Finland's
Championships 2001
Bubi Vallenius hunting
for funky answers, and
he's getting plenty.


Finland's
Championships 2001
No matter what's the weather like, guys
keep on going.


Finland's
Championships 2001
I'm a submarine...



Finland's
Championships 2001
Serious concentration.
Juha-Matti, Hartsa
and Paavo.



Finland's
Championships 2001
"Don't cry Janne,
it will heal soon!"



Finland's
Championships 2001
FC-2001 medalists.



Team-WSM 2001 (Poland)
Derek Boyer from Australia
with the classical warpaint
on his face.. .

Team-WSM 2001 (Poland)
Competitors in sweat.

Team-WSM 2001 (Poland)
We are wondering about
Polish guys equipment.


Team-WSM 2001 (Poland)
Polish guys get some
champange over them.

Team-WSM 2001 (Poland)
Judges Jamie Reeves
and Marcel.


Team-WSM 2001 (Poland)
The gold medalists
Janne and Juha-Matti.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

World Strongest Man 2001 Zambia



Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Strong guy Jyrki Rantanen
from Tampere in
hercules hold.

Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Car-hercules hold,
weight 200 kg / arm.
Juha-Matti.

Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Simonen Harri was
unbeatable in
hercules hold.

Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
It took 16 push-ups
to won vikingpress.


Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Children in trophy potret

Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Trophycar's lucky
winner

Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Ulmanen Niko,
Jouko Ahola and
Ulmanen Saku.



Finland's Strongest
Barbarian 2001
Mens serie's winner
(Juha-Matti Räsänen)
and children serie's winner (Markku Sulin).




Team European
Championships 2000
Juha-Matti and Sami
Heinonen prepating
for pulling 500 ton
dock crane.

Team European
Championships 2000
Pulling hard...

Team European
Championships 2000
Carrying an 512 kg
Outokumpu zinc
bar with Sami.



Team European
Championships 2000
There are never
too many providers. (providers massaging)


Team European
Championships 2000
After the competition,
life is fancy.

Team European
Championships 2000
Finnish 2nd team and
service team.

Team European
Championships 2000
The strongest men
in the World.		  


Team European
Championships 2000
Finnish boys took gold and bronze in
Team European Championships




American Hercules 2000
One of the hardest tyreflips
of my life. Tyre weights 450 kg,
and we had to flip it 14 times.




American Hercules 2000
The stones of strength was
made hard this time, by
raising the lifting height up
to 160 cm. Me lifting the
120 kg stone.

American Hercules 2000
The conan wheel's weight was
270kg and my four rounds
brought me victroy..




American Hercules 2000
The last event of the
American Hercules race
was medly. 120 kg barrels
were loaded inside huge tyres.
From there they were lifted to
a 140 cm height level.
By winning this event,
I won the whole event.

American Hercules 2000
The victory ceremony of
the American Hercules race.






 



Toivola's strongest
man competition
Event is holding
Talbot's back.

Event trainings at
Finland's post's warehouse.
The event is farm walk.
Total 320 kg if weight.

When your back is in good
shape, you can do series
of 10 with 300kg without
using a belt..


Coach Juhani Nykänen
and provider Juha Hartikainen. Staring contest between
these two gentlemen.


Finnish Open 2000
Event is deadlift.
Total 345 kg of iron.



Important sponsor
negotiations while training.


Kuopiohalli race's victory
ceremony. Harri Simonen
silver, Juha Räsänen gold
and Tarmo Mitt, Estonia,
bronze.

One event of the SB-team
summer olympics was (lenght)
throwing of a selfmade paper
aeroplane. Boys concentrating
on the effort.


Feelings after the Lieksa race.
In left: Kari Hartikainen, Lieksa's
gift to the World. In right
Ari Karppinen, Toivala's gift
to the World.