A Friendly Town With An Ax To Grind

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Every year, lumberjacks and lumberjills from around the world flock to Hayward, Wisconsin – a couple hours north of Minneapolis – to compete in the Lumberjack World Championships. Join us as we get our hands dirty alongside the world’s most skilled in all-things chopping…and rolling. This episode is produced in partnership with GoUSA TV. If you want to see more Small Town, Big Story, watch now on GoUSA TV or on YouTube. You can learn more about visiting Hayward here: https://haywardareachamber.com/

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0:00.0	Loyal Atlas Obscura podcast listeners, I have a question for you.
0:06.5	Who do you think would win in a lumberjack style log rolling contest?
0:11.9	As in, you're standing on a floating log and sprinting with really fast, tiny little
0:17.8	baby steps.
0:18.8	It's like a very round, very small treadmill.
0:22.3	So who would win, me, or a nine year old girl named Quincy, and a friend parker?
0:28.4	You already know the answer to this.
0:30.0	How long have you guys been log rolling for?
0:31.6	Four years.
0:32.6	Four years.
0:33.6	You've got an advantage on me, but I'm going to try my best.
0:37.2	Ready, three, go.
0:38.9	One, two, three.
0:40.9	No.
0:41.9	I want this.
0:43.9	Two seconds.
0:44.9	Two seconds.
0:45.9	Okay, good.
0:46.9	Good, good.
0:47.9	Good start.
0:48.9	Yeah.
0:49.9	I didn't win.
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