<br /> Every year during fall there is a contest called the Krewelshofer lake's annual pumpkin race.<br />Reuters explains that contestants use giant homegrown pumpkins as boats.<br />They have to be at least 250 kilograms and heavier depending on how big the contestant is.<br />“It was hard fighting against the wind to get anywhere, but when you are in the groove it works. I imagined it would be more difficult.” Competitor Mailin Matuschek. <br />
