While chopping down a tree might not be everyone's idea of fun, the competitors at a bizarre event this weekend in the US are getting ready to prove their lumberjacking skills to the world.
Between July 27th and 29th in Haywood, Wisconsin, the annual Lumberjack World Championships is set to take place.
In total more than 12,000 spectators are expected to gather at the Lumberjack Bowl to watch 200 lumberjacks and lumberjills compete in a variety of events.
These include the standing chop, the underhand chop, the springboard chop, the single bucking, double bucking, power sawing, Jack and Jill sawing, logrolling, speed climbing, boom running and river pigging.
All the competitors will be looking to win the event and scoop the $50,000 of prize money.
The Lumberjack World Championships began in 1960 "as a way to acknowledge the rich history of the logging industry across the United States".
A statement on the Lumberjack World Championships' website states: "The pure strength and skill of the various chopping and sawing events, the agility and grace, as well as the endurance, of log rolling and the exhilaration of 90 foot tree climbing makes this an exciting family event each summer for over 12,000 spectators."
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