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Latest news and updates from the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Series around the globe. Stay up to date with what is happening in The Original Extreme Sport.
Announcement
European Trophy 2024
The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® European Trophy will stop off at a historic location in 2024, with the competition for the best European TIMBERSPORTS® athletes in the Trophy format taking place in Bellinzona, the Swiss gateway to the Alps, on Sunday 29th September. In thrilling one-on-one duels, the extreme sports athletes must not allow themselves any carelessness or mistakes - because only the 10 best will qualify for the World Trophy 2025. Admission to the event is free.
9. Sep 2024Switzerland · Global
Competition Result
Result International Women's Cup 2024
USA’s Erin LaVoie successfully defended her STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® International Women’s Cup title in a pulsating event in Klingenthal, Germany, yesterday. The American set a new national record on her way to victory, with Canada’s Stephanie Naud and Czechia’s Karolina Urbanová finishing second and third respectively.
25. Aug 2024Germany · Global
Competition Result
Ben Cumberland has emerged victorious in the 2024 Canadian Pro Championship
Cumberland delivered a stellar performance, beating out Marcel Dupuis, who finished second, and Bill Bischoff, who claimed the third spot on the podium. This victory underlines Ben Cumberland’s top form as he prepares to represent Canada on the world stage.
18. Aug 2024Canada
Competition Result
Result U.S. Championship 2024
In front of an impassioned crowd, elite male and female STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® athletes went head-to-head this weekend at the 2024 U.S. Championship, providing fans with thrilling performances. Athletes chopped their way to victory through various competitions, including the underhand chop, stock saw, standing block chop, single buck, springboard chop, and the hot saw. When the sawdust settled, two champions were crowned: Erin LaVoie and Nate Hodges.
29. Jul 2024United States of America
Competition Result
Nordic Championship 2024
The weekend of July 19–20 culminated the intense competition season in the extreme sport of TIMBERSPORTS® with the Nordic Championships 2024 in Malung, Sweden. The Nordic's top Pro, Rookie, and Women athletes competed for the title of Nordic Champion in their respective classes, resulting in a weekend filled with impressive performances and new records. Confirmed for the 2024 World Championship is Sweden's Ferry Svan, who took home the title in the Pro class.
22. Jul 2024Sweden · Denmark · Finland
Announcement
Announcement Nordic Championship 2024
On July 19-20, the best TIMBERSPORTS® athletes from across the Nordics will gather in Malung, Sweden, to compete for the title of Nordic Champion. Athletes from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are prepared to take on the challenge, each represented in various competition classes.
15. Jul 2024Sweden · Norway · Denmark
Announcement
International Women's Cup 2024
STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® is axe-cited to announce that the International Women’s Cup will return for a third successive season, providing fans with the opportunity to see the very best female talent in elite logger sports go head-to-head to crown the International Women’s Champion.
2. Jul 2024Germany · Global
Competition Result
British Championship 2024
The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® British Championship delivered another thrilling weekend of extreme sport at the Royal Three Counties Show in Malvern, with Glen Penlington securing a hat-trick of Pro Championship titles in consecutive years.
16. Jun 2024United Kingdom
Announcement
Announcement British Championship 2024
Competition for places in the British Pro Championship taking place on Saturday 15 June is so high that the first ever qualifier will take place the Friday before. The top six athletes from 2023’s Championship have earned automatic qualification, whilst the remaining athletes from last year’s competition will go head-to-head with newcomers to decide who will take the final spots in the main event. The action doesn’t stop there with 12 rookies (athletes under 25) competing in the British Rookie Championship and 11 women vying for victory in the British Women’s Championship on Sunday 16 June.
13. Jun 2024United Kingdom
Announcement
Announcement Australian Trophy & Australian Women's Championship 2024
Australia’s top professional STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® athletes will make their way to sunny Cairns for the first time on Saturday 16 March to compete in the 2024 Australian Trophy & Australian Women’s Championship at the Cairns Convention Center.
5. Mär 2024Australia
Announcement
World Championship 2024 in Toulouse
STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® is axe-cited to announce the dates for the 2024 TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship, which will see the season highlight contested in France for the first time. On Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November 2024, the world's elite logger sports athletes will take to the stage at Toulouse's famed Zénith Toulouse Metropole arena.
6. Feb 2024France · Global
General News
The Cogar lumberjack sports dynasty: living out a family tradition in extreme sports
Many athletes dream of making a name for themselves in extreme sports, or of winning titles and successes that mean they will be remembered forever. Even for an individual athlete, that is not easy to achieve. But for an entire family to be equally well-known and successful in the field over multiple generations is a real rarity. TIMBERSPORTS® athlete Matt Cogar comes from a family which has been participating in lumberjack sports for almost 100 years, and for whom extreme sports are something of a family tradition. As one of the most successful active US athletes, he gives us some insights into the Cogar family story and what it has meant for his career.
1. Dez 2023United States of America
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STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® and LIEBHERR extend partnership
The extreme sports series STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® and the construction machinery manufacturer LIEBHERR are extending their partnership - meaning that the premier class in logger sports can continue to rely on a strong partner for its international competitions. Both sides will continue to benefit from a partnership that has existed since 2012, in which LIEBHERR supports the World Championships, World Trophy and European Trophy. The partnership will initially be extended until 2026.
30. Nov 2023Germany · Global
Competition Result
World Championship 2023 in Stuttgart (GER)
Saturday 4th November 2023 – Jamie Head claimed the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Individual World Championship to give Australia a double gold for the second year running, as ‘The Original Extreme Sport’ closed out a phenomenal weekend of elite logger sports axe-tion in Stuttgart, Germany. Another sell-out crowd of 6,500 fans at the packed Porsche-Arena made their voices heard as Head sawed to victory.
4. Nov 2023Germany · Global
Competition Result
World Championship 2023 in Stuttgart (GER)
Friday 3rd November 2023 – The German city of Stuttgart witnessed a logger sports masterclass as Australia claimed an unprecedented fourth consecutive STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Team World Championship – and their eighth world title overall – in front of a raucous crowd of 6,500 at the sold-out Porsche-Arena.
3. Nov 2023Germany · Global
General News
European teams on the team World Championship podium: A retrospective
Since its launch in 2010, the team World Championship has been hugely popular with TIMBERSPORTS® athletes and fans alike. Victory in this event requires perfect coordination between a team of (usually) four athletes, as well as strong individual performances. The nations of Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia have always dominated this competition format – with the latter two of these having taken every title so far. The Australians, in particular, have been unstoppable in the last three editions. However, a bit further back in history two European teams have successfully stayed in the running to win a place on the podium.
30. Okt 2023Switzerland · Poland · Global
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STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Individual World Championship 2023 - Favourites
The battle for the most prestigious title in the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Series will take place on 4 November in the Porsche-Arena. Among the best individual athletes in the world, there are numerous competitors with a chance of winning the title, but it is hardly possible to pinpoint a clear favourite this year. Even though traditionally the athletes from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA are always fighting for the title, the European representatives are also eager to claim the medals or the victory itself.
23. Okt 2023Germany · Global
Announcement
World Championship 2023 in Stuttgart sold out
STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® is gearing up to host the World Championship of elite logger sports at the sold-out Porsche-Arena in Germany in November. After 2013 and 2016, the World Championship returns to Stuttgart this year. As the rush for tickets shows, this return was long overdue: the Porsche-Arena on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November is already completely sold out, weeks before the competition. Now the field of participants has also been confirmed.
17. Okt 2023Germany · Global
Competition Result
Results German Championship 2023 in Essen
Danny Martin is now the four-time German Champion in STIHL TIMBERSPORTS®. In the fight for the title which took place on Sunday, 1 October, Martin achieved No.1 status and secured his fourth national championship at the Seaside Beach in Essen. This means he has qualified for the Individual World Championship on 4 November and will compete in Stuttgart against the best logger sports athletes in the world. Peter Bauer came second, and the podium was completed by Stephan Odwarka.
1. Okt 2023Germany
General News
From rookie to pro: How to make it into the TIMBERSPORTS® elite class
Sooner or later, several of these young athletes will take on one of the toughest tests of all; the leap to the Pros – the elite class within the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® series. In recent years Marcel Steinkämper (GER), Oliver Reinhard (SUI) and Emil Hansson (SWE), among others, have shown how this trajectory can progress and how to become established among the national top performers.
24. Sep 2023Germany · Switzerland · Sweden · European Union
Announcement
Announcement Australian Championship 2023
Australia’s top professional STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® athletes will yield razor sharp axes and high-powered STIHL chainsaws at the upcoming coveted Australian PRO and Rookie Championship. Taking place at the Breakwater Lighthouse in Wollongong on Saturday, 16 September 2023, this is the first time the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS ® series has returned to New South Wales since 2018.
13. Sep 2023Australia
Competition Result
Results European Nations Cup 2023 in Seefeld
A combined Scandinavian team of Sweden’s Emil Hansson, Ferry Svan Edvin Karlsson and Denmark’s Esben Pedersen followed-up from last year’s success to claim the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® European Nations Cup for the second time topping the teams of France and Poland. The competition took place on Sunday 3rd September in front of an excited crowd in Seefeld, Austria.
4. Sep 2023Austria · European Union