No, it's not surfing! Woodsmen demonstrated their skills at Saturday's forest festival. Photo by Todd Paris, UAF Marketing & CommunicationsThe 13th annual Farthest North Forest Sports Festival attracted 121 contestants Oct. 2 for everything from ax throwing to fire building. While the day dawned on the cool side at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, by the time the log rolling began in the afternoon at Ballaine Lake, the temperature had climbed to an unseasonably warm 60 degrees.
The "bull of the woods" (overall male winner) was Pete Simpson and the "belle of the woods" (overall female winner) was Karrie Improte.
The winning team was the Biomass Foresters consisting of Pete Simpson, Pete Buist, Trent Mackey, Karrie Improte, and Monica Chi.
Other winners were:
double buck saw (male), Pete Simpson, Pete Buist
double buck saw (female), Kristen Shake, Elena Fernandez
double buck saw (Jack & Jill), Pete Simpson, Monica Chi
bow saw, Pete Simpson
bow saw, Karrie Improte
ax throw, Jeremy Hage
ax throw, Imuya Dooley
log rolling, Allan Spangler, Mitch Reed
log rolling, Jeannette Chochran, Meghan Tulapaugh
log rolling (Jack & Jill), Allan Spangler, Nina Schwinghammer
pulp toss, Biomass Foresters
birling, Allan Spangler
birling, Emily Hemenway
fire building, Chris Garber-Slaght, Dan Jensen (representing Watershed School)
For more photos, visit the UAF Facebook page.
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