Scotts heading for international log rolling competition

Amy Woolvett

THE COAST GUARD

NovaNewsNow.com

The Scott’s are at it again.

April, her son Dakota and nephew Marcel of Barrington are rolling their way towards the World Championship Competitions for log rolling and boom running this week and have headed out on a road trip with Minnesota and Wisconsin and of course the title as their primary destination.

Family member Phil Scott has brought the family and province 9 of the world championship titles in previous years and April says it will be their job this year to keep the prized title in the family.

“It’s part of our family heritage,” said April, “we have been doing it now for five generations.”

Born out of river driving, the sport at one time was done out of fun for something to do at night once the work was done.

“And then it became technical,” said April.

All three had been log rolling since they were around four years old and as April explained had listened to her fathers advice that if you keep up this log rolling it will take you all over the world.

They will be participating in both the World Log Rolling Championships as well as the Lumberjack World Championships next weekend.

People from all over the world will be competing and will have trained for up to a year for the event.

“But we usually swoop in from Nova Scotia and blow them out of the water,” laughs April.

The rules of the game are to knock your opponent off of the log before they take you down.

“Anything to make them lose balance is a trick you can use,” said Marcel hoping not to take a seater on the cedar himself.

They are the only team of logrollers to be competing out of Nova Scotia.

They have received sponsorship to help cover the expenses of the trip from local businesses and individuals including a recent monetary support from the Municipality of Barrington.

Marcel will also be boom running in the competition where you run across lengths of logs lined up in the water and back without falling. His best score so far has been 13 seconds.

The family explains how important it is to gain control of the log in attempt to throw the competitor off balance while keeping their own feet steadily moving on the log without falling in.

“When you’re fighting for world title you dig deep to recover,” explained April.