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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Madera County antheral conscionable brought location Gold astatine the Stihl Timbersports 2024 Individual World Championship successful France.
The Saturday competition saw the world’s apical lumberjacks vie to slash done logs successful the shortest magnitude of time.
Owner of Yosemite Axe Throwing, Nate Hodges, was the fastest chopping done each six categories successful conscionable 1 infinitesimal and 40 seconds.
The categories included:
- Underhand Chop
- Stock Saw
- Standing Block Chop
- Single Buck (Without Assistance)
- Springboard (Two Boards)
- Hot Saw
The Springboard Chop, which involves climbing a vertically mounted log utilizing 2 springboards to divided the artifact astatine the top, took Hodges conscionable 42.73 seconds - astir 7 seconds faster than the adjacent fastest competitor.
Hodges competed alongside 12 different nonrecreational lumberjacks from astir the world; to qualify, Hodges had to spot archetypal astatine the 2024 U.S. Pro Championship. He antecedently won metallic successful the 2022 and 2024 Team World Championship and 2022 National Trophy.
