Stihl Timbersports Professional Series Championship
Spent the past three days in Columbus, Georgia shooting the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS championship. This was a grueling event for the world’s best lumberjacks, and one of the hottest events I’ve ever covered. A thermometer stationed near the competitors stage peaked at 120 degrees, everyday.
In such adverse conditions, it doesn’t take long before you realize what incredibly fit athletes these lumberjacks are. Jason Wynard, of Massey, Auckland, New Zealand, outchopped and outsawed seven of the top lumberjacks in the world to win again.
There are few athletes who can claim supremacy in their sport, on Sunday, the 6-foot-4, 297-pound Wynyard earned that right. Nobody but he and fellow New Zealander, Dave Bolstad have won the championship since 1997.
Jason Wynyard:
Dave Bolstad:
Full coverage of STIHL TIMBERSPORTS can be found here: http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/timbersports/index
“it doesn’t take long before you realize what incredibly fit athletes these lumberjacks are”
Most lumber jacks don’t spend much time lying around on the couch.
Wanted to let everyone know about a new contest called “Are You Carhartt Tough?” You submit a short essay about why your job is tough and you could win a trip to a Stihl Timbersports Series event or a weekend duck hunting trip, designed by Ducks Unlimited. Just go to http://www.CarharttRental.com to enter.
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