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Lumberjack World Championships
2008 DW Destination - More Information
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Come join in the fun at the Lumberjack World Championships as a Spectator!
The Championships take place over a three day period in a variety of competitive logging events. Held the last weekend in July of each year, these events include chopping, sawing, tree-climbing and log-rolling. Competitors come from as far away as Canada, Australia and New Zealand to vie for more than $50,000 in prize money, one of the richest paybacks of any lumberjack contest in the world.
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Men's Logrolling, Womens Single Buck, Springboard Chopping and so much more to see and do at the Lumberjack World Championships!
MEN’S LOGROLLING - In competition opponents step onto a floating log, cuff it to start the roll, spin it rapidly in the water with their feet, stop or snub it suddenly by digging into the log with special caulked birling shoes and a reverse motion to maneuver their adversaries off balance and into the water, a feat called “wetting”. Dislodging an opponent constitutes a fall. The cardinal rule of logrolling is “never take your eyes off your opponent’s feet’. The referee starts each match. Competing birlers step off a dock onto a floating log, grasping pike poles held by attendants for balance. As they push off from the dock, the referee instructs the birlers to steady the log. When he is certain both birlers have equal control, he says, “Throw your poles”. The match is on and continues to a fall or to expiration of the time limit set for each log. When the time limit is reached, the same match continues onto the next smaller log. In the semi-finals and the finals, the contest is decided by the best three out of five falls. Men start on 15-inch logs. There are so many other great events so click on the link below to read about all the featured events at the Lumberjack World Championships!
Click here to see a list of all of the great competitions at the Lumberjack World Championships! » |
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