Great news! The 13th annual Three Rivers Roleo will be held at the Great River Landing off the Mississippi and Black Rivers in Onalaska, Wisconsin on Saturday July 10 for professional athletes and Sunday July 11 for amateurs.
The event is free and open to the public. Families, history lovers, outdoor enthusiasts are encouraged to attend to cheer-on athletes at this live event returning from the pandemic-mandated “off” season. NEW in 2021 is the addition of professional boom running!
Three Rivers Roleo is an action-packed professional tournament with a record of 33 professional athletes attending this year. Included in this year’s lineup are five past and present world champions. The past 5 years of Roleo Winners (2015- 2019) on the women’s side have gone on to women the World Championships the same year. This year’s line-up features Anthony Polentini current Men’s World Champion Log Roller and 2018 Boom Running World Champion, and Livi Pappadopoulos, 2-time World Champion and Three Rivers Roleo Champion on the women’s side. We have nearly all the top athletes coming from 5 states as well as highly ranked local favorites.
Three Rivers Roleo was founded as a local event by Katie Burke (formerly Rick) and Jacob Rick both Onalaska natives. The sport of log rolling first emerged through the lumberjacks who worked in the logging industry that played a major role in the history of the Midwest more than a hundred years ago.
The 2021 Three River Roleo will begin at The Great River Landing on Saturday, July 10 at 11am and likely going till 4 or 5 kicking off with log rolling followed immediately by professional boom running. The event is free to the public, bring a lawn chair or a blanket for this. On Sunday, July 11th the Three Rivers Roleo amateur tournament will begin at 10 am.
Photo Credit for the log rolling photo’s should be given to Joanie Davenport. One boom running photo is labeled with photo credit to Rich Magnone and the other two boom running photos the credit goes to Aperture by Steve Davis.
For any information or media requests for the 2021 Three Rivers Roleo, please contact Katie Burke at katie@kricklogrolling.com or 608-769-3583.