Eibarko Euskal Jokoak - Basque Traditional Sports Association

What is "Eibarko Euskal Jokoak"?

"Eibarko Euskal Jokoak" is a Basque Sports Association, located in Eibar (Gipuzkoa) founded in 1997 to promote and practise Rural Basque Sports.

Performances

• Axe-cutting
  • vertically
  • height-cutting (5 m).
  
  • horizontally
  • less strokes cutting proof
  • speed-proof
  • cutting of trunks bigger than 3 m of perimeter
  • One-hand cutting
• Hoe-cutting
• Saw-cutting

• Stone-lifting: stones of different shapes (cubical, cylindrical, rectangular and spherical), and weights up to 300 kg.
• Games from Iparralde
  • Bale lifting up to 5 m
  • anvil lifting
  • bale thowing
  • cart lifting(326 kg of weight)
• Ear gathering
• Tug-of-war

• Wood-carving with a chainsaw
• Carriage of txingas (weights of 50 kg each).
• Plank-making in a sawing-place)