Welcome to Lumberjack World Championships®
In the 53 years since the inaugural event, tens of thousands of spectators have come to the small town of Hayward, Wisconsin from all over the globe to watch the world's finest compete in the "Granddaddy" of all timber sports competitions: Lumberjack World Championships®. It is three days of challenge, determination and pure strength for both men and women competing in events that began in the forests of America.
The thunder of chainsaws, the quick feet of log rollers, the brute strength of the sawyers and choppers, plus the amazing agility and speed of the pole climbers, will not allow your heart to stop pounding throughout this amazing world championship event.
The Lumberjack World Championships® is recognized as the premier timber sporting event in the nation where lumberjacks and lumberjills from around the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Czech Republic come to compete for the gold.
Fifty-two years ago, Hayward businessman Tony Wise picked up the phone late one evening and began assembling competitors like Dave Geer for an event called the Lumberjack World Championships®.
Early in its history, the Lumberjack World Championships® were featured in LIFE Magazine, leading to coverage by ABC's Wide World of Sports in 1965. Since that time, numerous national publications and television coverage by ESPN and OLN have covered the event.
Lumberjack World Championships® was first held at Historyland, a historical theme park in Hayward commemorating the heritage of the region's fur trade, Indian culture and logging industry. Historyland no longer stands, but Lumberjack Bowl, were all the events are held, still does. Lumberjack Bowl was once a giant holding pond for the North Wisconsin Lumber Company, and today it still showcases over 100 competitors each July in events ranging from sawing and chopping to speed climbing, log rolling and boom running.
| Watch Lumberjack World Championships on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno! |
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