Starting on go, competitors run quick as a rabbit up the pole start their saws, cut off the end of the pole and run back down. The fastest one wins. Log Rolling Wade Stewart and Bill McGarry Splashing water and fast moving feet are all characteristics of log rolling. Log rolling otherwise known as birling, has a long history. Timber floating down mighty rivers was guided by the steady feet of many a man.
Todays log rollers use specially designed spiked shoes.
These spiked shoes help them to maintain balance and quickness. The log rollers have two minutes on each size of log to prove there stuff. When the time limit is reached the rollers move to a smaller log. The first roller with two falls wins. Most matches are best two out of three, some are three out of five.