The events include sawing, chopping, logrolling, and climbing to test the strength and agility of over 100 competitors.

Opponents step onto a floating log, cuff it to start the roll, spin it rapidly in the water with their feet, stop or snub it suddenly by digging into the log with special caulked birling shoes and a reverse motion to maneuver their adversaries off balance and into the water, a feat called 'wetting'.

Competing birlers step off a dock onto a floating log, grasping pike poles held by attendants for balance.

A bucking contest where teams of two women compete against one another for the best time in cutting through a 20-inch (510 mm) white pine log.

The world record for the standing block chop is 12.33 seconds set by Jason Wynyard from New Zealand in 2007.

Out in the forest this technique enables a working lumberjack to reach softer wood above the tough and knotty base of a tree marked for cutting.

Contestants climb a height of nine feet using two springboard placements and chop through a 12-inch-diameter (300 mm) aspen log mounted on the top of the spar pole.

A single sawyer uses a one-man bucking saw to cut through a 20-inch-diameter (510 mm) white pine log for the best time.

A single sawyer using a single-cylinder, single-motor power saw makes three vertical cuts—down, up and down—through a 20-inch-diameter (510 mm) white pine log.

Event is strictly against time and begins when the signal "go" is given and ends when the contestant touches the ground after climbing to the 60-foot mark.

Brian Bartow of Grants Pass, Oregon holds the world record of 12.28 seconds, set in 2012.

Timing begins on the signal "go" and ends when the contestant touches the ground after ringing one of the two bells on top of the spar pole.

In this climb, Stirling Hart of Vancouver, Cananda holds the world record with a time of 18.30, set in 2013.

In competition, opponents step onto a floating log, cuff it to start the roll, spin it rapidly in the water with their feet, stop or snub it suddenly by digging into the log with special caulked birling shoes and a reverse motion to maneuver their adversaries off balance and into the water, a feat called 'wetting'.

Competing birlers step off a dock onto a floating log, grasping pike poles held by attendants for balance.

Both Jubiel Wickheim of Sooke, British Columbia (1969) and JR Salzman of Wisconsin (2015) have each held the title 10 times.

A bucking contests where a man and woman, or two women, compete for the best time to cut through a 20-inch (510 mm) white pine log.

The world record for the Jack and Jill event was set in 2010 by Dave Jewett and Lindsay Daun with a time of 6.00 seconds.

Two sawyers working as a team use a two-man bucking saw to cut through a 20-inch-diameter (510 mm) white pine log.

Jason Wynyard and Dion Lane hold the world record with a time of 4.77 seconds set in 2005.

The 2024 Women's All-Around events and winners are: underhand chop (Kelly Kerrigan of Connecticut), single buck (Lauren Bergman of Montana), Jack and Jill (Tina Scheer of Maine), logrolling (Emily Christopherson of Wisconsin) and boom run.

The 2024 Women's All-Around Lady Jill was awarded to Erin LaVoie of Washington State, with second and third slots going to Martha King of Pennsylvania and Kate Wittcowski of Wisconsin, both with very strong performances.

Due to the nature of the springboard chop and logrolling, the all-around points for these two events will be scored differently.

For the springboard, the sixth fastest competitors from Friday's and Saturday's heats receive double the points.

The 2024 Tony Wise All-Around events and winners are: underhand chop (Dale Beams of Australia), standing chop (Matyas Klima of Czech Republic), springboard chop (Adam Lethco of Tennessee), double buck (Logan Scarborough of North Carolina and Adam Lethco of Tennessee), single buck (Adam LaSalle of Wisconsin), hot saw (Ben Marshall of New York), Jack & Jill (Mark Bouquin of New York), logrolling (Thomas Mengwasser of Wisconsin), boom run (Marcel Scott of Nova Scotia, Canada), 60-foot climb (Ben Whelan of Minnesota) and 90-foot climb (Caleb Graves of Tennessee).

Sponsors for the Lumberjack World Championships have been numerous over the years and include Zeilies, Enbridge, Future Wood, Decked, and Wisconsin Lottery, among various other companies such as Stihl, Plum Creek Timber, and SBI Pepsi.