Floren Nazabal: wood-chopper
Good morning, my name is Amaia and I’m from enjoy English
programme. What’s your name?
Good morning, my name is Floren Nazabal
Where and when were you born?
I was born in Etxarri-Aranatz in 1969.
At your age and still practising! And tell me, when did you start
practising this sport?
I was very young when I started practising this sport, 14 or 15 years old. Then I started competing, competitions were very hard at the beginning because all my opponents were very good. In 1990 I won my first championship.
How many times a week do you have a training session?
It depends on the season. Before the competitions start (it is usually in spring time), I practise twice a week but I also go running and weight lifting so in total I train five times a week.
How do you practice this sport?
First you have to wear proper clothes for doing it, it is a matter of security. Then you have to be very careful with the axe, a ridiculous mistake can be a disaster for you. And finally, patience and a good calculus is needed to finish chopping the trunk ass soon as possible.
What materials do you need to practise this sport?
As I have said you need special clothes, specially to protect you. Then a very sharp axe and a well cut trunk. The trunk has to be fixed to the floor, so it doesn’t move every time you hit.
I think it is better not to try, just in case (laughs). After so many years competing, how many championships have you won in your career?
I’ve won a total of 18 “txapelas” or berets, which is the same as a cup for this sport. I have won the golden axe championship 5 times: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and also the world championship in 2005 together with Olasagasti.
The last question but not the least, what do you expect for the next season? Do you think you are going to be the winner?
It is difficult to say because you never know how your body is going to be and also how prepared the rest of the competitors will be. But I promise that I will try and do my best.
Thank you very much and good luck in the future.
CRAZY SPORT
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3:The goalkeper has to be less than 1.50 m tall
4:Play with your feet
5:Play in the living room
6:Only play on Saturdays
7:To play it needs to rain
8:You need to bring glasses
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My name is Iraia and I am in Robyns class in oñati.This is the sport we created.
ReplyDelete1. Basketball + rollerblading + pelota.
2. How do we play?
3. We play usinhg the samerules as basketboll.
4. Bat we wil use a pelota boll instead of abasketboll we will wear.
5. we will wear roller blades.
6. there will be two teams of 5 people.
7. You can bauncethe boll as many times as you laike.
8. You can olnei bounce the bau with one hanol at a taime.
9. The game will be one hour.
10. There will be four parts that are 15 minutes.
11. There will be four break in between each of the parts that are 5 minutes long.
My name is Iraia and I am in Robyns class in oñati.This is the sport we created.
ReplyDelete1. Basketball + rollerblading + pelota.
2. How do we play?
3. We play usinhg the samerules as basketboll.
4. Bat we wil use a pelota boll instead of abasketboll we will wear.
5. we will wear roller blades.
6. there will be two teams of 5 people.
7. You can bauncethe boll as many times as you laike.
8. You can olnei bounce the bau with one hanol at a taime.
9. The game will be one hour.
10. There will be four parts that are 15 minutes.
11. There will be four break in between each of the parts that are 5 minutes long.