I’ll say this about BOOM 🧨 BOOM: they are one of the most prepared interviewees I’ve encountered. Given they have a background in sports-related interviews, I felt entirely like I was a rookie reporter for a middle school newspaper trying…
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5 Unwritten Rules of Axe Throwing
Before we get started with the 5 unwritten rules of axe throwing, I have a couple announcements to share with those dear readers gathered here today. Just two little milestones to share: First, this is the 300th post on The…
Fun no matter what: A warning at the center of axe throwing
I don’t think it’s a revelation to state that axe throwing has a strong group personality — that there is an almost manic-level of community belief that it’s all, and always, a blast. We joke about the cost of it,…
Axe Thrower Interview: Maydayy Maydayy!
This was the very first axe thrower interview I did at IATC 2026, and it shows: I didn’t really ask many follow up questions, stuck to what I wrote down (frantically) on the trip to Port Lands, and (in listening…
IATC 2026 Photos: Under 60, under 70, CBNC and Slayer
As many of you know, this year I was lucky/fortunate/blessed enough to have my partner, Mollie, come along for a full week of IATC 2026 shenanigans. But not just to eat a bunch of food and drink a lot and…
My Axe Venue Is Closing: Long Live Meduseld!
The Meadery, after seven (?) years of hosting some form of axe throwing or another, is shutting its hall on Sunday. As far as axe venues go, it’s a tiny place – just 4 axe lanes. We could only do…
Happy 3-year anniversary to the axe badger!
Welp, we’ve managed it for another year. Somehow, despite all of the factually-inaccurate posts, absurd drivel and syrupy earnestness over a sport where we throw things at wood, we’ve managed to hit another anniversary. As is my right, I’m going…
Be the loudest voice: pressure vs points in axe throwing
So I’ve taken up a bad habit. But really just with one thrower: whenever I’m throwing against Joypocalypse, I tell her she’s a coward for staying down for points (which, to be absolutely fair, she only really does during tourneys).…
Axe Throwing Stickers are Over. Here are 7 replacements
Axe throwing stickers are an expected and foundational element of axe throwing — much like blurring the line between day drinking and straight alcoholism, or the axe thrower to disc golfer pipeline. But I gotta be honest with you. If…
The Protect The Dolls Axe Tourney
Hey, dear reader! I’m not one to promote a specific axe tourney, but honestly, I have no idea why I don’t. Seems like a service I should provide. A little benefit. So when Nessa reached out and brought this one…