Double Buck Saw event, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Oct. 3, 2009. UAF photo by Maureen McCombs
Belle of the Woods (overall female winner): Kristen Shake
Bull of the Woods (overall male winner): Jamie Hollingsworth
Team Winner: Paxon (including John Hogue, Patrick Pritchett, Amy Rath, and Kristen Shake)
Axe Throw (female): Kim Curtis
Axe Throw (male): Raymond Johnson
Birling (female): Lisa Beatie
Birling (male): Matt McAnder
Bow Saw (female): Kristen Shake
Bow Saw (male): Chris Garber-Slaght
Double Buck Saw (female): Amy Rath and Kristen Shake
Double Buck Saw (male): Jamie Hollingsworth and Tom Malone
Double Buck Saw (Jack & Jill): Jamie Hollingsworth and Kristen Shake
Fire Building (two-person team): Chris Garber-Slaght and Danny Jenson
Pulp Toss (four-person team): the Tree Toppers (including Adrian Baer, Brenden Bruns, Chris Garber-Slaght, and Gabe Peasemadore)
One of the participating teams. UAF photo by Maureen McCombs
The October 6, 2009 Sun Star has a full center spread of photos from the festival.
Highlights from some of the previous forest sports festivals:
Highlights from some of the previous forest sports festivals:
2008: "Farthest North Forest Sports Festival participants show off their skills in contest," Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Oct. 5, 2008. See also this award-winning photo by UAF photographer Todd Paris.
2007: News-Miner photo from the 10th forest fest fire-building event, and the cover story from the October 9 Sun Star. See also this birling photo by Todd Paris (brrr!).
2005: "Farthest North Forest Sports Festival," by Tav Ammu, Sun Star, Oct. 4, 2005. Photos by Todd Paris from this year are also available.
2004: UAF photo by Todd Paris from the 7th festival.
2003: rules and links for the 6th annual festival.
2002: Dr. Scott Rupp's faculty page features a PowerPoint slideshow download of the 5th forest sports festival.
1999 Photos from the 2nd Annual festival.
1998: the first year! Harry Bader, Jamie Hollingsworth, and John Fox, along with a few others, came up with the idea and put it into action.
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