Springboard Chop
This event integrates the relevant skills for the chopper and high climber. Call at the forest this technique allows an operating lumberjack to attain softer wood over the tough and knotty base of a tree marked for cutting. Contestants climb up a height of nine foot utilizing two springboard placements and cut through a 12-inch diameter aspen log mounted on the top the spar pole. Dave Bolstad set an innovative new world-record of: 41.15 in 2003 besting their previous world record period of: 41.63 in 2001.
Standing Block Chop
Using a five-pound single-bit axe, rivals chop through a straight standing aspen wood 14 ins in diameter and 26 ins long. Timing starts on the ‘GO’ signal and ends up once the wood is severed. The planet Record for Standing Block Chop is held by Jason Wynyard occur 1998 with a time of: 18.33.
Underhand Block Chop
Making use of a five-pound single-bit axe, rivals chop through a straight standing aspen log 14 ins in diameter and 26 inches lengthy. Timing begins regarding the ‘GO’ sign and concludes when the wood is severed. The whole world Record the Underhand Block Chop is held by Jason Wynyard set in 2006 with a time of: 15.94.