Bob King wins 2006 ECHO Carving Series Championship
Lake Zurich, IL (8/30/2006) - 
Bob King of Edgewood, Washington has won the 2006 ECHO Carving Series Championship held during the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on August 25-27. Sponsored by ECHO INCORPORATED, a leading manufacturer of outdoor power equipment, the ECHO Carving Series is a showcase competition between award-winning chain saw sculptors. Eight competitors from four qualifying events competed for the championship.
King narrowly beat out Dayton Scoggins by five points with his piece titled, “Spooked” under the event theme, “The Sporting Life”. Scoggins took second place and also won the “People’s Choice” award with his piece titled “Sportsman’s Paradise.”
All eight finalists labored over 20 hours during the weekend wowing the crowds with their unbelievable talent causing quite a difficult judging process. Judging criteria included: theme interpretation, degree of difficulty, craftsmanship, design and artistic impact, and correctness of form/anatomy proportion/state of completion. Complete results are below.
| 1st Place |
Bob King |
Edgewood, WA |
“Spooked” |
| 2nd Place |
Dayton Scoggins |
Heidelberg, MS |
“Sportsman’s Paradise” |
| 3rd Place |
Michael Blaine |
White Haven, PA |
“Sun Rise” |
| 4th Place |
R.D. Coonrod |
Quincy, IL |
“You Callin’ My Ducks?” |
| 5th Place |
Mark Colp |
Lakeport, CA |
“That A Boy” |
| 6th Place |
Jason Emmons |
St. Croix, IN |
“Peaceful Easy Feeling” |
| 7th Place |
Tim Klock |
Altoona, PA |
“Til the Last Shoe Falls” |
| 8th Place |
Kay Jackson |
Branson, MO |
“Fowl Play” |
King took home a prize package valued at almost $14,000 including cash, the ECHO Carving Cup, and a Ducks Unlimited Yamaha Grizzly 660 4x4 ATV in Advantage Max4â„¢ Pattern.
Attendees had an opportunity to go home with one of seven sculptures, as each piece was auctioned on Sunday with the proceeds split between the carver and Ducks Unlimited’s wetlands conservation efforts. The eighth sculpture will be held in reserve for auction at the Ducks Unlimited’s Wisconsin State Chapter banquet held in January 2007.
The total cash and prize package for the event totaled almost $34,000. Co-sponsors included Ducks Unlimited, Yamaha Motor Sports, ECHO Bear Cat Chippers and Shredders, Cannon Chain Saw Carving Bars, Oregon Chain, Winchester Shotguns, Tucker-Rocky ATV Accessories, Whitewater Apparel, John Marshall Designs, Primos Duck Calls, Citgo, and Avis Rent-A-Car.
ECHO is a proud sponsor and long-standing supporter of this unique art form. Action from this year and past Championships can be viewed by visiting www.echo-usa.com/carvingseries.
ECHO INCORPORATED is the leading supplier of professional-grade, high performance hand-held outdoor power equipment for commercial and residential use.