Nobody really taught me how to throw. At least, not actively. Not when I was first starting out. I’ve had just oodles of teachers. People I’ve looked up to. People I’ve mimicked and asked questions to and, for 30 minutes…
Author: Badger
12 Bowling-esque animations to add some excitement to axe throwing
AxeScores is…well…it’s fine. And I’m sure the new app has a bunch of improvements. I’d guess about $2.99 a month’s worth of improvements. But, for my part, I think one BIG improvement we can implement now as a community is…
Stop the stat-stare: learning to enjoy the sport and not the metrics.
We’ve got a lot of delicious markers in axe throwing. An average patch. An 81 coin. Another 81 coin. Another one after that. Prolly another that I don’t even know about. We’ve got AxeScores (sometimes) and can see (for now)…
Belt as metaphor: An exercise in lateral thinking and axe throwing.
I have a fair amount of body dysmorphia. Or, well, I guess I should be a bit more clear – I really don’t like my body. They way it slops around everywhere it goes, the stout, wide nature of it.…
A Confession: The Great British Heist
Hey folks, C-man here. I’ve got something different today. It’s been weighing on me, and I feel like it’s finally time to talk about it—even if it costs me. For I have been a part of a conspiracy I can…
3 hot, new axe throwing products you may have missed.
It’s hard enough keeping up with the important news these days, so keeping up with all the innovations coming out around our favorite little sport is almost impossible for a mom on the go. How can you keep up with…
Boosting your throwtential: Worth the risk and time
Change can be scary. Maybe it’s a new option at your favorite pizza place. Maybe it’s when mom started bringing around a man who smelled like new floors and asked you to call him “pop.” Maybe it’s a new hairdo…
IATC Interview: Dannie
During one of my famous “there are too many people here and they are looking at me, probably” moments during IATC, Dannie, the contracted social media agent for the IATF, passed by and told me something kind and nice. Naturally,…
IATC 2025 in about 120 pictures
IATC 2025 happened this past weekend, and I’ve finally managed to dig out from all the sleepiness and content gathering to present to you, dear reader, the ~120 pictures that weren’t absolute garbage (out of the ~2000 pictures I took.…
Post tourney blues – dealing with the drop.
It can strike almost instantly – in fact, it hit me just as we were crossing the border between New York and Pennsylvania (on the way back from Toronto) – the “drop.” Having post-tourney-morbs is well documented in axe throwing.…