Finland

Hobbyhorsing: make your own horse — then, ride it

By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Who else is obsessed with Bob’s Burgers and remembers the episode where Tina goes to horse camp and doesn’t bond with her real horse, so she decides to ride her imaginary one? Well, did you know this was a real sport? It’s called hobbyhorsing, and instead of imaginary horses, participants ride stick horses around a ring. It’s a little reminiscent of quidditch, but much more wholesome. The growth in popularity of hobbyhorsing originates in Finland, and it entered the mainstream because of a documentary called Hobbyhorsing Revolution. Prior to that, it existed underground, undetected by…

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