Reindeer Racing, Tromsø, 2009
This is the reindeer racing season in the Sami area. Reindeer racing is a popular sport in northern Norway, Finland and Sweden. Most of the racers and owners are Sami and the races are the highlights of local sporting and cultural events, such as Sami National Day (Feb 6th) and the various Easter festivals. Reindeer racing in this part of the world is a high-tech event featuring carbon fibre skis, full face helmets, and racers that are as light as possible. Distances are short – a few hundred metres and winning margins are measured in hundredths of a second, with the use of photo finishes and reindeer reach up to 50 km/h.
Tromsø was recently the scene of the Norwegian National championships and ICR employee Philip Burgess took some pictures of the race and the lasoo casting competition and also made a video of the days activities, when reindeer take over the streets of the town..
where can one see such a race? I’d love to see some events on this website.
Hello Reindeer Racing Fans,
my name is Ibrahim Topluca. I am working and studying at the University of
applied sience Gelsenkirchen in Germany. The Professor Dr. Jürgen Schwark is publishing a Book about Sportcoultures in Europe and want to ad the Reindeer Race into it.
Therefore we need 5 good Pictures of Reindeer Race and the permission to use them, maybe we can pick them from your internet site.
We will ad the Source of it; The Website Name into the Book, so you will have a pretty good marketing for your site.
We would be happy if someone would help us who wants Reindeer Race to be in the Book.
Please contact me if you have any further Questions.
I.topluca@gmx.de
Best wishes,
Ibrahim Topluca
University Gelsenkirchen
http://www.fh-gelsenkirchen.de
[...] part of the festivities for Sami National Day in Tromso, Norway, 2009. We found this video at ReindeerBlog. We’ve never seen anything like it and wanted to share it with [...]
Typo; misspelling of championships in the second paragraph: “chmapionships”