Left: Rielly Wahlers, Grand Marais, shows the form of a young boom runner trying to balance her way on the wet logs. Above: Shana Martin displays the form of an experienced boom runner as she sprints her way down the logs. Shana is from Madison, Wis., and is the reigning 2012 women’s log rolling world champion.
Although the Fisherman’s Picnic Lumber Camp was packed up on Saturday evening, August 4, the lumberjack competition was not over. After a long night of breaking lumber camp, all the logging gear and lumber was loaded and moved north to the Atkinson mill pond on Clearwater Lake. There, on Sunday, August 5, professional and amateur boom running excited spectators.
On the longest and most challenging log booms in the world, professionals and amateurs raced across the floating logs and back to show off their skills in the boom run. Results of the boom run are at right.
Above: Make no mistake about it; even with a stick in her mouth, Aruba Atkinson is the fastest boom runner on the Atkinson pond. Right: Jessica Berg-Collman finished second in the kids’ boom run at the Minnesota Elite State Championships, and had a lot of fun while she competed.
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