The sport’s origins date back to the days when forest materials were the primary material used in construction and the production of charcoal. Farmers and livestock farmers were the first people practising this sports being enjoyed as competitions and displays, nowadays.

The aizkolaris –woodcutting men in Basque-, cut trunks with an axe that weighs between 2,4 and 2,8 kilos. The trunks are positioned on the floor horizontally and the aizkolari stands on top of them to cut them. Antonio Jaunarena, the experienced aizkolari, participated in the dispaly of the 11th, beat his competitors in one minute and ten seconds.

The Navarra Tronza champions, Oier Arizkorbe, 23 years old, and José Luis Cano, 38, from Berriozar, validated his title in a display competing against two more couple. The tronzalaris (wood slicers) saw slices from the trunk with a double-handled saw, which is used by two sportsmen. After breaking the mark, the 8th of July with 18 tronzas in 8 minutes, the 11th of July, they sawed 10 slices in 5 minutes and 45 seconds.

This couple integrated by an engineering student and a gardener compites together five years ago. All the competitors used American saws. This tools can cost over 1.000 euros and they have a very good performance although requesting additional efforts.

Harrjasotze is one of the most spectacular categories and may be the most popular thanks to the successful performance of Inaxio Perurena. The 9th of July, Aitor Oiarbide participates in a display lifting stones weighing over 300 kilos.

In the individual category, the harrijasotzaile try to beat one of the records achieved.  In the collective events, the winner is the competitor that manages to lift the stone the most times. Apart from the stones, the sportsmen and women also lift Straw bales weighing up to 45 kilos (known as lasto altxatzea in Basque) and the aim of the contest is to lift the bale the most times within two minutes.
 

The Txinga-eroate championship consists in carrying weights in both hands that resemble milk churns, similar to those carried in rural areas in past times.  The competitor who manages to get the farthest wins the competition. In the lokotxas race (corncobs in Basque), the participants have to quickly collect the cobs and lay them in a basket. The audience gathered the 11th of July participated in the popular Txingas contest. The winner got a jam.

Soka tira 

In this sport, two teams made up of eight competitors pull on either side of a thick rope (soka in Basque) with all their might, with the aim of pulling the other team onto their side of the field. The Rural Sport Federation of Navarra organizes displays and championships during the festivities that bring together hundreds of people. The 12th of July the txinga-erute championships in both categories, men and women took place. The rural sport in the Plaza de los Fueros is finishing the 14th with 4 more displays.