National extreme sporting event coming to Red Deer

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“There are four disciplines, including the underhand chop, stock saw, the standing block and the single buck, which is all done within a two minute timeframe,” she explains. “It’s very fast-paced, it only runs over the course of two days, the Friday and the Saturday. Our objective and goal is also to pair this particular event with some other related aspects to really draw in the spectators and the experience for those ones that are going to be in the area.”

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Described as an original extreme sport, the STIHL Timbersports Canadian trophy will feature 12 of the best Canadian athletes in an elimination bracket format where the winner moves onto the next round and the losing athlete is sent home.

Kitchen adds the event is expected to draw 1,500 to 2,000 spectators into the region. 

“I’m excited for the first time that Red Deer’s going to host something that hasn’t been held by our neighbours or anyone else in Alberta,” exclaims Kitchen. “This is the first time that we actually get the first kick at the can.”

Kitchen says Red Deer’s location makes it a great spot to host the event.

“I think the ability that people can experience and get into our city quickly, we can draw on that large span of that 2.9 million people being in the city within 90 minutes,” explains Kitchen. “We’re also going to be able to draw some of those spectators from BC and Saskatchewan. The ability that our destination offers is they can easily drive into our city, spend a few days with us and get back home, and they have a great transportation system in which to do that.”

If successful, Kitchen hopes the event can be hosted in Red Deer on a regular rotation moving forward.

“We’re not looking at having high ticketing fees to experience this,” she explains. “We want to make it very family friendly and no matter what budget you have, you are going to be able to experience this and afford to be able to do it.

“One of the biggest things that I’m super pumped about is that I’ve finally got an event that Red Deer is going to host for the first time versus Edmonton or Calgary and I think that’s the biggest win for our city.”