In 2026, I was asked by Rogue Fitness to design and build a "slide" structure for a new event at the Arnold Strongman Classic . The athletes were to carry three sandbags weighing several hundred pounds up a long ramp, drop them over a bar, with a slide to brace the fall of the sandbag on it's way down. Like other events, the big challenge was creating a structure that could hold up to heavy abuse and also be put on and taken off the competition floor in 20-30 minutes. The slide, bar, and handrail structures were assembled using mortise and tenon joinery and a handful of structural screws and bolts.

View the whole event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPsznwjRNQ0&t=1800s

Professional photo courtesy of Rogue Fitness