Mason County Forest Festival is excited to be hosting the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Professional Western Qualifier. As always the competition is going to be first class and weare excited to be welcoming chainsaw carving demonstrations!

For the Men's division there will be seven of the top TIMBERSPORTS® male athletes in the Western Region competing for a chance to move on to the U. S. Professional Men's Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas. Competing for the top for spots to move on to Little Rock, are Nate Hodges, Walt Page, Jeff Skirvin, Mike Forrester, David "Junior" Moses, David Green and Cody LaBahn.

In the Women's division there will be four top TIMBERSPORTS® female athletes in the Western Region competing for a chance to move onto the U. S. Professional Women's Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas. Competing for the top for spots to move on to Little Rock, are Erin LaVoie, Kate Page, Haley Smith and Jessica Karraker. The events for the qualifying portion of this show are the Standing Block Chop, Underhand Chop, SingleBuck, Spring Board Chop, Stock Saw, and Hotsaw.

For the Rookie's division there are two contenders, Cole Schlenker and Maxwell Llyod.

Come down to Loop Field after the Paul Bunyan Grand Parade and visit the vendors when you enjoy the show. Loop Field has been the site of most of the Forest Festival Logging Shows since 1945. In fact Loop Field is one of the places where logging competition first got started in the USA. It truly is a grand setting with the lush green grass and the back drop of the majestic fir trees.

New this year are carving demonstrations from NW Professional Chainsaw Carvers. Attending are Anthony Robinson, Hayden Wright, Thor Thorstentein, and Ian Rakestraw. They will have items for sale at the event. The Festival is grateful to the City of Shelton, in particular Parks and Recreation, for going the extra mile to maintainLoop Field and to the City Public Works staff for all of their help.