I traveled with Otter Guy to my ancestral home of Baltimore for the New Year’s Day Marathon Tourney (more on that in a much longer, much weirder post soon to come), and as such had yet another opportunity to interview…
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Selected Notes From Urban Axes Baltimore NYD Over/Under Tourney
While I’ve attempted to write a longform article about my experience at the Urban Axes Baltimore and their New Year’s Day Over/Under tourney, I find that there’s a lot to say and it might be a bit…I dunno…slow-paced for what…
5 Axe Throwing Scams That, Frankly, I’m Amazed Don’t Exist Already
Wherever you have people enjoying something, you will have other people trying to make a buck on it. And while this isn’t a blog that discusses the nature of free-reign capitalism or how all war is class war, this is…
Axe-olutions 2024
Topical! I do a lot of thinking about axe throwing in general, it being a way for me to turn off my brain from that icky thinking that comes with existing in this dumpster-fire world. But I honestly don’t do…
Axe Review: Infinity Axes Pluot
Since I learned of them during my second axe throwing league, I’ve been deeply interested by Infinity Axes. I had yet to realize that there were many people making axe-throwing specific axes, mind you, but the idea that some dude…
Stop Stopping Yourself From Learning
The impulse to maintain consistency is a very human trait. It’s an ancient, lizard-brain survival tactic that typically doesn’t let us down, as a species. And that’s good. Because I like existing and appreciate all of the little, hairy people…
Get A Grip: The Importance of a Great Axe Handle.
We (not the editorial we, the axe community we) spend a hell of a lot of time trying to choose the axe that makes us feel and look as cool as that one dude from Merlin: And I think it’s…
6-ish Month Review: IATF Premier Throwing Axe
When the IATF came out with their series of Premier-centric axes, I lept at the opportunity to get one (read: Chapman said the IATF Premier throwing axe was at worlds and asked if I wanted one, and I said yes).…
Beat The IATF At Their Own Game
he IATF has worked dilligently to create a sport that is fair, balanced, and fun for everyone who hucks an axe. But you’re not here to have fair, balanced fun. You’re here to WIN and to WIN you need to…
Throw Better? No. Throw However.
If you’ve spent even one drunken hour throwing in a league, you’ve likely bumped into one of the unofficial slogans of axe throwing. No, not “Premier is dumb” and no, not necessarily “I’m getting a new axe and I swear,…