I’m pretty sure the majority of my dear readers are aware of the hub-bub happening between the organization of the IATF and the throwers of the IATF, but just for the sake of setting up my work space: After IATC…
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Axe Thrower Interview: Viper
Viper introduced herself to me my very first day of IATC, and I was immediately charmed by her wide-open kindness and warmth. It became apparent that she, like a lot of venue owners I’ve met, has that gift of creating…
Tuesday Top Tip: Be A Little Goblin Sometimes
There’s a lot of drama here in the axe world right now. People getting frustrated at the IATF. People giving the side-eye to throwers who defer. People talking mad trash when throwers celebrate too much. But here’s a top tip…
Axe Thrower Interview: BOOM 🧨 BOOM
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…
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…