Before I start this interview in earnest, I want to say that Flick made everyone a whole lotta breakfast meats before we even started practicing in earnest (for the NYD marathon in Baltimore). It was like I was in The…
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Marathon Leagues: The Best Worst Thing in the Sport of Axe Throwing
Axe Throwing marathon leagues, in spirit, are something that everyone who loves the sport should be into. They overcome some of the most annoying elements of league – I’m referring to, of course: and that makes a marathon league very…
Tiny Axe Thrower Interview: Furiosa
Furiousa was kind enough to stand near me at Urban Axes Baltimore and give me a quick, little interview as we were just starting to wake up for the day. NOTE: this was my very first interview, at like 9-something…
Tiny Axe Thrower Interview: Ericka “Bows” Gannon.
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…
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…