A Cut Above
The Ultimate chainsaw carving competition series with challenges on artistry, stamina and carving skills, to re-imagine ordinary wood logs into jaw-dropping works of art.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Discovery
- Game Show
The Ultimate chainsaw carving competition series with challenges on artistry, stamina and carving skills, to re-imagine ordinary wood logs into jaw-dropping works of art.
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Cutting Down the Competition
43 mins
Twelve of the world's top chainsaw carvers compete in the ultimate carving competition. This grueling twelve-week battle pushes the carvers to the extreme while expert judges decide who makes the cut and who's on the chopping block.
Episode 2
Bowling Over the Competition
43 mins
Eleven remain in the world's toughest chainsaw competition. A bowling challenge strikes up laughs while the Master Carve reveals the competitors' biggest hopes and fears. A shocking elimination stuns everyone.
Episode 3
Bird Abodes and Big Bugs
43 mins
This week's challenges are about the birds and the bees. For the Quick Carve, contestants design outrageous birdhouses. Things then get creepy-crawly in the Master Carve as the carvers supersize tiny insects in only seven hours.
Episode 4
Wooden Quackers
43 mins
The competition keeps heating up. The carvers bang out as many identical ducks as they can in just two hours then earn their sea legs creating figure heads for old wooden ships.
Episode 5
Chainsaw Soapbox Derby
43 mins
The carvers rev up their chainsaws for a soapbox derby competition, creating and racing cars made of wood. Then, the master carvers must work together in a team challenge.
Episode 6
Carnival of Carving
43 mins
The carvers test their resilience with a jam session, making musical instruments out of wood. The Master Carve leaves the competitors spinning as they create fantastical carousel animals ready to ride.
Episode 7
Wet and Wild
43 mins
The stakes continue to escalate in the Carving Circle. Things get wet and wild during a water-feature challenge and emotions cut deep when the Carvers bring their family stories to life.
Episode 8
Opposite Day
43 mins
The five remaining carvers create working skateboards for judge and resident skater boy Ryan Cook. The Master Carve is turned upside-down as the carvers are asked to defy gravity.
Episode 9
Wearable Wood
43 mins
The carvers create headgear and then travel back in time to create a story of evolution.
Episode 10
Flipping and Ripping
43 mins
The five remaining carvers create working skateboards for judge and resident skater boy Ryan Cook. The Master Carve is turned upside-down as the carvers are asked to defy gravity.
Episode 11
Subaquatic Sawing
43 mins
The final Quick Carve weighs heavily on the contestants, who must create a wooden chain capable of lifting hundreds of pounds. The Master Carve has everyone feeling down as they create carvings that start under the sea.
Episode 12
The Final Carve
43 mins
In the season finale, three chainsaw carvers face off in the final challenge to earn $50,000.