#Highland games events cracked#
#Highland games events full#
#Highland games events pro#

I next tried two 2' x 4's overlapping each other by 4 feet, and two four foot sections butted to each of the full length pieces on each side.

#Highland games events cracked#

This design didn't work so well the length combined with the center butt could not take even slight impacts cracked the center board after only a few throws. I first tried four 2' x 4's with two butted at the center, one centered over lapping each of those and the last cut in half to fill in the ends all connected to each other with 3' deck screws. I planned on using an inner core wrapped with closed cell foam as a protective layer. So I needed to find a way to limit the reach or the impact it might have. At 20 feet the reach that an accident can happen is large.

This made having a caber at our event important, but not so big and heavy. A throw is scored by the angle the caber lands away from the thrower, 12 o'clock away is perfect, anywhere else reduces points, and if the caber does not flip all the way over the angle the thrower was able to get is scored. Turning a caber requires that the contestant be able to pick up the caber vertically, holding it by one end and throw the caber as they try to flip the end they were holding to land directly from them. The basic guideline for a caber is that half the contestants should be able to turn the caber.

#Highland games events pro#

The length and weight can vary from beginner to pro and from men to women. Cabers are basically large hewn logs or poles that can be as long as 19 feet and around 175 lbs. Probably one of the most iconic things associated with Highland Games, aside from bagpipes and kilts, is the caber. So in this instructable I will show how I made some novice / family safe equipment to be used in our Highland Games. I started to design some equipment that would provide the experience of the games but making them safer, especially for a large group on people not experienced with throwing telephone poles, boulders, and sledgehammers around. Taking this in mind but still wanting to do Highland games I started to look for ways to get the experience of the games without the possibility of death to those involved. My wife being ever so pragmatic suggested maybe something where the likelihood of death or maiming to the participants and observers was slightly lessened. I started to take notes and getting ideas about what to do for the activities. I was thinking about what to do as an activity as I was watching Scottish Highland Games on Youtube, and I decided I really wanted to do Highland Games as the activity. This same time I was already working on some family history that involved the Scottish side of my family so I was reading histories and looking up cultural information about the areas, activities and food that my ancestors may have experienced. I was recently tasked with coming up with a fun family activity that was different than what has been done before.