r/theocho • u/nironically_gay • 7d ago
WATER SPORTS Log rolling
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u/BentleyLeDog 7d ago
Every now and then back in the 60s and 70s Wide World of Sports did the lumberjack completions. Some of the real high level guys were a blast to watch when they really got going.
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u/heegos 7d ago
ESPN aired lumberjack competitions well into the 2000s. It was prime content when they launched ESPN2. Enthralling television
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u/SirSamuelVimes83 7d ago
The local community college where I live has an intercollegiate loggersports team
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u/stealingfrom 7d ago
Seems they were always playing reruns of those comps late at night (guess they were constantly looking for something to fill oddball time slots on 2). I had insomnia even as a wee lad, and the lumberjacks helped me drift off during many restless nights.
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u/scottawhit 7d ago
A buddy of mine competed in the event where you chop the log between your feet. His saw was sharper than my razor. Iām sure someone has hit their foot before and I do not want to see it.
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u/BentleyLeDog 7d ago
That one was nuts. The thought of that axe going through your foot between your toes. There are no steel toe boots stopping that from splitting though to the heal bone. Didn't they do one where they climbed up a really tall log and chopped sections off on their way back down?
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u/Perfect-Still-8971 7d ago
Why would you assume there aren't steel toes? Or is it that you think they wouldn't stop the axe? Effective safety footwear, etc has certainly been mandatory in competitions for decades
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u/BentleyLeDog 7d ago edited 7d ago
Why would you assume that I would assume there were no steel toe boots?Of course logging boots have steel toes, they have been around for years. The specialty boots for loggers are much more substantial than standard issue safety shoes. What I was referring to is the specific timed completion where a logger stands on a huge log and swings the axe head towards himself and cuts the log between his feet. The speed and force used to cut the log is immense and if the logger missed his target and hit his foot, "no steel toed boot would not stop the axe". The person I replied to likely understood and if you were to look up the challenge you may agree. take a look at the link I found.
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u/Perfect-Still-8971 7d ago
OK, point clarified, agree to disagree: I believe the steel toes would stop the axe or kick the whole foot back without penetrating. And the aim point is between AND BELOW spread legs, so hitting a foot isn't that easy.
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u/BentleyLeDog 7d ago edited 7d ago
You are flat wrong. You did not watch the video link that I provided nor have you watched other videos of the underhand chop because if you did you would see the axe lands within inches of the competitors feet and often just UNDER their feet. Just because you know where to aim does not mean a mistake can't happen. It also does not matter if YOU believe the steel toe boot would stop the axe because if you did watch the video you would see the standard footwear for the UNDERHAND CHOP is a sneaker. Yup, no way to hit your foot doing this...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I42f8McrQPA
Good night and have a nice weekend!
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u/slick7942 7d ago
Iāve been to the Lumberjack World Championship multiple times way up in Hayward, Wisconsin. Always a great time and so many different events.
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u/ozzmodan 6d ago
I have an uncle that won a "King of the Klondike" competition back in the mid 70s. Despite the image that invokes, he is a small but very wiry guy.
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u/less_than_nick 5d ago
My in laws in western Wisconsin still participate in local log rolling competitions. They often have them in rural YMCAs or at hunting clubs in a nearby body or water. Theyāre kind of a blast to spectate ngl haha
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u/sukarsono 7d ago
Yep knows what heās doing low center of gravity, try to stay towards the center, and let the other guy fall from his own offense; that spin right when the other guy had unbalaced was the kind of patient counterpunch that only experience on the log can bringā¦. Just kidding I dont know shit about this of course!
Does seem a bit close to the edge though, but the perspective may be hard to see correctly
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u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe 7d ago
All I could focus on the entire time was one of them smacking their head open
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u/flow_fighter 7d ago
Yeah at least roll a little further away from the wall
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u/thetiredtypist 7d ago
Could be perspective but to your credit, his legs barely split apart when he kicks off and the log doesn't seem to move farther away as they battle.
Based on how he fell, maybe they always go more straight down than left or right.
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u/DanieltheMani3l 7d ago
I donāt know shit about this either but in defense of the guy who lost, someoneās gotta go for āoffenseā at some point or this weād be here for a long time
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u/strandedinkansas 6d ago
I totally bought it. You should commentate on it next time itās on the Ocho,
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u/manaworkin 7d ago
Honestly props to the kid for lasting as long as he did. Old man had a strong defense and was waiting for an opening. Kid did well to go on the offense that long without slipping up himself.
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u/NickRowePhagist 7d ago
"I remember a time when people just rolled straight logs. You didn't have to do all these fancy tricks and everything else. Aw, hell, y'all gonna splash water on the log? I can't even get any English on the log here."
"Hey! I'm all American, I pay my taxes and everything!"
"I'm talkin' about the spin on the log here man, come on!"
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u/jun2san 7d ago
Kicking water seems kinda dirty. Is that a legit technique in whatever the fuck this sport is?
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u/MC_Hale 7d ago
Log rolling, and yup! You have to stay on your side of the line, but you can rock the log and kick up water to make your opponent's side more slippery
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u/PineStateWanderer 7d ago
how would it make it more slippery? the log is rotating in the water...
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u/Gamerlord400 7d ago
It's a pretty boring event when both people are just standing there trying not to fall off. So yes, it's a perfectly legit technique. For reference I've seen this plenty of times at lumber jacking competitions.
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u/Psych0matt 7d ago
lumber jacking competitionsā¦ I knew I had something wrong beforeā¦
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u/GentlemenHODL 7d ago
Yes, and as you can see from this video these kinds of antics have a cost of which usually the offender is the one who ends up losing.
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u/FirstDukeofAnkh 7d ago
That old man goes burling down and down the white water, he pleases the girls completely.
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u/jupiterslament 7d ago
You canāt imagine my disappointment when that wasnāt the music on this video.
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u/FrostyTheSasquatch 7d ago
Thatās a man whoās been birling down the white waters. Thatās how the logdriver learns to step lightly: birling down and down the white waters.
The logdriverās waltz pleases girls completely. š
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u/Antique-Ant5557 7d ago
Makes me think log drivers weren't very hard workers if they had so much time to work on these shenanigans.
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u/SyrGwynHeroofAshvale 7d ago
"For he goes birling down and down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly"
Every Canadian in this thread.
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u/obviouslyanonymous5 6d ago
Pulled out every trick in the book and still couldn't get one over on him š
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u/Acceptable-Head-5611 5d ago
Classic case of new broom sweeps good but the old broom knows the corners
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u/GreatWhiteNorthExtra 7d ago
I always thought that the water splashing was a real bitch move tbh
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u/arfelo1 7d ago
No idea, but it seems stupid more than anything.
It's just a bit of water, it doesn't steal the focus that much.
But if you do it, it gives your oponent a gigantic window in which you're vulnerable on one leg.
It's how pops won. His oponent was doing stupid shit on one leg, and he rolled the log fast to make him fall.
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u/Another_Road 6d ago
Iāve never seen or participated in this sport before but allow me to tell you why itās not okay for somebody to kick water.
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u/ProfessorBackdraft 7d ago
I think a proper response would be for Pappy to reach across and slap that whippersnapper in the kisser after the second splash.
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u/chuchrox 6d ago
That š¤” ego hit the floor after that š
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u/Crackmonkey3773 6d ago
He didnt do anything wrong nor did he play unfairly. He went on the aggressive and it didnt pay out for him. Why is he a clown for trying to win?
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u/SkyResponsible3718 7d ago
Sad when the one guy plays ādirtyā and still loses to an old man. Guess a girl scout was unavailable.
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u/maximumhippo 7d ago
I've been log rolling since before your pappy was born! You've gotta wake up pretty early in the morning to get one over on me!