This is a handicap event. The axemen are allocated a handicap based on past performance in events. The higher the handicap the more events the competitor has placed in or won. This helps even out the field when there are so many different abilities competing in the same event.
Appreciate you posting the names of the winners - very helpful for those of us watching from afar. These guys were obviously exhausted by the end of that event - and for good reason. I admire the tree felling participants whose event is also a marathon.
For those that havent chopped wood with an axe. OMG its legit damn satisfying. My friends and i used to see who could chop the most logs/ make cords and make bets on it. Shits legit fun and if you have anger from work, or life in general, you can take hella frustration out on the logs, and get tuckered out from it! So to alot of people this might look damn dumb, but holy shit, the way they are chopping legit requires alot of stamina, strength, and precise strokes. Id love to take part in this event!
