"Six-Time World Champion Lumberjill Shana Verstegen lost her mother to a neurological brain disorder.Through the Midwest Log Rolling Championships she combines her two passions: lumberjack sports and fighting for a cure for Huntington’s Disease.Money raised by the Midwest Log Rolling Championships will go directly to help research possible treatments and cures, local patient and family care, and community education in Wisconsin. On a larger scale, HDSA’s coordinated national and international research will also benefit people with diseases related to Huntington’s – diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and many dystrophies."
Watching the videos both rollers fall off so close together I wondered about the rules.
ReplyDeleteBasically 2 rules, 1- you have to stay on your end not touching the other guy, and 2 - the last foot to leave the log wins.
The participants in this video are not advanced competitors - mostly kids having fun while raising money for Huntington's. I posted a video of serious logrolling back in 2013 -
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- but the boom running one has undergone linkrot since then, so here's another video of boomrunning -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hph9rOCqNgM
I'm sure you can look up better videos and full rules somewhere. I just wanted to post the fun today,
For anyone interested a pdf from U of WA on rules...
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And the rules of the super duper International Would governing body...
https://www.worldlogrolling.com/w/rules-and-regulations
My question of how the winner is determined when in so many videos they seen to fall off at the same time is the judges vote on it. If they can't decide it's a do over.
I am sure those would be more fun in Florida, especially on an alligator infested waterway. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd TIL that the proper term for a female lumberjack is, in fact, a 'lumberjill'. I had previously been told it was 'lumberjane' but that didn't quite feel right to me. Thanks!
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