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FAMILIES SPEND THEIR SUMMER
TO ACCUSE ALL KINDS OF
ACTIVITIES.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
SPENDING YOUR SUMMER LOG
ROLLING?
MAYBE YOU HAVE WATCHED A SHOW
AT THE STATE FAIR, BUT TRYING
IT OUT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
STORY.
ABBEY COMES FROM A LONG LINE
OF WORLD CHAMPION LOG ROLLERS.
HER MOM, JUDY, THAT YOU SEE
HERE, IS A SEVEN-TIME LOG
ROLLING CHAMPION.
ABBEY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS
PRETTY GOOD, TOO,, AND NOW SHE
IS MAKING IT HER MISSION TO
MAKE SURE THAT ATHLETES ACROSS
THE WORLD HAVE A CHANCE TO TRY
THE SPORT SHE LOVES SO MUCH,
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES HER A
MINNESOTAN TO MEET.
Reporter: ABBEY IS TRYING
TO MAKE SURE OTHERS AREN'T
AFRAID TO TRY THE SPORT SHE
LOVES SO MUCH.
MY FAMILY, THEY WEREN'T
LOGGERS, OR LUMBER BEAR ONS, OR
ANYTHING, BUT MY MOM GREW UP IN
A SMALL TOWN IN NORTHERN
WISCONSIN, WHERE THE WORLD
LUMBERJACK CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE
FOUND.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT BALANCING ON A SPINNING
LOG IN THE WATER THAT JUST
DRAWS PEOPLE IN.
IT REALLY FEELS LIKE YOU'VE
ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING WHEN YOU
LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY MANEUVER
THE LOG IN THE WATER.
Reporter: AFTER COLLEGE AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, SHE
WANTED TO PER SUE HER GOAL OF
MAKING MINNESOTA THE MECCA OF
LOG ROLLING.
IT'S EXCITING.
IT'S EASY TO PRODUCE.
YOU DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW, A TON
OF FIELDS, OR ANY -- ALL YOU
NEED IS TWO FEET OF WATER AND A
2 BY 2 SPACE.
Reporter: HER GOAL TO GROW
THE SPORT'S POPULARTY BE, BUT
SHE NEEDED AN EASIER WAY OF
GETTING 500-POUND CEDAR LOGS TO
THE MASSES.
THE LOGS AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE
SHIPPED OUTSIDE THE U.S. THAT'S
WHY SHE STARTED MAKING THEM.
WE MANUFACTURE THE LOGS.
Reporter: THEY ARE 65
POUNDS AND CAN BE SHIPPED
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
IT IS MIGHT OUT OF THE SAME
MATERIAL AS KAYAKS.
Reporter: THEY ARE EVEN
SHIPPED WITH TRAINING WHEELS,
BE SO THE YOUNG AND OLD CAN
GIVE IT A WHIRL.
NOW WE JUST FLATTENNY
LEARNING CURVE.
WHEN PEOPLE STEP ON, THEY CAN
KIND OF GUEST THE HANG OF IT.
THEY SEE SUCCESS RIGHT AWAY,
AND THEN THE PROGRESSION TAKES
A LOT FASTER, AND THEY CAN
START TO TAKE THE TRAINERS OFF
ONE BY ONE.
Reporter: HER NEPHEW
APPEARS TO BE GETTING THE HANG
OF IT.
APPARENTLY IT RETURNS IN THE
FAMILY, BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN
SEE, IT DOESN'T COME EASY FOR
EVERYONE.
ABBEY TRAVELS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
SHE HAS SHIPPED LOGS TO PLACES
LIKE AUSTRALIA AND FRANCE.
THAT HISTORY IS VERY ROOTED
IN THE NORTH WOODS OF THE
UNITED STATES, BUT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN MOVING LOGS ON WATER WAYS
FOR CENTURIES.
Reporter: SHE SAID SHE
HOPES THE HISTORICAL ROUTES
WILL SEND THESE LOGS TO
WATERWAYS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HER GOAL IS TO MAKE IT AN
OLYMPIC SPORT, AND THAT'S WHY
SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE LOGS COULD BE SHIP AID
CROSS THE WORLD.
OBVIOUSLY THAT TAKES TIME, BUT
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING
A LOG TO YOUR LAKE, THEY'RE
EXPENSIVE.
THEY RUN ABOUT $2150, AND THAT
COMES WITH THE TRAINING WHEELS.
SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT
AS JUST ANOTHER TOY AT THE
LAKE.
JASON, KIM, YOU'RE NEXT.
GOT TO DO IT.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE A. THE
FAIR TODAY?
LET'S DO IT.
COME ON!
LET'S DO IT.
THERE'S TRAINING WHEELS.
THERE WAS A THREE-YEAR-OLD IN
THAT VIDEO THAT WAS DOING IT.
KNOW, BUT MY BALANCE IS
AWFUL.
SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF
ATHLETES.
I'M A CHUBBY 30-YEAR-OLD ARE
JEWISH GUY.