''Great Outdoor Games'' was a series of televised outdoor games created by
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
. The program was cancelled in 2006.
''Great Outdoor Games'' individual events include:
*
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...
Events
**
Fly Fishing
** Freshwater Doubles
*
Sporting Dog Events
** Agility
** Disc Drive (
disc dog
Disc dog (commonly called Frisbee dog) is a dog sport. In disc dog competitions, dogs and their human flying disc throwers compete in events such as distance catching and somewhat choreographed freestyle catching. The sport celebrates the bond ...
)
** Big Air (
dock jumping
Dock jumping also known as dock diving is a dog sport in which dogs compete in jumping for distance or height from a dock into a body of water.
There are dock jumping events in the United States and other countries such as United Kingdom,
Au ...
)
** Flyball (
flyball
Flyball is a dog sport in which teams of dogs race against each other from the start to the finish line, over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses the spring-loaded pad, then back to their ha ...
)
** Retriever Trials (
field trial
A field trial is a competitive event for gundogs. Field trials are conducted for pointing dogs and setters, retrievers and spaniels, with each assessing the different types various working traits. In the United States, field trials are also co ...
)
* Target Events
**
Archery
**
Rifle
**
Shotgun
*
Timber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, w ...
Events
**
Boom Run
**
Log rolling
Log rolling, sometimes called wikt:birl#English, birling, is a sport involving two competitors, each on one end of a free-floating log in a body of water. The athletes battle to stay on the log by sprinting, kicking the log, and using a variety ...
** Team Relay
** Endurance
** Speed Climbing
** Tree Topping
**
Hot Saw Hot Saw is an event or discipline in logging sports. It is also used to describe the type of saw used in the event, a high-powered chainsaw.
Overview
This event is often the crowd's favourite, and certainly the loudest. Compared to other logging s ...
** Springboard
* New Events for 2014
** Dump 'Em Out
** Log Jam
External links
Great Outdoor Games V
ESPN
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