ONLINE: Midwest Log Rolling Championships
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Nick Collura
Madison Log Rolling co-owner Shana Verstegen.
Regardless of your actual log rolling experience, you may have felt, over the past few months, as if you are on top of a slippery log scrambling madly to stay upright and afloat. That's why this year's Midwest Log Rolling Championships are gonna be perfect for you! Taking place virtually, competitors can submit a 1-2 minute video to madisonlogrolling@gmail.com; the $10 registration benefits Huntington's Disease Society of America. Show 'em your best trick. If you can stand-up paddleboard, you can hula hoop on top of a log. (And yes, there will be prizes.) Not up for falling off a log? You can vote to help choose the winners at the Midwest Log Rolling Championships website through midnight, June 27.
press release: What to do: Film a 1-2 minute video of you showing off your best trick and fancy skills on the log. Jump rope, hula hoop, dance… get creative!
If you do not have access to your own logs, we are offering free rolling time slots here in Madison. Submit these via a file sharing service (google drive, we transfer, dropbox, etc.) to madisonlogrolling@gmail.com between June 1st and June 26th. All entries will be put on our Midwest Log Rolling Championships website during this time, and voting will end the end of the day on June 27th.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three youth entries and the top three adult entries (selected by votes online). There will also be prizes for fundraising levels for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America:
$100: Madison Log Rolling “Lumberjack” T-Shirt
$500: Contigo Water Bottle + T-Shirt
$1000: Cooler + Water Bottle + T-Shirt
$2000: TRX Suspension Trainer + HDSA Blanket + Cooler + Water Bottle + T-Shirt
Six-time World Champion Lumberjill Shana Verstegen lost her mother to this neurological brain disorder.
Through the Midwest Log Rolling championships she combines her two passions: lumberjack sports and fighting for a cure for Huntington’s Disease.
Money raised by the Midwest Log Rolling Championships will go directly to help research possible treatments and cures, local patient and family care, and community education in Wisconsin. On a larger scale, HDSA’s coordinated national and international research will also benefit people with diseases related to Huntington’s – diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and many dystrophies.
