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).…
Author: Badger
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…
Axe Thrower Interview: Queen HBO
Queen HBO to many, Adeline to…just as many(?), and axe throwing wonder to most. Adeline already has a very accomplished axe throwing career, and community impact. 1/3rd of An Axe League of Their Own, 2nd place finisher at IATC ’26,…
IATC 2026: The Good, The Bad, The Poutine.
Dear reader, where to even start. IATC 2026 was, for me, the largest series of axe throwing days I’ve experienced. I flew up on Tuesday and started watching/talking/covering/not sleeping in earnest on Wednesday. Meaning I experienced the glory of our…
Axe Thrower Interview: Lemons
Lemons, an owner of RIOT Axe, once grounded me in a big way when I was kinda spiraling at an axe thowing tourney. I kinda used this interview as an excuse to tell her that (after like, a year), because…
Axe Thrower Interview: Nessa
Nessa and I have tried to sit down/stand up/walk around for an axe thrower interview for the past year and a half. Each time, something stopped us from actually doing the thing – but we finally found the time at…
What do we do with Loss in this sport?
Yesterday, I saw a series of posts about the death of Danté Dunn – Peachy D. in the axe world – a thrower I’d seen and chatted with almost exclusively at Urban Baltimore though he was from Cincy. He was,…
handle maker interview: goose
Goose is one of those legends in the sport. Throwing out of the Range in Southern Alberta, Goose has been at it since 2018 and, in that time, 81 Axes become one of the most recognizable handle makers in the…
Thinking about axe throwing vs thinking about the axe throw.
Here’s the thing about any conversation with P.K.: it inevitably results in at least one of us considering the deep, secret truths about axe throwing. Philosophical level, I mean. The stuff that, were it to escape from the confines of…