Dear reader, you may ask yourself: “self? Yes, hello. Quick question: did Badger wake up with the phrase ‘Hell on Feels’ in his brain and write an entire article around it?” And the answer to that question would be yes.…
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A Plea For The Standard Axe Throwing Uniform.
Some of us have tee shirts. Others wear jerseys like we’re part of a bowling alley league. Honestly, I think these are both fantastic options – and all options are, relatively speaking, fine. But I think we’ve reached a point…
New IATF Regions: It’s All Wrong.
Now, I could start this post by going into a whole discussion about the concept of tribalism and how it is thought that humanity, due to our very nature, seeks out community identification. But this isn’t a place for half-thought-out,…
IATF Secrets: REVEALED VIA INSIDER INFORMANT
I don’t talk about it much, but I have a pretty storied past as an investigative journalist. The McCarthy report? Who stole the Lindbergh baby? Yeah, I definitely had to look both of those up to come up with examples.…
Axe Maker Interview: Woosiie
I had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time with Woosiie, the man behind some of the most creative, boldly-designed axe handles (and axe heads) available today. After he graciously offered to set me up with his own…
I Went to Urban Open 2024 and All I Got Was A Sense of Community and Value
This was my first year competing in the Urban Open, having gone as a spectator last year to support fellow leaguers and to get sweet, sweet content for this verysame blog. And while attending without participating is fun (ask me…
A Tiny Axe(?) Thrower Interview: Darla The Dog
While the heat was oppressive, I found myself venturing out to the (sometimes) rainy, (always) too hot parking lot of Urban Axes Baltimore during the Urban Open. The reasons for this were plenty, but in this particular case I was…
The IATF Panel of Throwers: How, and Where, It’s Going – with Christina DeGraft-Johnson
The IATF Panel of Throwers is approaching its one-year marker, and in that time it has had some growing pains in relation to how it interacts with the IATF and the community it serves. As I learned from Christina DeGraft-Johnson…
Axe Thrower Interview: Myself.
Dear reader, this is my 100th post. It’s been an unexpected journey getting to this point, and frankly I’m still kind of amazed that people recognize me when I pop off to tournaments, tell me they read the ding-dang thing,…
The Urban Open is This Weekend: Here Are My Goals.
The Urban Open was the very first bigtime tournament I went to. Granted, I didn’t compete that first time (I didn’t yet understand the importance of just competing in everything for the fun of it, rather than the winning of…