NEW RICHMOND, Wis. - Alicia Diethert started her sporting career by swimming. Now she’s excelling in a sport where she’s trying to stay out of the water. Diethert and her younger brother, Jacob, have ...
Ellie Davenport was 13 years old when one day she looked though a window at her local YMCA and saw people who appeared to be walking on water. Looking closer, she saw they were standing on logs in the ...
Considered by many to be the sole purview of lumberjacks, the competitive sport of logrolling — in which participants pad about on a log in water and try to outlast one another — is hoping for new ...
What was once a lumberjack’s favorite sport is now taking the country by storm, or rather, by river. Last weekend, students from UCSB claimed both the men’s and women’s championships at the Key Log ...
MILWAUKEE - College is a time for self-discovery and, among other things, Marquette University prides itself on being an urban university, providing an education in a city setting. That's why, just ...
Flathead and Lincoln county 4-H campers are participating in a more than century-old sport — logrolling. On Thursday, campers tested out one of the camp’s brand new Key Logs at Darrell E. Fenner 4-H ...
Logrolling, a fast-paced balancing act born during the lumber drives of the late 1800s, has been kept alive at logger festivals like Sedro-Woolley’s annual Fourth of July celebration, Loggerodeo and ...
Contemporary logrollers believe that the historical practice provides today's athletes a good, balanced workout. And that it's as easy as, well,... Considered by many to be the sole purview of ...
Lizzie Hoeschler Horvitz, left, rolling on a Key Log against Abby Hoeschler in 2014. Considered by many to be the sole purview of lumberjacks, the competitive sport of logrolling — in which ...