New Zealand wood chopping rookie Morgan Bolstad. Photo: Supplied
Bolstad is to New Zealand wood chopping like Barrett is to New Zealand rugby - but instead of three brothers, Bolstad spans three generations.
And for 18-year-old Morgan Bolstad it is a nickname that is really inspiring him as he guns for his first national title this week.
"Dad was known as The Professor and The Postman in wood chopping circles," Bolstad said.
"The Professor [because] of how accurate his technique was ... and The Postman [because] of how he always delivered."
His father David and grandfather Sonny Bolstad were both giants of the national and international axe-men competitions.
But for Morgan Bolstad, the memory and legacy of his dad - who tragically died at the Waiuku Axemen Champs from a heart attack in 2011 with Bolstad there aged just seven - is what provides his greatest motivation to achieve in the sport he loves.
"I actually won my very first 'Boys Chop' at a competition the following year as an eight-year-old.
"Dad was always so helpful and generous with his time and knowledge for others in wood chopping during his time, and he was sought out by younger competitors for training sessions because of his reputation and nicknames.
"The cool thing is I'm competing alongside some of those same axe-men now. They're older than me but they remember what Dad did for them and I think they look out for me and try and help me out a little bit because of that."
This Friday at the New Zealand Timbersport National Championships, Bolstad will be lining up alongside his peers in the hotly contested Rookies division.
He came second in the Nationals last year so hopes to go one better - not least because the rewards are 'quite worldly' for a young builders' apprentice from Taumarunui.
The winning national rookie earns a place in the New Zealand team that heads off to the Timbersport World Trophy in Rotterdam in June and then again to the Timbersport World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany in October.
"They're two pretty impressive carrots all right," Bolstad said.
But he also knows the title of National Rookie Champ would be the greatest way to honour his dad - still with probably more than 20 competitive years left in the sport.
From there, who knows what nicknames might follow for Bolstad.
The New Zealand National Championships is being held at the New Zealand Rural Games in Palmerston North on 10 and 11 March and will be contested across three divisions: Men's (10 participants), Women's (10 participants), and Rookies (8 participants).
