If you’re looking for winter sports with a useful twist, how about a weekend of pub table sledging starting tomorrow in Kuhtai, Austria?

To enter all you need is an upturned table and a two man crew. From the ever odd Austrian Times:

The event was dreamed up when student boozers found themselves trapped in a mountain hut and flipped over a table as a makeshift sledge to get to the bottom.

Now scores of teams made up of athletes and local celebs have lined up to compete in the three day event, which starts on Friday (Dec 10).

“The great advantage we have over other sledgers is that when we finish the race we can turn over our equipment and have a great party,” said one competitor.