NUDE TOBOGGANING EVENT DRAWS IRE AND AWE

Metro.co.uk reports on a controversial sports event that looks to rival the popularity of the Winter Olympics.

A topless tobogganing event took place over the weekend in Germany despite the protests that the nude sledding event has drawn from those who turn a cold shoulder to the public exhibition of skin and athletic competition.

Some  30 male and female competitors, clad only in underwear, bounced their way down a 100 meter track on sleds while an estimated 14,000 of spectators look on and cheered.

Christian Schmidt, 26, won the event, while one 70-year-old man got the biggest round of applause for stripping down to his long johns.

‘It was very cold, and because of that some of those girls would definitely had a bit of an advantage in a photo finish,’ said one gutter-minded fan.

The event came after officials in another German town tried to put a stop to Germany’s first ever topless tobogganing championships, after the mayor said he was ‘offended’ by the spectacle.

In that event, in Oberwiesenthal near the border with the Czech Republic, ladies competed for cash prizes of around 300 pounds, while being required only to wear a hard helmet and footwear.

Liberal party mayor Mirko Ernst had threatened a ban. ‘The good name of Oberwiesenthal is at stake,’ he said.