They're the four-time winning couple of the North American Wife Carrying Championships. On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, Finland's Taisto Miettinen and Kristina Haapanen took on Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan in a race! Did the hosts beat the champions and conquer the obstacle course, or did it conquer them? Check out this hilarious video! And watch "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" weekday mornings -- click here for local time and channel: http://bit.ly/QnMKSJ.

We travel to Finland to compete in one of the world's wackiest competitions - the Wife Carrying World Championships! Only one problem - we don't have wives... but we have an idea! Share on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1lisBhY Share on Twitter: http://bit.ly/VGIlPq Big thanks to everyone who helped us out! Nelli Immonen and Anni Kortelainen for agreeing to "marry" us for the day, as well as our cousin Amanda and her friends Sonni and Sarah for acting as the innocent maidens. Big thanks to #VisitFinland for making this trip possible! https://twitter.com/OurFinland http://instagram.com/ourfinland https://www.facebook.com/visitfinland Learn more about Wife Carrying at their webpage: http://www.eukonkanto.fi/en/ VAGABROTHERS: We're Marko and Alex Ayling, brothers, backpackers, and bloggers on a mission to explore the world through its people. Winners of My Destination's global travel-video competition "The Biggest, Baddest, Bucket List" which paid us to travel the world for six months, checking off our travel bucket list and documenting the adventure on YouTube. See the full BBBTV web-series here: http://bit.ly/1kDkPtB SUBSCRIBE for New travel videos every Tuesday! http://www.youtube.com/user/vagabrothers?sub_confirmation=1 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/vagabrothers FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Vagabrothers INSTAGRAM: https://www.facebook.com/Vagabrothers WEB: http://www.vagabrothers.com This film was made with: - F-Stop Satori Backpack: http://bit.ly/1o9EiUa - Canon Rebel T3i DSLR Camera: http://amzn.to/1rtIN0W - Canon EF-S 18-200mm Zoom Lens: http://amzn.to/1qqwI79 - Canon Powershot S120: http://amzn.to/1DnMrhs - Go Pro Hero 3+: http://amzn.to/1qSmySV - Go Pro Suction Cup Mount: http://amzn.to/1r51tow - Go Pro Accessory Kit: http://amzn.to/1rtIQcZ - Promaster CX525 Tripod: http://amzn.to/1CbyPEG - Promaster Superlite 3-Way Head: http://amzn.to/1ypnbaO - SD 32GB Memory Sticks: http://amzn.to/1mqOxYJ - Sennheiser MKE 400 Shotgun Mike: http://amzn.to/1mqOBHT - Zoom H1 Portable Digital Recorder: http://amzn.to/XVPSuY - Joby GP3 GorillaPod: http://amzn.to/1mKPDPn - Pico Flex Table Dolly: http://amzn.to/1ogQvXg - Pelican 0915 Black SD Memory Card Protective Case: http://amzn.to/1smkuUy

Wife Carrying Florida Championship Competition at the Midnight Sun Festival 2017, Lake Worth, Florida. March 5, 2017