Tired of football and all the politics? How about something different. - Granite Grok

Tired of football and all the politics? How about something different.

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STIHL Timbersports roadies

As many of you know, I have been working for Stihl Timbersports for 25 years. I am on the production crew. Recently, Duluth Trading Post, one of our sponsors, wrote me up a bit in a blog ad for their Firehose Pants.

Take Ed Naile, for instance. Renowned as The Straightest Man with a Chainsaw, his job is to flush cut the competition logs between heats. STIHL measured a set of 100 cuts of his — nearly all were perfectly level, and the worst was off by just half a degree. And Ed eyeballs it every cut.

We filmed this Series Final in Milwaukie, Wisconsin at a German heritage festival. It was great. All 12,000 seats were full and then some.

This year the old guys fell, one by one, to some new, younger, competitors who have gone through the college events and come up through the ranks. I have known some since they were kids.

You might catch a glimpse of me whenever there is any sort of saw competition. I trim the wood for competitors after each event, as well as prepping all the springboard poles.

We are on ABC Wide World of Sports now that ESPN has dropped Timbersports. It was a good trade. The network goes all out to get good film.

See what you think:

STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® will air on ABC in 2017:

October 8, 2017; 4 pm ET, 3 pm CT, 3 pm PT: Pool A
October 15, 2017; 4 pm ET, 3 pm CT, 3 pm PT: Pool B
October 22, 2017; 4 pm ET, 3 pm CT, 3 pm PT: Championships

Times subject to change. Please check your local listings.

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