Stihl Timbersports competition series begins
“Forty years ago, Stihl pioneered Timbersports as the Original Extreme Sport, giving axe wielders and wood choppers a stage on which to showcase their skills,” said Adam Wolff, Stihl Timbersports USA Team Manager. “This season is sure to be one of the most thrilling yet, with athletes pushing the limits of strength, speed, and precision in every competition. Fans can expect epic showdowns and non-stop action as the athletes fight their way towards glory at the World Championships in Milan.”
Battle at the Beach
In the Stihl Timbersports Battle and the Beach event on May 3 in Va. Beach, Va., home of Stihl USA HQ, athletes from across the U.S. and Canada competed for the 2025 North American Trophy. Building upon his legacy in the sport, Grafton, West Virginia’s Matt Cogar clinched his second consecutive North American Trophy win. He defeated New Brunswick, Canada’s Ben Cumberland with a competition-best of 57.01 for the fastest time of the day and an almost 10 second lead to defeat Cumberland.
Stihl Timbersports is an international lumberjack sports competition series. Athletes compete in national and international events featuring three axe disciplines and three sawing disciplines. Springboard Chop, Underhand Chop and Standing Block Chop are classic axe disciplines; Single Buck (single-man cross-cut saw), Stock Saw (STIHL MS 661 chainsaw) and Hot Saw (tuned, customized chainsaw with up to 80 horsepower) are sawing disciplines. Athletes compete against both each other and the clock.
The next event in the Sthil Timbersports series will take place at German Fest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 25-27 for the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Championships. With a $275K prize purse on the line, the stakes are high as the most elite lumberjacks and lumberjills in the nation battle it out for a shot at the podium.
Set against the scenic shores of Lake Michigan, the three-day festival celebrates German culture and tradition, with Stihl Timbersports taking center stage as the headlining event. The weekend will initiate with 24 lumberjacks competing in all six disciplines in the U.S. Men’s Semi-Finals on July 25-26, all vying for a spot in the championships. To culminate the evening on July 26, 12 fierce lumberjills will face off for the title in the U.S. Women’s Championship. Then on July 27, the top-seeded men from the semi-finals will fight for the crown in the U.S. Men’s Championship, and the winner will represent the U.S. at the Individual World Championship.
World Championships, October 24-25, Milan, Italy
The Stihl Timbersports 2025 World Championships will take place in Milan, Italy on October 24-25 at the Allianz Cloud Arena. It will be the first time the most prestigious competition in elite logger sports will be held on Italian soil, as 120 of the world’s finest axe-men from 20 nations battle across two days of high-octane wood chopping and sawing. The excitement kicks off at the Team World Championship on October 24 as nations go head-to-head in a knockout format with four athletes on each team powering through four disciplines in a fast-paced relay race. Team USA will have their sights set on Team Australia, who won their fifth consecutive world title in 2024.
The Individual World Championship will occur on October 25, where the world’s top 12 athletes will compete across all six Timbersports disciplines in a three-round elimination format. In each discipline, the competitors will accumulate points based on the time it takes them to slash through their blocks, with the lowest ranked athletes eliminated at the end of each round. When the sawdust settles, the athlete with the most points will be crowned the 2025 Individual World Champion.
