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The Lumberjack World Championships are held annually in Hayward, Wisconsin. The event began in 1960 and is held at the Lumberjack Bowl. There are 21 events for both men and women to compete for over $50,000 in prize money. Contestants come from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The events include sawing, chopping, logrolling, and climbing to test the strength and agility of over 100 competitors. Contestants test their strength and agility as they climb 90-foot poles, splinter enormous tree trunks, or tip each other into the water during the log-rolling competition. More than 12,000 spectators gather every year to watch 200 lumberjacks and lumberjills chopping, sawing, rolling, climbing and felling. Yes, a lumberjill really is a female lumberjack. The incredible female athletes that get involved in this competition are becoming a major attraction at the event. Visitors can expect to see the standing chop, the underhand chop, the springboard chop, the single bucking, double bucking, power sawing, Jack and Jill sawing, logrolling, speed climbing, boom running and river pigging. If that's not enough there are clowns on 50-foot poles, demonstrations, displays and exhibits. What more could you ask for? History The Lumberjack World Championships® began in 1960 as a way to acknowledge the rich history of the logging industry across the United States. Work day skills that were perfected in the forests of the nation became a past-time and soon grew into an exciting and growing sporting event. From the Lumberjack World Championships, now trademarked in Hayward, WI to the ESPN’s Great Outdoor Games, lumberjack sports has increased in popularity with loyal fans and competitors from across the globe. Hayward, Wisconsin, rich in both history and natural beauty, holds their lumberjack championships in what was once a giant holding pond for logs of Weyerhaeuser’s North Wisconsin Lumber Company. The people of Hayward embrace this rich history each summer with hundreds of volunteers and community support making this a world class event for thousands of visitors. The Lumberjack World Championships® showcase over 21 events competing for world records in events ranging from men’s and women’s logrolling, to chopping, to the exciting pole climb. Over 100 plus competitors’ vie for more than $50,000 in prize money, making this one of the largest purses for lumberjack competition in the world. The Lumberjack World Championships® is a leader in the recognition and support of the women’s events in the timber sports arena. The women’s competitions has proven to be one of the most popular crowd-pleasers with some of the most incredible female athletes competing in a variety of events. The pure strength and skill of the various chopping and sawing events, the agility and grace, as well as the endurance, of log rolling and the exhilaration of 90 foot tree climbing makes this an exciting family event each summer for over 12,000 spectators. Competitions in Lumberjack World Championships: Women's Single Buck Sixteen inch white pine logs are used, and all cross-cut sawing events are against time. A starting cut arc is allowed in the competition. Timing begins when the signal "GO" is called, and ends when the log is completely severed. The world record with a time of 11.61 seconds was set in 2006 by Nancy Zalewski. Women's Underhand Chop The contest is against time. Using a single bit pinned ax, competitors chop through a horizontal aspen log, 11 inches in diameter, and 15-28 inches long. Nancy Zalewski set a new world record last year with a time of 29.24 seconds. Underhand Block Chop Using a five-pound single-bit axe, competitors chop through a vertical standing aspen log 12 inches in diameter and 28 inches long. Timing begins on the signal "GO" and ends when the log is severed. A new world Record was set in 2006 by Jason Wynyard with a time of 15.94. New in 2007 competitors moved from the Underhand Chop to the Standing Block Chop for one continuous timed event known as the Endurance Event. Standing Block Chop Using a five-pound single-bit axe, competitors chop through a vertical standing aspen log 12 inches in diameter and 28 inches long. Timing begins on the "GO" signal and ends when the log is severed. This event was combined with the Men"s Underhand Chop as the Endurance or Combination event in 2007. Competitors moved from the Underhand Chop to the Standing Block Chop for one continuous timed event. The World Record for the Standing Block Chop is held by Jason Wynyard set in 1998 with a time of: 18.33. For the latest information about happening places in Bangalore, events happening in Bangalore, business events, food festivals, new movie releases, movie reviews, Bollywood gossip, nightlife events, music concerts and much more visit Buzzintown (dot) com.
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