My husband was the one who really wanted to see the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show at the NC State Fair this year. As he scanned the daily schedule, he spotted it and talked it up to our girls, who weren ...

MERRIMACK – Dark Horse Lumberjack Shows, an enterprise headed by Ben Marshall of Greenland and an avid team of lumberjacking enthusiasts, drew competitors from dozens of states and around a thousand ...

The traditional springboard event makes its debut this year at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games and will feature an international field of champions. Typically one of the most grueling timber events, the ...

HARRISBURG — It wasn’t Cameron McDonald’s first time watching a lumberjack show, and the 5-year-old is often found helping Dad with projects in the family’s workshop. Still, the boy from Charles Town, ...

Oct. 9—ELKINS — An ax strike chips pieces of wood off of the long timber log Arden Cogar Jr. is chopping. He's already fallen behind the two other lumberjacks, and one of them has already felled their ...

NELSON CO., Va. – A unique event is underway at Devils Backbone Brewing in Nelson County this weekend. Some of the best lumberjacks and jills are going head-to-head in an extreme timber sports ...

Lumberjacks and 'lumberjills' have been showing off their skills at World Championships held in the US state of Wisconsin. The competition, featuring skills tests such as log-rolling, pole climbing ...

SHERIDAN -- The legendary Paul Bunyan chopped down forests with his mighty ax a thousand miles north of Arkansas. But Paul and Babe, his blue ox, would feel pretty much at home in Sheridan this ...

Matt Cogar and Nathan Waterfield certainly think so—and after checking out their workouts and competitions, you'll probably agree. They’re two of several lumberjack athletes who are currently training ...

In a backstage dressing room, giant, bearded, thick-necked men are getting ready to compete. The air reeks of body odor and ethanol fuel. One burly man gently thumbs his ax to check for any dull spots ...

Will Roberts, 28, of Groton, a carpenter, forester and furniture maker, will be competing in the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series U.S. Championship round at the Oregon State Fair in Salem, Ore. on Aug. 26-28 ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — David Bolstad is not your average lumberjack sportsman. But then again, lumberjack sports aren't about going out into the woods and chopping firewood for the fireplace.