Summer So Far...

Sunday was the first official day of Summer, but in the lumberjack world it started WEEKS ago!

Midwest Log Rolling Championships

Words cannot express how grateful I am for all of the competitiors and volunteers. I fought back tears the entire day as I saw everybody not only raising money and showing support for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, but also creating memories with dear friends through lumberjack sports.
Together we raised just under $5,000 and drew in much media exposure not only for Huntington’s Disease, but also our unique sports of log rolling and boom running.
I especially want to thank our fantastic volunteers who made this event possible: George (Super Daddy) Martin, Olivia Judd, Jamie Fischer, Nate Greenberg, Laura Johnson, Alex Waite, Judy Hoeschler, Jay Hoeschler, Scott Lynch, Lynne Judd, Pat Burns, Todd Rawson, Connor Murphy, Karl Buschhaus, Jon Berard, Phil Olsen, Sherry Betthauser, Fiona Cahill, Jackie Steinhauer, Terry Rick, Katie Hoeschler, and Mrs. Sievert.
I also want to thank our amazing sponsors: Duluth Trading Company, Lundbeck, Trader Joe’s, Home Concept, Micheal’s Frozen Custard, SCION, and the Green Bay Packers.
The day of the event there were photographers EVERYWHERE! Below are links to various albums from the day’s events. All are free for download and saving!

Photos by Blaze (http://www.fotoaparat.org/): http://picasaweb.google.com/shanaUW/MidwestLogRollingChampionshipsByBlaze

Photos by George Martin: http://picasaweb.google.com/madisonlogrollers/MidwestLogRollingChampionships2009

Photos by Wingra Canoe and Sailing Center: http://picasaweb.google.com/wingraboats/MidwestLogRollingChampionships

Photos by The Hoeschler Family: http://logrollers.com/Logrollers/Competition_Photos/Pages/2009_Madison.html

And on a personal note… I won both log rolling and boom running! The log rolling matches for the day were all unbelievably exciting, and I am really looking forward to this summer of competition!

STIHL Timbersport Series Finals

Georgia is hot. We’re talking hotter than hot. I’m going to vote that the heat increased do to the influx of lady boom runners into the state. :)
Most of the weekend was spent by our hotel pool or in the air conditioning, but we did spend a bit of time competing!


I had a great semi final race against my girl Katie Rick, and advanced into the finals against Alyse Schreoder. After repeatedly being referred to as “old” one way or another over the weekend Alyse drove home the age issue by beating me in the closest final in STIHL boom run history. But I’m going to give that young girl credit… she can RUN! And I’m very excited the STIHL Boom trophy has gone to a different runner every year since the beginning in 2005. I WOULD like to have it back next year though…
As usual the highlight of the weekend was hanging out with my favorite girls. The laughter and “quotable quote” didn’t end all weekend. We had a fantastic pool party on Sunday evening, complete with Olivia getting thrown into the pool in her dress and Brian spraying an entire beer on me. God I love my lumberjack friends!

Below are some links to media from the exciting competition:

An ESPN.com article calling me old: http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/timbersports/news/story?id=4273434

ESPN.com article about finals: http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/timbersports/news/story?id=4275942

Photos from the weekend events: http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/timbersports/gallery?page=index_2009_Stihl_Columbus_Georgia