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Woodchopping (also spelled wood-chopping or wood chopping), called woodchop for short, is a sport that has been around for hundreds of years in several cultures. In woodchopping competitions, skilled contestants attempt to be the first to cut or saw through a log or other block of wood. It is often held at state fairs and agricultural shows.
Standing Block Chop - 13.15 seconds, set by Matt Bush in 2003, with a wood diameter of 12" [3] Underhand Chop - 13.78 seconds, set by Matt Cogar in 2017, with a wood diameter of 13" [3] Single Buck - 10.34 seconds, set by Dave Jewett in 2015, with a wood diameter of 19" [3] Hot Saw - 5.085 seconds, set by Matt Bush in 2003, with a wood diameter ...
Wood splitting (riving, [1] cleaving) is an ancient technique used in carpentry to make lumber for making wooden objects, some basket weaving, and to make firewood. Unlike wood sawing , the wood is split along the grain using tools such as a hammer and wedges , splitting maul , cleaving axe , side knife , or froe .
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Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass. The Pulaski was developed for constructing firebreaks , able to both dig soil and chop wood. It is also well adapted for trail construction, and can be used for gardening and other outdoor work for general excavation and digging holes in root-bound or hard soil.
Wood chopping competition at Avilés, Spain, 2005. Woodsman (also, woodsmen, pl.) refers to the title of competitors participating in competitive timber sports.Woodsmen participate in various events that replicate real skills used by lumberjacks while cutting down trees and preparing the wood.
The term lumberjack is of Canadian derivation. The first attested use of the term combining its two components comes from an 1831 letter to the Cobourg, Ontario, Star and General Advertiser in the following passage: "my misfortunes have been brought upon me chiefly by an incorrigible, though perhaps useful, race of mortals called lumberjacks, whom, however, I would name the Cossacks of Upper ...
Foster at the Launceston Show in 2012. David George Foster OAM (born 20 March 1957) is an Australian world champion woodchopper, and Tasmanian community figure. He has held the World Woodchopping Championship title for 21 consecutive years, [1] and is Australia's most successful athlete [2] [dubious – discuss] and first [3] and possibly the only athlete in any sport in the world to win over ...