for the "Norwegian National Burger Eating Contest" will take place at the Three Lions English Pub in Trondheim on October 8. A gallery of a qualifier is available.
“Empire State Burger” contest in Finland
A video of an “Empire State Burger” eating contest held in Tampere, Finland is available on youtube. The sandwich is claimed to be the largest commercially available burger in Europe. huviopas.net has an article about the burger (online translation from Finnish to English is not available) The “Empire State Burger” appears to be composed of several conventionally sized hamburgers stacked on top of each other.
Advantages of being the top Swedish eater
Liz has some pictures of Robert Andersson’s girlfriend Anna, which show a competitor does not need to have Tiger Wood’s bank account to land a hot Swedish babe.
Robert & Anna
Anna assisting with the pre-contest sword swallowing 1
Anna assisting with the pre-contest sword swallowing 2
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