Ever since I was a little boy I used to watch The World’s Strongest Man (WSM) with my Dad as an annual tradition around Christmas/New Year. This feature is not available right now. Considering resurrecting this blog as I feel Strongman is still massively under appreciated and under represented. Andrus Muremets – Estonia It’s nice to finally have a decent website for The World’s Stongest Man which has a nice lot of content and looks like it will be kept up to date with recent news. Each one contains 10 World’s Strongest Man finals, in their entirety – that’s 9 hours of footage per set! Svend suffered a severe muscle tear that forced him to retire from bodybuilding, and in 1996 he quickly moved on to strongman competitions. This victory earned him his IFBB pro card and he could now compete as a professional. Leave a Comment ». My British nationality has me wanting to support the British guys, especially big Terry Hollands who came an impressive 3rd last year. Tarmo Mitt – Estonia Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Svend won the Mr. Norway title, and took second place at the World Games. I just hope there are more WSM DVDs to come. Published on Oct 21, 2018. Dave Ostlund – USA 3 Comments ». It’s a shame that we still don’t have Vasyl Virastyuk returning to World’s Strongest Man and I’m sad not to see the inclusion of Magnus Samuelsson.
Posted in Blu-ray & DVDs, tagged Geoff Capes, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Jouko Ahola, Magnús Ver Magnússon, Viking Power, World's Strongest Man, WSM, WSM Decades on January 7, 2010| Here, way up North in the Pas Manitoba, Old Faithful watches over me as I nap.

Please try again later. Expect the 2009 competition to be one that Derek Poundstone will not want to lose! In the 1997 World’s Strongest Man contest, Svend qualified for his first of 7 consecutive finals from 1997, 1999-2004(did not compete in 1998). Decades set is coming soon. ( Log Out /  Simon Sulaiman – Netherlands / Syria. I’ll be picking one up for both my Dad and myself – nostalgia central! Hall of Fame: Who is the Strongest Man of All Time? Stefan Solvi Petersson – Iceland

There’s also now a World’s Strongest Man Store with lots of hoodies, t-shirts and also the fantastic World’s Strongest Man – 30 Years of Pain DVD which I reveiwed here. Svend is the event organizer for the Norway’s Strongest Man competition, introducing events, interviewing participants and commentating. To say that I am excited is an understatement, and these sets have been on my Amazon wish list since I found out about them late last year.

Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Back in the 80s it was all about Geoff Capes, Bill Kazmaier and the mighty Jón Páll Sigmarsson (God rest his soul). Svend Karlsen won The World’s Strongest Man in 2001 after finishing 2nd in 2000, and 3rd in 1999. Once the best Arm Wrestler in Europe, Samuelson famously broke the arm of professional wrestler and actor Nathan Jones in an arm wrestling match. 1 Comment ». Svend is still very much involved in World’s Strongest Man and the broadcast put out in his native Norway. Part of this came to fruition when the awesome Worlds Strongest Man – Thirty Years Of Pain DVD was released last year – I reviewed that here. Well now they’ve gone one better and have released these beauties: That’s Worlds Strongest Man Decades 80’s DVD and The Worlds Strongest Man Decades 90’s DVD – awesome! Svend: I think after one year in strongman competitions, if I win now, I'll be very tough to beat next year. Because I'm the kind of person that if I first set my goal, I do 100 percent. It’ll be out on June 1st according to the trailer, so not long to wait. As a longtime fan of WSM I found it utterly fascinating. Wish me luck!! [new] Brain Shaw wins World’s Strongest Man 2015 in thrilling final (Review). He was also in the World’s Strongest Man final in 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The 5th Stone – The World's Strongest Man Blog, Svend Karlsen Inducted into The World’s Strongest Man Hall of Fame. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Johannes Arsjo – Sweden Svend Karlsen (born October 6, 1967) is a former Norwegian strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder.Svend started out as a powerlifter in 1986, winning a number of titles and setting 30 Norwegian records, 3 European records, and 1 world record.

Svend won the Mr. Norway title, and took second place at the World Games.

Jimmy Laureys – Belgium Svend was leading the finals on points, but during the warm-up for the squat event, he tore his hamstring and had to withdraw from the rest of the contest. After the latest WSM I scoured the internet for DVDs, but found none You can imagine my delight when I found this Worlds Strongest Man – Thirty Years Of Pain DVD and promptly pre-ordered it. I’ve watched it twice already – back to back! The long awaited and much anticipated brand new World’s Stongest Man website has been launched!

Jarek Dymek – Poland I'll hit today's flip and post later! Being totally unpatriotic I voted for Jón Páll Sigmarsson, what about you? Posted in World's Strongest Man, tagged Derek Poundstone, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Magnús Ver Magnússon, Magnus Samuelson, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Nathan Jones, World's Strongest Man on January 4, 2009| Svend Karlsen, Self: World's Strongest Man. Posted in World's Strongest Man, tagged Bill Kazmaier, Geoff Capes, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Magnús Ver Magnússon, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Terry Hollands, World's Strongest Man, WSM on December 29, 2008| Beating the record of 4 World’s Strongest Man titles held by Jón Páll Sigmarsson and Magnús Ver Magnússon, Mariusz Pudzianowski won the 2008 World’s Strongest Man to get his record breaking 5th title. Hall of Fame: Who is the Strongest Man of All Time? The 90s saw the rise of Magnús Ver Magnússon and the 2000s saw the meteoric rise of The Dominator, Marius Pudzianowski – the powerhouse from Poland who has won 4 of the last 5 competitions.
Time for World's Strongest Man 2005, with my 5 year old boy who has proclaimed that one ay he wants to be World's Strongest Man. What Mariusz Pudzianowski was doing this time last year – singing! Leave a Comment ». I started as a Geoff Capes fan and cheered him in his battles against the mighty Bill Kazmaier and Jon Pall Sigmarsson (Viking Power!). http://en.allpowerlifting.com/lifters/NOR/karlsen-svend-10058/, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Svend_Karlsen&oldid=519384932. Marshall White – USA ( Log Out /  He was also in the World’s Strongest Man final in 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2004.