Competitions among loggers

Stihl Timbersports Series - is a competition among lumberjacks, which took place in late June in many countries.
Real men have shown excellent results and splashed great emotions.
Let's look at the men in the Swiss championship stage.




1. company Stihl - the organizer of the competition - one of the main manufacturers in the world of chain saws and related equipment.



2. It also owns the copyright to the term "Timber harvesting Sports» (Timbersports).



3. Start of the competition was launched in Canada, the US and New Zealand, where local loggers were going to determine the best in the profession.



4. Officially Stihl Timbersports Series held since 1985, the first time they have been in the United States.



5. Europe joined the competition in 2005.



6. Who is the competition loggers are highly prestigious sporting event, broadcast by several television networks and have their viewers and fans around the world.



7. Currently, lumberjacks compete in six different disciplines, including the work of a chainsaw and an ax.



8. There are also two leagues - professional and student, the winners of which will automatically fall into the professional league.



9. loggers there are also world records. For example, in the discipline «Hot Saw», which must be cut off at the rate of 3 bar of a certain thickness, using a specially tuned super-powerful saw, the record belongs to American Matt Bush, who made it in 2003 for 5 seconds. Log diameter is slightly more than 48 centimeters.



Its 10 national championships conducted the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland and other countries.



11. A World Championship Timber harvesting sport held October 24-26 in Stuttgart, Germany. Do not miss!



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Source: bigpicture.ru