The 79-year-old Canterbury axeman is used to "cleaning up", having already won an earlier chop at the annual New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch on Wednesday. Despite that, Thain scoffs at the idea that woodchopping is hard work or the suggestion it might be time to slow down. "It takes 10 years to become a good axeman. Accessing logs to train with had become increasingly difficult over the years, making the sport challenging for young people to learn, he said. "[Roger's] good to wind up when he's not winning because he's still out there going for first place ... he's a good one."

Source: Stuff November 13, 2019 07:00 UTC